On This Day: September 11

11 verified moments happened on September 11. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1918Carl Mays outduels the Cubs as the Red Sox, with Babe Ruth, clinch the World Series.Sports · Source: SABR, 'Sep 11, 1918: Red Sox win their fifth World Series' (Sep 11 1918)
2. 1949Curtis Turner wins his first premier-series race in only his fourth start, on a one-mile dirt circleStock Car Racing · Source: NASCAR.com Curtis Turner profile; Strictly Stock records — first win Sep 11, 1949 at Langhorne
3. 1977🕹️ Atari releases the Video Computer System, the cartridge-swapping console that brings arcade games into the living room.Technology · Source: Wikipedia, 'Atari 2600' (Sep 11 1977)
4. 1985Pete Rose singles up the middle to record his 4,192nd career hit, passing Ty Cobb's seemingly unbreakable all-time recordSports · Source: Wikipedia, "Pete Rose"; Baseball-Reference (Sep 11, 1985)
5. 1999Serena Williams wins her first Grand Slam title, beating Martina Hingis at the US OpenSports · Source: Tennis Majors 'September 11, 1999: The day Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam title' (def. Hingis 6-3, 7-6)
6. 1999Rookie Tony Stewart leads 333 of 400 laps at Richmond to win the Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400, the first of his 49 Cup Series victories.Stock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, '1999 Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400' (Sep 11, 1999); NASCAR.com rookie win recap
7. 2001🏙️ Al-Qaeda hijackers crash planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing 2,977 people in the deadliest terrorist attack in history.History · Source: 9/11 Commission Report; HISTORY, 'September 11 Attacks' (Sep 11 2001)
8. 2001🗽 Hijacked airliners strike the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and a fourth crashes in a Pennsylvania field, killing nearly 3,000 people.USA 250 · Source: 9/11 Memorial & Museum, September 11 attacks (Sep 11 2001)
9. 2011Cam Newton shatters the rookie debut record, throwing for 422 yards in his first NFL game for the Panthers at Arizona.Sports · Source: Wikipedia, "Cam Newton"
10. 2021Emma Raducanu beats Leylah Fernandez to win the US Open, the first qualifier ever to take a major.Sports · Source: ITF, 'Raducanu defeats Fernandez to complete fairytale US Open triumph' (Sep 11 2021)
11. 2024A'ja Wilson breaks the WNBA single-season scoring record against Caitlin Clark's Fever, surpassing Jewell Loyd's 939 points.Sports · Source: https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41224807/aces-aja-wilson-breaks-wnba-single-season-scoring-record