📜 This Day in History

September 11

• 1297First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces under Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated English troops at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on the River Forth.
• 1775American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold's expedition departed from Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of the invasion of Quebec.
• 1851In a fight near Christiana, Pennsylvania, a group of escaped slaves and free Blacks led by William Parker fought off a federal posse seeking to arrest and return the escapees to slavery.
• 1914First World War: The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force invaded German New Guinea, winning the Battle of Bita Paka.
• 1992Hurricane Iniki, the most powerful hurricane on record to strike the Hawaiian Islands, passed directly over the island of Kauai, killing six people and causing around US$1.8 billion dollars in damage.
• 2025Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in a coup plot.

Born on this day

• 1917Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (died 1989)
• 1945Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (died 2024)
• 1965Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria
• 1967Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (died 2013)