On this day... September 11:

On this day...

September 11:  Patriot Day in the United States 1649 – Cromwellian conquest of Ireland: Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army ended the Siege of Drogheda, took over the town and massacred its garrison. 1814 – The Battle of Plattsburgh ended Britain's final invasion of the northern states during the War of 1812. 1893 – On the opening day of the first Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago, Swami Vivekananda (pictured) introducedHinduism to the United States. 1914 – During the First World War, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force invaded German New Guinea, winning theBattle of Bita Paka. 2012 – Garment factories in the Pakistani cities of Karachi andLahore caught fire, leaving 315 dead.