9/11 Through The Years

I got this idea from Orange Fling, few months ago. I was going to post it then, but I thought I would rather wait till now, as it is more appropriate. As I step into another year in my life, I feel a little curious to know what other events have happened on this particular day. I just browsed through wikipedia to see what great events have happened in the world on 9/11 through the years. Most of us associate 9/11 with he terrorist attacks on the WTC, but lets see what else has happened prior to that. Wikipedia shows tons of events that have happened on 9/11. I am obviously not going to list them all out. I will just pick and choose what I feel has made some impact. This is obviously a cut and paste job.

1226 - The Roman Catholic practice of perpetual adoration begins.

1541 - Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonko.

1683 - Battle of Vienna. The battle broke the advance of the Ottoman Empire into Europe.

1709 - Battle of Malplaquet, where Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.

1776 - British-American peace conference fails to stop a nascent American Revolution.

1893 - The first World Parliament of Religions conference is held.

1906 - The term "Satyagraha" is coined by Gandhi.

1914 - Australia invades New Britain island and defeats the Germans.

1918 - Boston Red Sox have their last World series win in Baseball. The next win came in 2004.

1919 - Honduras invaded by US Marines.

1926 - A failed assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini.

1940 - Buckingham Palace is damaged during a German air raid during WW-II.

1965 - The 1st Cavalry division of the US Army lands in Vietnam.

1972 - The closing ceremony of the Munich Olympics takes place, after the massacre.

1989 - The Iron Curtain opens between Hungary and Austria.

1990 - US President mentions the use of force to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

1997 - NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

1998 - A report is sent to the US congress, accusing Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offences.

1998 - Malaysia becomes the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth games.

2001 - The world trade center and Pentagon attacked, killing almost 3000 people.

Looking at the list above, I cant help but notice that most of the events have been death/war related. Very few events to cheer about. Oh well, I'm just hoping that in future we would remember 9/11 for better reasons that would make us smile.