1814: An American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812.
2001: On America's single-worst day of terrorism, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida members hijacked four passenger jetliners, sending two of the planes smashing into New York's World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania.