GMT

Today in History: September 11
1297
Scots under William Wallace defeat the English at Stirling Bridge.

1857
Indians incited by Mormon John D. Lee kill 120 California-bound settlers in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

2001
In an unprecedented, highly coordinated attack, terrorists hijack four U.S. passenger airliners, flying two into the World Trade Center towers in New York and one into the Pentagon, killing thousands. The fourth airliner, headed toward Washington likely to strike the White House or Capitol, is crashed just over 100 miles away in Pennsylvania after passengers storm the cockpit and overtake the hijackers.



2007
Russia detonates a nano-bomb; dubbed the "Father of All Bombs," it is the largest non-nuclear weapon developed to date.



2012
US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is attacked and burned down; 4 Americans are killed including the US ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens.






Today in History: Born on September 11
1862
O. Henry, (William Sydney Porter), short story writer who wrote "The Gift of the Magi," and "The Last Leaf."

1924
Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys, winning two Super Bowls.

1967
Harry Connick Jr., Grammy and Emmy award-winning singer, musician, actor.

JOTD

I read online today that humans, on average, eat more bananas than monkeys.
It's right you know. I cannot remember the last time I ate a monkey.