Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On September 11, 2001, hijackers turned four airliners into weapons, killing 2,977 people in the deadliest foreign attack on U.S. soil.
On September 11, 1997, Scots backed a devolved parliament by nearly three to one, reviving self-government after 290 years.
On a narrow timber bridge over the Forth, two Scottish rebels turned a river crossing into a slaughter and a nation's defiance.
