The president's entire cabinet resigned - with one exception - On This Day in 1841. Officers were angry that John Tyler vetoed a second bill for the establishment of a National Bank of the United States 
After four New York-bound jets were hijacked, an outraged president launched the federal sky marshalls program. 2001? No - it was Richard Nixon On This Day in 1970. The weeklong hijacking crisis played out in Europe and the Middle East
On This Day. 2001: George W. Bush vowed revenge after Islamic terrorists hijacked four U.S. passenger jets and used them to attack New York and Washington. Nearly 3,000 people were killed - the second-bloodiest single day in U.S. history
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The Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks ended America's post-Cold War complacency, sparked massive security changes and led to the two longest wars in U.S. history - which were fought simultaneously. One war, in Afghanistan, is about to enter its 18th year - with no end in sight
I happened to see the attacks on the World Trade Center unfold from my office (at the time) on the 36th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper. Days later, volunteering for the Red Cross at Ground Zero, I scooped up this debris - a daily reminder of what was lost
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