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September 11: National Day of Catalonia United Airlines Flight 175 striking the World Trade Center's South Tower 1297 – First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces under Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated English troops at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on the River Forth. 1978 – British medical photographer Janet Parker became the last recorded person to die from smallpox, leading to a debate on whether the virus should be preserved. 1995 – Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approximately 75 days in space. 2001 – al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners to carry out a series of terrorist attacks (one pictured) against targets in New York City and the area of Washington, D.C., killing 2,977 people. Stephen Hagiochristophorites (d. 1185) Paul Nahaolelua (b. 1806) Mary Watson Whitney (b. 1847) Issy Smith (d. 1940) More anniversaries: September 10 September 11 September 12

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