September 11

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September 11th is the 254th day of the year. There are 111 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is National School Picture Day, National Day of Service & Remembrance, National Emergency Responders Day, Patriot Day, National Hot Cross Buns Day, Make Your Bed Day, Women's Baseball Day and No News Is Good News Day

In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
In 1875, "Professor Tigwissel's Burglar Alarm" appeared in the New York "Daily Graphics" newspaper this day. The 17 successive pictures that filled a full page made up the first comic strip ever published in a newspaper.
In 1883, the postal mail chute was patented by James G. Cutler of Rochester, New York. The device was first used in the Elwood Building.
In 1910, the first commercially successful electric bus line opened in Hollywood.
In 1936, President Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) by pressing a key in Washington to signal the startup of the dam's first hydroelectric generator in Nevada.
In 1946, the first mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation took place.
In 1949, "The Magic Clown", TV Children's show, debuted on NBC.
In 1949, "They Stand Accused", TV Anthology, debuted on DUMONT.
In 1950, the comic strip "Beetle Bailey" debuted.
In 1950, "Space Patrol" TV children's show, debuted on ABC TV. The adventures of Commander Buzz Corry and his fearless assistant Cadet Happy began as a 15-minute daily show before expanding to a half-hour once a week in 1951.
In 1950, "Treasury Men In Action", TV Crime Drama; debuted on ABC.
In 1954, The Miss America pageant made its network TV debut on ABC. Lee Ann Meriwether, Miss California, was the winner.
In 1962, The Beatles made their first record for EMI, "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You," at EMI Studios in London.
In 1966, "It's About Time", TV Sci-Fi Comedy; debuted on CBS.
In 1967, "The Carol Burnett Show" premiered on CBS. 
In 1967, the comic strip "Redeye" debuted.
In 1967, "The Danny Thomas Hour", TV Variety; debuted on NBC.
In 1967, "Cowboy In Africa", TV Adventure; debuted on ABC.
In 1971, "Archie's TV Funnies", and "Pebbles & Bamm Bamm", TV Cartoon Shows, debuted on CBS.
In 1971, "Lidsville", TV Children's; debuted on ABC.
In 1971, "Help! It's The Hair Bear Bunch", TV Cartoon Show; debuted on CBS.
In 1971, "Mr. Wizard", TV Children's; debuted on NBC.
In 1971, "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch", TV Cartoon Show; debuted on CBS.
In 1971, "Take A Giant Step", TV Childrens; debuted on NBC.
In 1971, "The C.B.S. Children's Film Festival", TV Children's; debuted on CBS.
In 1971, "The Jackson 5ive" featuring Michael Jackson's snake, "The Funky Phantom", TV Cartoon Shows; & "The Curiosity Shop", TV Children's; debuted on ABC.
In 1972, "The New Bill Cosby Show", TV Variety; debuted on CBS.
In 1972, "The Rookies", TV Crime Drama; debuted on ABC.
In 1973, "Chase" (TV Crime Drama) first went on the air.
In 1974, "Get Christie Love!" TV Crime Drama; debuted on ABC.
In 1974, "Little House On the Prairie" TV General Drama starring Michael Landon premiered on NBC-TV. The show also starred Melissa Gilbert.
In 1974, "Petrocelli", TV Crime Drama; debuted on NBC.
In 1974, "The Manhunter", TV Crime Drama; debuted on CBS.
In 1975, "On The Rocks", TV Comedy; debuted on ABC.
In 1976, "Monster Squad", & "The Kids From C.A.P.E.R.", TV Children's; debuted on NBC.
In 1976, "Sylvester And Tweety", TV Cartoon Show; debuted on CBS.
In 1976, "The Krofft Supershow", TV Children's; debuted on ABC.
In 1976, "Junior Almost Anything Goes", TV Children's; "Jabberjaw", "The Tom And Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show", TV Cartoon Show, & "The ScoobyDoo/Dynomutt Hour", TV Cartoon Show; debuted on ABC; Scooby was on CBS until August 1976.
In 1976, "Tarzan, Lord Of The Jungle", TV Cartoon Show, & "Way Out Games", TV Children's Game; debuted on CBS.
In 1986, "Our House", TV General Drama; debuted on NBC. It co-starred Shannen Doherty.
In 1987, CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, angry over a news delay due to a tennis match overrun, walked off the set, leaving six minutes of dead air following the one-minute tennis overrun.
In 1993, "Running The Halls", TV Comedy, debuted on NBC.
In 1993, "Saved By The Bell: The New Class" TV Teenage Comedy debuted on NBC.
In 1993, "Transformers Generation 2", TV Cartoon Adventure, debuted.
In 1994, "Magic School Bus," TV Children's, debuted on PBS.
In 2001, in the worst single act of terrorism committed on U-S soil, two hijacked jetliners crashed into New York's World Trade Center, causing the twin towers to fall and killing more than 28 hundred people; a commandeered jetliner smashed into the Pentagon, claiming 184 lives; and a fourth plane with 44 passengers and crew crashed in western Pennsylvania as the passengers apparently fought with the hijackers.