September 11: Patriot Day in the United States
Alexander Hamilton
- 1226 – The Catholic practice of Eucharistic adoration among lay people formally began in Avignon, France.
- 1789 – Alexander Hamilton (pictured), co-writer of the Federalist Papers, became the first US Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1893 – On the opening day of the first Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, Swami Vivekananda introduced Hinduism to the United States.
- 1945 – The Japanese-run camp at Batu Lintang, Sarawak, in Borneo was liberated by the Australian 9th Division, averting the planned massacre of its 2,000-plus Allied POWs and civilian internees by four days.
- 1973 – A coup d'état in Chile led by General Augusto Pinochet overthrew the government of President Salvador Allende and established a junta.
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