September 11

Events

 * 1847 – Stephen Foster's well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 * 1928 - General Electric made the first simulcast in Schenectady, New York, broadcasting a play over radio and TV at same time, The Queen's Messenger.
 * 1946 - the first mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation took place between Houston, Texas and St. Louis, Missouri.
 * 2001 -	Terrorist attack on New York City silences four FM and nine TV stations

Births

 * 1711 –, English composer (d. 1779)
 * 1786 –, German composer (d. 1832)
 * 1892 –, Goofy's and Pluto's voice (d. 1967)
 * 1899 –, composer (d. 2000)
 * 1911 –, Cuban pianist (d. 1971)
 * 1925 –, Canadian composer (d. 1999)
 * 1927 –, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)
 * 1934 –, Canadian jazz pianist
 * 1935 –, Estonian composer
 * 1942 –, American singer
 * 1943 –, American drummer (Grateful Dead)
 * 1945 –, American acoustic guitarist
 * 1953 –, American musician and singer (Styx)
 * 1962 –, Ukrainian composer
 * 1964 –, American musician
 * 1965 –, American musician
 * 1967 –, Jr., American singer
 * 1968 –, American musician
 * 1969 –, American musician
 * 1970 –, American musician
 * 1971 –, British singer
 * 1975 –, American musician
 * 1976 –, Jamaican musician
 * 1977 –, American rapper
 * 1977 –, British guitarist (Coldplay)
 * 1978 –, Australian musician and singer

Deaths

 * 1733 –, French composer (b. 1668)
 * 1985 –, English composer (b. 1905)
 * 1987 –, Jamaican musician and singer (b. 1944)
 * 1993 –, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)
 * 2004 –, American lyricist (b. 1933)
 * 2007 –, Austrian musician (b. 1932)