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Fryday 11 September 2026

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Robert Burns (25 Januar 1759 in Allowa, Ayrshire – 21 Julie 1796 in Dumfries), cried Robbie or Rabbie Burns forby, is the naitional poet o Scotland. He scrieved in Scots, wi some Inglis influence whiles. He is weel-kent as the naitional makar o Scotland, an his wark is celebratit athort the warld. Athort the warld he is the best kent o the mony makars that haes wrocht in the Scots leid, tho he screived mony poems in Inglis forby, an in a kin o licht Scots that can be easy read by fowk nae sae acquent wi Scots, within an furth o Scotland. Burns is aften regairdit as a pioneer o the Romantic Muivement, an efter his deith he becam a symbol an important springheid o inspiration tae the foonders o baith Leiberalism an Socialism. He haes become a cultural icon o Scotland, baith in Scotland itsel an amang Scots that haes flittit tae fremmit airts.

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11 September:

1609 – Henry Hudson diskivers Manhattan Island an the indigenous fowk leevin there.
1813 – War o 1812: Breetish truips arrive in Munt Vernon an prepare tae mairch tae an invade Washington, D.C..
1997 – Efter a naitionwide referendum, Scotland votes tae establish a devolved pairlament within the Unitit Kinrick.
2001 – The 11 September attacks (picturt), a series o coordinatit suicide attacks killin 2,996 fowk uisin fower aircraft hijacked bi 19 members o al-Qaeda. Twa aircraft crash intae the World Trade Center in New York Ceety, a third crashes intae The Pentagon in Arlington Coonty, Virginie, an a fowert intae a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvanie.
2012 – The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libie is attacked, resultin in fower daiths.