What to remember about September 11th…
- 1565 Crusader Knights of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta defeat a vastly superior Muslim force of the Ottoman Empire to lift the Siege of Malta
- 1609 Explorer Henry Hudson sails into the upper bay discovering Manhattan Island and the Hudson River
- 1777 British forces use heavy morning in attempt to surround General Washington’s forces at Battle of Brandywine
- 1789 Alexander Hamilton appointed as 1st Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
- 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre; Mormon militia and Paiute allies murder 120 settlers during the Utah War
- 1941 Groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the Pentagon
- 1965 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) begins to arrive in South Vietnam
- 1998 Starr Report is released; investigative account of President Clinton by Independent Council Kenneth Starr
- 2001 19 Muslim hijackers take control of 4 airliners; planes are crashed into Towers 1 and 2 of the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.; 4th plane is brought down by the heroic efforts of passengers to prevent another attack
- 2012 Armed mob attacks and sets fire to U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya; Obama administration falsely blames internet video instead of radical Islamist terrorists commemorating attacks of September 11, 2001
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