On this day: 11 September

Selected events and births on 11 September, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1893 – Swami Vivekananda gave a speech introducing Hinduism on the opening day of the first Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago. Read more: Swami Vivekananda Hinduism Parliament of the World's Religions
• 1897 – Gaki Sherocho was captured by the forces of Ethiopian emperor Menelik II, bringing an end to the Kingdom of Kaffa. Read more: Gaki Sherocho Menelik II Kingdom of Kaffa
• 1995 – Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approximately 75 days in space. Read more: Mir EO-19 Mir Space Shuttle

Born on this day

• 1941 – Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member Read more: Minnijean Brown-Trickey Little Rock Nine
• 1960 – Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Hiroshi Amano Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria Read more: Bashar al-Assad President of Syria
• 1994 – Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player Read more: Teuvo Teräväinen
• 1994 – Nicky Case, Canadian game developer Read more: Nicky Case
• 1996 – Ross Colton, American professional ice hockey player Read more: Ross Colton
• 1997 – Harmony Tan, French tennis player Read more: Harmony Tan
• 2000 – Leandro Bolmaro, Argentine-Italian basketball player Read more: Leandro Bolmaro
• 2000 – Zay Flowers, American football player Read more: Zay Flowers
• 2001 – Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberian-American sprinter Read more: Joseph Fahnbulleh
• 2001 – Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player Read more: Nick Robertson (ice hockey)
• 2006 – Oliver Peake, Australian cricketer Read more: Oliver Peake

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / September 11 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.