On this day in History - Sep 11

September 11

1609 – Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.

1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.

1916 – The Quebec Bridge’s central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

2001 – The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,996 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.