Daily Almanac: September 11, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 7:23 a.m.
SET: 8:05 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 82 °F
LOW: 58 °F

Today is…:
• Patriot Day
• Make Your Bed Day
• Women’s Baseball Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 2012 Attacks on The US Diplomatic Compounds in Benghazi, Libya. About 150 Islamic militants attacked two different US diplomatic buildings in the city with gunfire, grenades, and mortars. 4 Americans including US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens died in the attack. The incident led to political controversy in the country, especially related to the statements made by then Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and members of the State Department.

• 2007 Russia Tests Father of All Bombs. The world’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb was a thermobaric bomb – it detonated mid-air and uses the oxygen in the air to create an explosion. The energy released by the bomb equaled 44 tons of TNT.
• 2001 September 11 Attacks in the United States. A series of 4 coordinated suicide attacks were carried out by the terrorist group Al Qaeda on the morning of September 11. Nineteen militants hijacked 4 California-bound airplanes from east coast cities in the US and used the planes to target major American landmarks. Two planes were crashed into the two towers of the World Trade Center, which caused them to collapse within two hours of being struck.

Births On This Day:

• 1885 D. H. Lawrence

English novelist

• 1924 Rudolf Vrba

Czech/Canadian holocaust survivor, educator

Deaths On This Day:

• 1971 Nikita Khrushchev

Soviet politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union
• 1941 Christian Rakovsky

Bulgarian revolutionary, politician