What happened on 11 September?

12 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 2001 September 11 attacks Al-Qaeda hijackers fly aircraft into the World Trade Center and Pentagon; ~3,000 killed.
2. 1989 Hungarian border opens Hungary cuts its border fence with Austria — East Germans flood west.
3. 1973 Pinochet coup in Chile US-backed coup overthrows Allende; Pinochet rules until 1990.
4. 2001 The passengers of Flight 93 On the fourth hijacked plane — delayed on the runway, so its passengers learn by phone what the other three have done — the passengers vote, and storm the cockpit. United 93 comes
5. 1893 Vivekananda addresses the World's Parliament of Religions The young monk's 'Sisters and brothers of America' speech in Chicago introduces Vedanta to the West and makes him famous overnight.
6. 1649 Cromwell storms Drogheda Opening his Irish campaign, Cromwell storms the walled town of Drogheda and puts its garrison — and many civilians and priests — to the sword: perhaps 3,500 dead in a night he call
7. 1297 William Wallace defeats English at Stirling Bridge Scottish forces under Wallace and Moray rout an English army; Wallace becomes Guardian of Scotland.
8. 1666 Wren proposes a new London Five days after the fire dies, Christopher Wren lays before the king a plan for a city of piazzas and avenues — beaten to the palace door by John Evelyn with a scheme of his own. P
9. 1997 Devolution referendums of 1997 Scotland and Wales vote for devolved legislatures.
10. 1697 Battle of Zenta Prince Eugene of Savoy catches the Ottoman army crossing the Tisza and destroys it for the loss of a few hundred men — the victory that forces the Peace of Karlowitz.
11. 1948 Jinnah dies a year into Pakistan The Quaid-e-Azam — who had hidden his tuberculosis through the negotiations, and whom Mountbatten later claimed he would have stalled past had he known — dies thirteen months after
12. 1709 Battle of Malplaquet Bloodiest battle of the War of the Spanish Succession; Marlborough's allies suffer heavier casualties than the French; political backlash in Britain.