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What happend on 17. September in History
In our data base we found 370 events happened on 17. September:
• 454: Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria [category: Deaths]
• 456: Remistus, Roman general [category: Deaths]
• 456: Remistus, Roman general (magister militum), is besieged with a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace in Classis, outside the city. [category: Events]
• 879: Charles the Simple, French king (d. 929) [category: Births]
• 1111: Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". [category: Events]
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• 1176: The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought. [category: Events]
• 1179: Hildegard of Bingen, German saint, philosopher, and composer (b. 1098) [category: Deaths]
• 1192: Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219) [category: Births]
• 1322: Robert III, Count of Flanders (b. 1249) [category: Deaths]
• 1422: Constantine II of Bulgaria (b. 1370) [category: Deaths]
• 1462: The Battle of Świecino (also known as the Battle of Żarnowiec) is fought during Thirteen Years' War. [category: Events]
• 1550: Pope Paul V (d. 1621) [category: Births]
• 1563: Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier (b. 1526) [category: Deaths]
• 1574: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish admiral and explorer, founded St. Augustine, Florida (b. 1519) [category: Deaths]
• 1575: Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer and theologian (b. 1504) [category: Deaths]
• 1577: The Peace of Bergerac is signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots. [category: Events]
• 1605: Francesco Sacrati, Italian composer (d. 1650) [category: Births]
• 1621: Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (b. 1542) [category: Deaths]
• 1630: Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694) [category: Births]
• 1630: Thomas Lake, English politician (b. 1567) [category: Deaths]
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• 1630: The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded. [category: Events]
• 1631: Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War. [category: Events]
• 1639: Hans Herr, Swiss bishop (d. 1725) [category: Births]
• 1665: Philip IV of Spain (b. 1605) [category: Deaths]
• 1674: Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728) [category: Births]
• 1676: Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi (b. 1626) [category: Deaths]
• 1677: Stephen Hales, English physiologist and chemist, invented Forceps (d. 1761) [category: Births]
• 1679: John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general (b. 1629) [category: Deaths]
• 1683: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of protozoa. [category: Events]
• 1687: Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian (d. 1772) [category: Births]
• 1688: Maria Luisa of Savoy (d. 1714) [category: Births]
• 1716: Jean Thurel enlists in the Touraine Regiment at the age of 17, the first day of a military career that would span for over 90 years. [category: Events]
• 1727: Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman and writer (b. 1647) [category: Deaths]
• 1730: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1739: John Rutledge, American politician, 31st Governor of South Carolina (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1743: Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1762: Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687) [category: Deaths]
• 1771: Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1771: Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (b. 1721) [category: Deaths]
• 1773: Jonathan Alder, American farmer, first settler in Madison County, Ohio (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean. [category: Events]
• 1776: The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain. [category: Events]
• 1778: The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware Indians). [category: Events]
• 1787: The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1803: Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer (b. 1766) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Benjamin Bourne, American jurist and politician (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. [category: Events]
• 1814: Francis Scott Key finishes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", later to be the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner". [category: Events]
• 1819: Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1820: Émile Augier, French playwright (d. 1889) [category: Births]
• 1826: Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1836: Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: Ira Davenport, American magician (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1849: American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery. [category: Events]
• 1850: Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese lawyer, journalist, author, and poet (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1854: David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1857: Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1858: Dred Scott, American slave who sued for freedom in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case (b. 1795) [category: Deaths]
• 1859: Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1859: Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Emperor Norton I" of the United States. [category: Events]
• 1862: Jean de Madre, French polo player (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war. [category: Events]
• 1863: Alfred de Vigny, French author (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Walter Savage Landor, English poet (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1869: Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian, educator, and scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1874: Walter Murdoch, Australian academic and author (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1877: Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Antoine Védrenne, French rower (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1878: Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1878: Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, politician, and activist (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1879: Rube Foster, American baseball player, manager, and executive (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1879: Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Alfred Carpenter, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1883: William Carlos Williams, American pediatrician and poet (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1884: Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1890: Gabriel Heatter, American journalist (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1892: Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch composer and organist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1894: Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: The Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War. [category: Events]
• 1897: Earl Webb, American baseball player (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1899: Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Hughie Critz, American baseball player (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1900: J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1900: Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. [category: Events]
• 1901: Francis Chichester, English aviator and sailor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1902: Bea Miles, Australian writer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1903: Frank O'Connor, Irish-American author (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1903: Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1903: Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1904: Edgar G. Ulmer, Austrian-American director (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1904: Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian-English dancer and choreographer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1904: Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and comedian (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1904: Kartini, Indonesian activist (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1906: Junius Richard Jayewardene, Sri Lankan politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1907: Warren E. Burger, American politician and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1907: Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: John Creasey, English author (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1908: Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1908: Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality. [category: Events]
• 1909: Thomas Bent, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress and comedian (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1914: Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1914: Thomas J. Bata, Canadian businessman (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1914: Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. [category: Events]
• 1915: M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1916: Mary Stewart, English author [category: Births]
• 1916: World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France. [category: Events]
• 1917: Isang Yun, Korean-German composer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1917: William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: Chaim Herzog, Israeli politician, 6th President of Israel (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1918: Lea Gottlieb, Israeli fashion designer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Dinah Sheridan, English actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: The American Professional Football Association (later renamed National Football League) is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States. [category: Events]
• 1922: Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1923: Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Drifting Cowboys) (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1923: Ralph Sharon, American pianist [category: Births]
• 1923: Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1924: The Border Defence Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits. [category: Events]
• 1925: John List, American murderer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1925: Carl Eytel, German-American painter (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Bill Black, American bass player (The Blue Moon Boys) (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1926: Curtis Harrington, American director (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1926: Hovie Lister, American pianist (The Statesmen Quartet and Masters V) (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jack McDuff, American organist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1926: Klaus Schütz, German politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: George Blanda, American football player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1928: Roddy McDowall, English actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1928: The Okeechobee Hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing upwards of 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in United States history, behind the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [category: Events]
• 1929: Pat Crowley, American actress [category: Births]
• 1929: Sil Austin, American saxophonist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1929: Stirling Moss, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1930: David Huddleston, American actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1930: Jim Rohn, American philosopher (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1930: Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer [category: Births]
• 1930: Theo Loevendie, Dutch composer and clarinet player [category: Births]
• 1930: Thomas Patten Stafford, American general and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1931: Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1931: Jean-Claude Carrière, French actor and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1932: Robert B. Parker, American author (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1933: Chuck Grassley, American politician [category: Births]
• 1933: Claude Provost, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1933: Dorothy Loudon, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1933: Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1935: Ken Kesey, American author (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1936: Michael Hennagin, American composer and educator (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1936: Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand activist and author (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1938: Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1938: Perry Robinson, American clarinet player and composer [category: Births]
• 1938: Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: David Souter, American jurist [category: Births]
• 1939: Shelby Flint, American singer [category: Births]
• 1939: Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6 [category: Events]
• 1939: World War II: A German U-boat U 29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. [category: Events]
• 1939: World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939. [category: Events]
• 1940: Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat, 60th President of the United Nations General Assembly [category: Births]
• 1940: Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely. [category: Events]
• 1941: Bob Matsui, American politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1941: Stavros Damianides, Greek bouzouki player (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued. [category: Events]
• 1942: Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist [category: Births]
• 1942: Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1942: Robert Graysmith, American author [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Germans. [category: Events]
• 1944: Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Five Man Electrical Band) [category: Births]
• 1944: Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden. [category: Events]
• 1945: Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian spiritual leader [category: Births]
• 1945: Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1945: David Emerson, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1946: Billy Bonds, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1946: Frank Burke, American baseball player (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Tessa Jowell, English politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1948: John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1948: Karl Alber, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1948: Raphy Leavitt, Puerto Rican composer [category: Births]
• 1948: Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the UN to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel. [category: Events]
• 1948: The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union. [category: Events]
• 1949: The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives. [category: Events]
• 1950: Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter (The Tubes) [category: Births]
• 1950: Narendra Modi, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Cassandra Peterson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Piet Kleine, Dutch speed skater [category: Births]
• 1951: Jimmy Yancey, American pianist (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Altaf Hussain, Pakistani founder and leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement [category: Births]
• 1953: Steve Williams, Welsh drummer and songwriter (Budgie) [category: Births]
• 1953: Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef [category: Births]
• 1953: David Munson, American runner (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Joël-François Durand, French composer [category: Births]
• 1955: Charles Martinet, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Koralia Karanti, Greek actress [category: Births]
• 1955: Scott Simpson, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1956: Brian Andreas, American sculptor, painter and publisher [category: Births]
• 1956: Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian guitarist (Yothu Yindi) [category: Births]
• 1956: Rita Rudner, American comedian and actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Thad Bosley. American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1957: Steve Bryles, American politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1957: Malaysia joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1958: Tom Waddell, Scottish baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Charles Lawson, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Damon Hill, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1960: John Bottomley, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1960: John Franco, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Kevin Clash, American voice actor and puppeteer [category: Births]
• 1961: Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and promoter [category: Births]
• 1961: Nives Meroi, Italian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1961: Ty Tabor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (King's X, Platypus, and The Jelly Jam) [category: Births]
• 1961: The world's first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh. [category: Events]
• 1962: Baz Luhrmann, Australian director [category: Births]
• 1962: BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer (BeBe & CeCe Winans) [category: Births]
• 1962: Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Hesham Qandil, Egyptian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt [category: Births]
• 1963: James Urbaniak, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Masahiro Chono, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1963: Rami Saari, Israeli poet and translator [category: Births]
• 1963: Wendy Northcutt, American author [category: Births]
• 1963: William Shockley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Bryan Singer, American director [category: Births]
• 1965: Guy Picciotto, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Rites of Spring, Fugazi, Happy Go Licky, and One Last Wish) [category: Births]
• 1965: Kyle Chandler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer and designer [category: Births]
• 1965: Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Doug E. Fresh, American rapper and producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Stéphane Rousseau, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Koen Wauters, Flemish singer-songwriter and actor (Clouseau) [category: Births]
• 1967: Malik Yoba, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Akhenaton French rapper and producer [category: Births]
• 1968: Anastacia, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1968: Jonn Penney English singer (Ned's Atomic Dustbin) [category: Births]
• 1968: Lord Jamar American rapper and actor (Brand Nubian) [category: Births]
• 1968: Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece [category: Births]
• 1969: Adam Devlin, English guitarist and songwriter (The Bluetones) [category: Births]
• 1969: Greg King, New Zealand lawyer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1969: Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter (The Prodigy and Flint) [category: Births]
• 1969: Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player [category: Births]
• 1969: Matthew Settle, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Steady B, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1970: Jim Conroy, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Mark Brunell, American football player [category: Births]
• 1971: Adriana Karembeu, Slovak model and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Ian Whyte, Welsh basketball player and actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Mike Catt, English rugby player [category: Births]
• 1971: Nate Berkus, American interior designer and television host [category: Births]
• 1971: Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian military leader (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Bobby Lee, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Brian Henry, American poet and critic [category: Births]
• 1972: Akim Tamiroff, Georgian actor (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Diego Albanese, Argentinian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1973: Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Mirah, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Microphones) [category: Births]
• 1974: Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Tormod Granheim, Norwegian skier [category: Births]
• 1974: Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1975: Austin St. John, American actor and martial artist [category: Births]
• 1975: Constantine Maroulis, American singer-songwriter and actor (Pray for the Soul of Betty) [category: Births]
• 1975: Jade Esteban Estrada, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1975: Wilko de Vogt, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Daniella Rush, Czech porn actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Peja, Polish rapper, songwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1976: The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA. [category: Events]
• 1977: Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1979: Akin Ayodele, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Billy Miller, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Chuck Comeau, Canadian drummer (Simple Plan and Reset) [category: Births]
• 1979: Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Dan Haren, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Oliver Risser, Namibian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established. [category: Events]
• 1980: Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay. [category: Events]
• 1981: Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Casey Janssen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Francis Manioru, Solomon Islander sprinter [category: Births]
• 1982: Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Hope Larson, American illustrator [category: Births]
• 1982: Wade Robson, Australian dancer and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1982: Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Jennifer Peña, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Sanaya Irani, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America. [category: Events]
• 1984: De La Ghetto, Puerto Rican rapper and songwriter (Arcángel & De La Ghetto) [category: Births]
• 1984: Domenico Citro, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Eugenia Volodina, Russian model [category: Births]
• 1984: John Kucera, Canadian skier [category: Births]
• 1984: Mary Descenza, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Patrick van Luijk, Dutch sprinter [category: Births]
• 1984: Richard Basehart, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Jon Walker, American singer-songwriter and musician (Panic! at the Disco and The Young Veins) [category: Births]
• 1985: José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1985: Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Paolo De Ceglie, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Paul Huntington, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Kate Deines, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1990: Sean Scannell, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer [category: Births]
• 1991: Zino Francescatti, French violinist (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1991: The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet. [category: Events]
• 1992: Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany. [category: Events]
• 1993: Christian Nyby, American director (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Last Russian troops leave Poland. [category: Events]
• 1994: Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Spiro Agnew, American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Geoffrey Dutton, Australian author and historian (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Ted Binion, American businessman (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Frankie Vaughan, English singer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Paula Yates, Welsh television host and author (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 Attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression. [category: Events]
• 2003: Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Alfred Reed, American composer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jacques Lacarrière, French journalist and critic (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American traveler and writer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country. [category: Events]
• 2006: Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the long-dormant volcano in at least 10,000 years. [category: Events]
• 2007: AOL, once the largest ISP in the U.S., officially announces plans to refocus the company as an advertising business and to relocate its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Virginia to New York, New York. [category: Events]
• 2009: Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Colin Madigan, Australian architect and author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zucotti Park, New York City. [category: Events]
• 2012: Bafo Biyela, South African footballer (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ferenc Polikárp Zakar, Hungarian monk (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lou Kenton, English soldier and potter (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Melvin Charney, Canadian artist and architect (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nikodimos of Ierissos, Greek bishop (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Russell E. Train, American civil servant (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tedi Thurman, American model and actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• _: Albert Avogadro [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ariadne of Phrygia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (observed on the previous Friday if it falls Saturday, the following Monday if on a Sunday), Citizenship Day, Von Steuben Day. (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Heroes' Day (Angola) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Hildegard of Bingen [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lambert [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Operation Market Garden is still remembered with parachuting and dedications on this day. (Netherlands) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pompéia founding day (1928, State of São Paulo, Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Robert Bellarmine [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Satyrus of Milan [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: September 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Socrates and Stephen [category: Holidays and observances]