Daily Calendar for Tuesday, September 11, 2029

Name: Daily Almanac Features
Start: 2029-09-11T00:00:00
End: 2029-09-11T23:59:59

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O. Henry (author (real name William Sydney Porter); born in Greensboro, North Carolina) – 1862
Lord Byng of Vimy (Canadian Governor General 1921-1926) – 1862
D.H. Lawrence (author) – 1885
Brian DePalma (director) – 1940
Moby (musician) – 1965
Harry Connick, Jr. (musician) – 1967
Ariana Richards (actress) – 1979
Jacoby Ellsbury (baseball player) – 1983
Tyler Hoechlin (actor) – 1987

Hawaii’s first theater opened – 1847
Dr. Charles Hufnagel successfully replaced a diseased aorta valve with an artificial valve made of plastic – 1952
First live TV broadcast of Miss America pageant – 1954
The Ford Pinto was introduced – 1970
The U.S. spacecraft International Cometary Explorer (ICE) passed through the tail of its first comet (Giacobini-Zinner) and transmitted the first pictures of the nucleus – 1985
Terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon killed thousands – 2001

Before recovering from Hurricane Carol, New England was hit by Hurricane Edna, which brought winds of 74 mph to Boston and 120 mph to Martha’s Vineyard, and 8 inches of rain to Portland, Maine – 1954
The Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau, were visited by Hurricane Iniki, which caused more than $1.3 billion in damages – 1992
The Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner was struck by a rogue wave estimated to have been 90 feet high. The wave was created by Hurricane Luis, located about 120 nautical miles northwest of the ship – 1995