Event:
With help from Qatar officials, 45 U.N. peacekeepers from Fiji have been freed by their Syrian rebel captors; the troops were taken hostage two weeks ago after the rebels overtook the Syrian-controlled part of Golan Heights from government troops
More Notable Events on September 11:
2001 19 Islamist terrorists hijack four commercial jets, killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania
1967 U.S. Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material
1950 Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
1946 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation
1939 Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany
