This Day in History: September 11, 2024
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1789
Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first Secretary of the Treasury.
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1936
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in Nevada.
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1962
The Beatles recorded their first single, Love Me Do.
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1971
Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev died at age 77.
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1997
In Scotland, voters approved the establishment of a parliament to run their domestic affairs, after 290 years of union with England.
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2001
Two hijacked commercial jets were crashed by terrorists into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing the collapse of both towers. A short while later, another plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pa.
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2012
Armed gunmen stormed the American consulate in Benghazi and killed U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials.
