NOW & THEN

0 Hijacked passenger jets smashed into the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Centre on this day in 2001 erendum, Scotland voted to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom.

2001: Two hijacked passenger jets smashed into the Twin Towers of New York’s 110-storey World Trade Centre. A third hijacked aircraft crashed into the Pentagon building in Washington, and a fourth crashed near Pittsburgh. The death toll was 2,973,

2003: Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh died after being attacked by a knifeman in a Stockholm department store.

2012: Dunblane’s Andy Murray ended Britain’s 76-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles champion with victory over Novak Djokovic in the US Open final.

2014: South African athlete Oscar Pistorius was found not guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He was later found guilty of culpable homicide.