September 9th (2001) was a Sunday. It's the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 9th September, 2001
» Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
» Pärnu methanol tragedy occurs in Pärnu County, Estonia.
» The Unix time Notable events in Unix time e.g Unix billenium is reached, marking the beginning of the use of 10-digit decimal Unix time stamps.
September 9th Famous Deaths for 2001
» Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician (b. 1953)
» Tommy Hollis, American actor (b. 1954)
September 9th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints known as feast day:
» Charles Lowder (Calendar of saints (Church of England) called Church of England)
» Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
» Peter Claver
» Synaxis of Ss. Joachim and Saint Anne or Anna, an Afterfeast. (Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
» September 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Chrysanthemum Day or 'Kiku no Sekku' (Japanese calendar National holidays known as Japan)
» Remembrance days in Slovakia or Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence (Slovakia)
» Festivity of Our Lady of Sanctuary of Arantzazu e.g Arantzazu (Oñati)
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tajikistan from USSR in 1991.