What happened on September 11 ?

1182 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)

1522 - Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (d. 1605)

1524 - Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585)

1611 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675)

1681 - Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741)

1700 - James Thomson, Scottish poet (d. 1748)

1723 - Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)

1798 - Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d. 1895)

1816 - Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d. 1888)

1825 - Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904)

1836 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870)

1838 - John Ireland, American Catholic archbishop (d. 1918)

1860 - Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)

1862 - O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)

1865 - Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929)

1885 - D.H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)

1899 - Jimmie Davis, composer (d. 2000)

1903 - Theodor Adorno, German sociologist (d. 1969)

1913 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (d. 1983)

1917 - Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (d. 1989)

1917 - Jessica Mitford, British writer (d. 1996)

1923 - Dharmsamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda, Hindu guru

1924 - Tom Landry, American football coach (d. 2000)

1927 - G. David Schine, American businessman (d. 1996)

1927 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)

1932 - Peter Anderson, English footballer

1933 - Dr. William L. Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)

1935 - Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer

1935 - Gherman Titov, second man in space (d. 2000)

1937 - Iosif Kobzon, Soviet singer and Russian businessman

1939 - Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman

1940 - Brian de Palma, American film director

1940 - Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General

1942 - Lola Falana, American singer

1943 - Mickey Hart, American drummer (Grateful Dead)

1943 - Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian terrorist

1944 - Everaldo, Brazilian football player

1945 - Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer

1945 - Felton Perry, American actor

1948 - John Martyn, English musician

1950 - Barry Sheene, British motorcyclist

1958 - Roxann Dawson, American actress

1958 - Scott Patterson, American actor

1961 - Virginia Madsen, American actress

1961 - Philip Ardagh, British writer

1962 - Elizabeth Daily, American actress

1962 - Filip Dewinter Belgian politician

1962 - Kristy McNichol, American actress

1964 - Ellis Burks, baseball player

1964 - Victor Wooten, American musician

1965 - Bashar al-Assad, The current President of Syria

1965 - Paul Heyman, American professional wrestling promoter, manager, and writer

1965 - Moby, American musician

1965 - David Roe, English snooker player

1966 - Princess Akishino, Wife of Prince Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family

1967 - Maria Bartiromo, Financial Broadcast Journalist

1967 - Harry Connick, Jr., American singer

1968 - Kay Hanley, American musician

1969 - Eduardo Perez, American baseball player

1971 - Richard Ashcroft, British singer

1976 - Elephant Man, Jamaican musician

1977 - Ludacris, American rapper

1977 - Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player

1978 - Ed Reed, American football player

1979 - Ariana Richards, American actress

1979 - Frank Francisco, Major League Baseball pitcher

1981 - Dylan Klebold, Columbine high school shooter(d. 1999)

1982 - Shriya Saran, South Indian actress