On This Day: September 11th

Progress MS-32 is launched to resupply the International Space Station. It is the 300th spacecraft launched to the ISS.

Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.

Soyuz MS-26 is launched to the International Space Station, setting a record of 19 people in orbit at the same time.

The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing thousands of people.

A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.

A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.

The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.

A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.

Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.