Monday, 11 September 2006 On This Day : Sep 11 September 11: New Year’s Day in the Coptic and the Ethiopian calendars, National Day of Catalonia, Teacher’s Day in parts of Latin America. 1297- Scots under William Wallace defeated English troops in the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 1857- Paiutes and Mormon militias killed about 120 California -bound pioneers in a wagon train in the Mountain Meadows massacre. 1922 - The British Mandate of Palestine began. 1973 - A military coup in Chile headed by Augusto Pinochet overthrew the government of President Salvador Allende. 2001- September 11 Attacks : Three passenger airliners were hijacked to destroy the World Trade Center in New York City (pictured) and part of The Pentagon in Washington, D.C. ; a fourth aircraft crashed in Pennsylvania . In total, almost 3,000 people were killed. [listening to: Castles - Sandi Thom ] 1:57:36 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek • Random © Copyright 2006 Frank Arrigo. A Geek Microsoft Blogger Last update: 1/10/2006; 5:08:36 PM.