# What else (not terrorist related) things happened on Sept 11 20 and the ensuing two weeks01 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 5, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199 "2011-09-05T00:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/1 "2011-09-05T00:15:57Z")
Just curious about what else happened on that infamous day and the ensuing two weeks while the news was taken up with the attacks. I know Freddie Decordova, the producer of the Tonight Show, died a few days after. ---
**Author:** ![zeno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zeno/32/15040_2.png) [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/2 "2011-09-05T00:18:46Z")
sorry about screwing up the title. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/3 "2011-09-05T00:29:34Z")
Well, I remember that Justin Wilson, the “Cookin’ Cajun”, died about a week before 9/11, and I thought it was good that he didn’t have to see the terrorist attacks. Always liked that old feller. ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/4 "2011-09-05T00:29:59Z")
> **[2001](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2001)** > > This is an accepted version of this page > > > 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 1st year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2000s decade. The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a multi-national c... One which I found interesting: > [@](#): > > September 15, 2001 > The Queen Isabella Causeway in Texas collapses after being hit by a tugboat, killing 8. On a slow news day, that would have been a pretty big story. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/5 "2011-09-05T01:40:59Z")
I remember that 9/11 pretty much blew Gary Condit out of the news. It was several years before new evidence arose and it got back in the news. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/6 "2011-09-05T02:05:15Z")
> [@](#): > > September 11, 2001 > . . . > Music: Ben Folds releases his album entitled _Rockin’ the Suburbs_. Worst timing ever. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/7 "2011-09-05T02:14:16Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Worst timing ever. [What about this album release](http://www.snopes.com/rumors/thecoup.asp)? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/8 "2011-09-05T02:24:39Z")
Bud Smith threw a no-hitter on the 3rd. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/9 "2011-09-05T03:31:28Z")
They Might Be Giants also had the misfortune to release an album on 9/11/2001 (_Mink Car_). All the more painful for them because they’re NYC-born and bred. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/10 "2011-09-05T03:36:55Z")
Sharks stopped attacking people. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/11 "2011-09-05T04:51:35Z")
_Glitter_’s soundtrack was released on the 11th, the movie 2 weeks later. ---
**Author:** ![Aversin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Aversin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aversin)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/12 "2011-09-05T05:10:02Z")
Slayer released a new album on Sept 11th, [_God Hates Us All._](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/God_Hates_Us_All) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/13 "2011-09-05T05:19:16Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > [What about this album release](http://www.snopes.com/rumors/thecoup.asp)? :eek: That is seriously creepy, that the artwork was done months before 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/14 "2011-09-05T05:46:55Z")
Most major label albums are released on Tuesdays, so I guess all the music mentions here makes sense. Anyway, I also seem to remember that Michael Jackson had a big anniversary gala in New York the night before. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/15 "2011-09-05T12:50:51Z")
Calvin Trillin’s wife, Alice died that day. (of cancer.) ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/16 "2011-09-06T11:48:57Z")
Norway got a brand-new government. See, we had a parliamentary election on September 10th, which was the closest in recent years if not ever. So a lot of us stayed up late that night waiting to see if the results would start to show a clear trend. I went to bed figuring it wasn’t worth waiting for the very last results, the news would be about the election and nothing but the election for the next week or so anyway. Um, yeah. Instead, the work of forming a new government was suspended for a few days because nobody was thinking too clearly. I don’t remember which say it finally happened, but the old minority Labor government was out and a Christian Democrat/Liberal/Conservative coalition government was in. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/17 "2011-09-06T13:21:38Z")
> [@postcards](#): > > Calvin Trillin’s wife, Alice died that day. (of cancer.) Nitpick: She died of heart failure, but her heart was weakened by the radiation treatments she had for cancer 20 years before. [Wiki cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Stewart_Trillin) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-not-terrorist-related-things-happened-on-sept-11-20-and-the-ensuing-two-weeks01/595199/18 "2011-09-06T13:51:43Z")
Sept. 11 was a primary election day in NYC to choose Giuliani’s successor. It was postponed to Sept. 25: [2001 New York City mayoral election - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_mayoral_election,_2001#Background)