Wednesday 11th of September 1816

Optician Carl Zeiss is born in Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

Thursday 11th of September 1862

Physician and poison murderer Hawley Harvey Crippen aka Dr. Crippen is born in Coldwater, Michigan, United States.

Sunday 11th of September 1881

Actress Asta Sofie Amalie Nielsen aka Die Asta is born in Copenhagen, Vesterbro, Hovedstaden, Denmark.

Friday 11th of September 1885

Writer and playwright D. H. David Herbert Richards Lawrence is born in 8a Victoria Street, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.

Friday 11th of September 1903

Philosopher Theodor Adorno is born as Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

Wednesday 11th of September 1907

SS-Oberscharführer and guard at Mauthausen KZ Richard Bugdalle aka Bruttalle is born in Pomßen, Sachsen, Germany.

Tuesday 11th of September 1917

Dictator of the Philippines Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos is born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

Monday 11th of September 1922

Murderer Elisandro Lopez Macias is born in Ajo, Arizona, United States.

Wednesday 11th of September 1935

Cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov is born in Verhnee Zhilino, Altaysky Kray, Russia.

Wednesday 11th of September 1940

Film director Brian Russel de Palma is born in Newark, New Jersey, United States.

Monday 11th of September 1967

33-year-old Family leader Charles Milles Manson known for conspiracy to murder Sharon Tate records 14 tracks of his music in San Francisco, California, United States.

All Manson's tracks appear on the Lp 'Lie: The Love and Terror Cult' that was distributed during his trial for the Tate/LaBianca murders in 1970.

Wednesday 11th of September 1968

95 die in Air France Flight 1611 Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III crash in the Mediterranean Sea, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

On 10 May 2011 former army typist Michel Laty alleged on French television that he saw a report indicating a misfired missile by the French army during a weapon test caused the crash.

Wednesday 11th of September 1968

32-year-old Boxer and presumed mass murderer Iwao Hakamada is sentenced to death for the presumed murder of his boss, his boss' wife and two children in Yūtō, Shizuoka, Japan.

Thursday 11th of September 1969

59-year-old Mary Pickens is stabbed to death by serial killer George Putt aka The Memphis Murderer in 41 N. Bellevue, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

Putt was chased by Pickens' neighbours and arrested within minutes on Linden Avenue.

Saturday 11th of September 1971

First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev dies of a heart attack at the age of 77 in Moscow, Central Federal District, Russia.

Monday 11th of September 1972

Start of the trial against 38-year-old Serial killer Juan Vallejo Corona aka The Machete Murderer in Fairfield, California, United States.

Tuesday 11th of September 1973

28th President of Chile Salvador Guillermo Gossens Allende commits suicide by a shot through the head at the age of 65 in Palacio de La Moneda, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile.

As troops surrounded the palace during a military coup Allende gave his last speech vowing not to resign. Then Allende committed suicide with an AK47 rifle gifted to him by Fidel Castro.

Wednesday 11th of September 1974

72 die in Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 controlled flight into terrain in Douglas Municipal Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

Thirteen survived the initial impact, including the first officer (co-pilot) and one flight attendant, but three of them ultimately died from severe burn injuries. One of the initial survivors died of injuries 29 days after the accident. While investigating this accident the NTSB reviewed the cockpit voice recorder and found that the flight crew engaged in unnecessary and 'nonpertinent' conversation during the approach phase of the flight, discussing subjects "ranging from politics to used cars."

Monday 11th of September 1978

Medical photographer Janet Parker dies of smallpox at the age of 40 in Catherine-de-Barnes Isolation Hospital, Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

Parker was accidently infected by a mislaid sample of the virus at the University of Birmingham Medical School. She fell ill on 11 August and was placed in quarantaine on 20 August. Parker became the last person to die of smallpox.

Monday 11th of September 1978

Dissident writer Georgi Ivanov Markov known for the Umbrella Murder dies of poisoning from a ricin-filled pellet at the age of 49 in St James' Hospital, London, Balham, Greater London, United Kingdom.

On 7 September Markov was stabbed in the back of his right thigh with an umbrella while waiting at a bus stop on Waterloo Bridge. The pellet measured 1.70 mm in diameter and was composed of 90% platinum and 10% iridium. It had two holes with diameters of 0.35 mm drilled through it producing an X-shaped cavity. A sugary substance coated the tiny holes creating a bubble which trapped the ricin inside the cavities. The specially crafted coating was designed to melt at 37° C. After the pellet was shot into Markov the coating melted and the ricin was free to be absorbed into the bloodstream and kill him. Regardless of whether the doctors treating Markov had known that the poison was ricin the result would have been the same as there was no known antidote to ricin at the time.

Friday 11th of September 1981

School shooter Dylan Bennet Klebold known for the Columbine High School massacre is born in Lakewood, Colorado, United States.

Wednesday 11th of September 1985

Murderer Charles Francis Rumbaugh is executed by lethal injection at the age of 28 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Rumbaugh started criminal activity at the age of six and at 12 had committed an armed robbery.

Friday 11th of September 1987

Reggae musician Peter Tosh known from the band the Wailers is shot dead during a robbery at his house at the age of 43 in Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica.

The robbers stayed at his residence for several hours and tortured Tosh in an attempt to extort money from him. Over the hours as various associates of Tosh arrived to visit him they were also taken hostage by the gunmen. Tosh said he did not have any money in the house after which Dennis 'Leppo' Lobban and the fellow gunmen began opening fire in a reckless manner. Tosh was shot twice in the head and killed. Herbalist Wilton 'Doc' Brown and disc jockey Jeff 'Free I' Dixon also died. Several others in the house were wounded, including Tosh's common law wife Andrea Marlene Brown, Free I's wife Yvonne, Tosh's drummer Carlton 'Santa' Davis and musician Michael Robinson.

Tuesday 11th of September 2001

9/11 terrorist Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta crashes into Tower 1 with a hijacked American Airlines Flight 11 Boeing 767-223ER at the age of 33 in One World Trade Center, New York, Manhattan, New York, United States.

American Airlines Flight 11 departed from Logan Airport at 7:59 a.m. en route to Los Angeles with a crew of 11 and 76 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the northern facade of the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. The four other hijackers were 22-year-old Abdulaziz al-Omari, 28-year-old Wail al-Shehri, 22-year-old Waleed al-Shehri and 25-year-old Satam al-Suqami.

Tuesday 11th of September 2001

A pair of electric plugs on the construction site in Centraal Station, Astridplein, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Tuesday 11th of September 2001

9/11 terrorist Marwan al-Shehhi crashes into Tower 2 with a hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 Boeing 767-222 at the age of 23 in Two World Trade Center, New York, Manhattan, New York, United States.

United Airlines Flight 175 departed Logan Airport at 8:14 a.m. en route to Los Angeles with a crew of nine and 51 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the southern facade of the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. The four other hijackers were 24-year-old Fayez Banihammad, 22-year-old Mohand al-Shehri, 20-year-old Hamza al-Ghamdi and 22-year-old Ahmed al-Ghamdi.

Tuesday 11th of September 2001

9/11 terrorist Hani Saleh Hasan Hanjour crashes with a hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 Boeing 757-223 at the age of 29 in The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States.

American Airlines Flight 77 departed from Washington Dulles International Airport at 8:20 a.m. for Los Angeles International Airport with a crew of six and 58 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers crashed into the western side of the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. and started a violent fire. All 64 people on board were killed as were 125 Pentagon personnel. The four other hijackers were 26-year-old Khalid al-Mihdhar, 24-year-old Majed Moqed, 25-year-old Nawaf al-Hazmi and 20-year-old Salem al-Hazmi.

Tuesday 11th of September 2001

9/11 terrorist Ziad Samir Jarrah crashes with a hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 Boeing 757-222 at the age of 26 in Diamond T. Mine, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States.

United Airlines Flight 93 departed Newark International Airport in New Jersey at 8:42 a.m. en route to San Francisco International Airport with a crew of seven and 37 passengers, not including four hijackers. The hijacking began at 09:28. A passenger revolt began at 09:57 after the passengers voted on whether to act. At 10:03 the plane crashed into a field near a reclaimed coal strip mine. The three other hijackers were 20-year-old Ahmed al-Haznawi, 24-year-old Ahmed al-Nami and 21-year-old Saeed al-Ghamdi.

Monday 11th of September 2006

Historian and journalist Joachim Clemens Fest known for his biography of Adolf Hilter dies of undisclosed causes at the age of 80 in Kronberg im Taunus, Hessen, Germany.

Thursday 11th of September 2008

Murderer Yoshiyuki Mantani is executed by hanging at the age of 68 in Osaka, Kinki, Japan.

Thursday 11th of September 2008

Double murderer Mineteru Yamamoto is executed by hanging at the age of 68 in Osaka, Kinki, Japan.

Thursday 11th of September 2008

Double murderer Isamu Hirano is executed by hanging at the age of 61 in Tokyo Detention House, Tokyo, Katsushika, Kantō, Japan.