WHAT HAPPENED ON 11. SEPTEMBER
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A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990. (11. September 1973)

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew. (11. September 1974)

A group of Croatian nationalists planted a bomb in a coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. After stating political demands, they revealed the location and provided instructions for disarming the bomb. The disarming operation was not executed properly, killing one NYPD bomb squad specialist. (11. September 1976)

Janet Parker is the last person to die of smallpox, in a laboratory-associated outbreak. (11. September 1978)

Voters approve a new Constitution of Chile, later amended after the departure of president Pinochet. (11. September 1980)

The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. (11. September 1982)

Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit (11. September 1985)

The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (11. September 1988)

Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany. (11. September 1989)

Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu. (11. September 1992)

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. (11. September 1997)

After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom. (11. September 1997)

14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea (11. September 1997)

Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games. (11. September 1998)

Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests also took place. (11. September 2000)

Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks by 19 members of Al-Qaeda. Altogether, 2,996 people are killed. (11. September 2001)

Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh assassinated (11. September 2003)

Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs. (11. September 2007)

A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan. (11. September 2012)

The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths. (11. September 2012)