September 11th (1973)

I was walking down the street in Providencia the other day and I came across a street called Avenue 11 De Septiembre and I thought it was odd that the Chileans would rename a prominent street after an event in the USA. Upon further inspection though, it turns out that September 11th, 1973 was the day that Augusto Pinochet lead the coup d'état against the socialist government of Salvador Allende. Needless to say, many people died as a result of this action, so renaming this street was probably in order.