September 17

Events

 * - The is fought.
 * - The (or ) is fought during.
 * - signed between  and the.
 * - The city of, is founded.
 * - Sweden wins a major victory at the against the Holy Roman Empire during the.
 * - The is founded in.
 * - signed, the first formal treaty between the  and a  tribe (the  or ).
 * - The is signed in.
 * - Peace between and  in the . The territory to become  is ceded to  by the.
 * - finishes his  poem.
 * - declares himself   of the.
 * - : halts the northward drive of 's  in the single-day, the bloodiest day in American history.
 * 1862 - : The explosion resulted in the single largest civilian disaster during the war
 * -, the largest naval engagement of the.
 * - : under  defeat  under   at.
 * - The flown by, with   as passenger, crashes; killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality.
 * - becomes  for the third time.
 * - : (""), a  of the , won his first aerial combat near ,.
 * - is organized in,.
 * - The was established in the  for the defence of the eastern border against armed  raids and local bandits.
 * - The strikes southeastern, killing upwards of 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in  history, behind the  and the.
 * - The joined 's invasion of  during the  of.
 * 1939  - : A    sinks the  aircraft carrier.
 * - A decree of the State Committee of Defense, restoring  in the face of the, was issued
 * - n city of liberated from.
 * - Airborne troops parachute into  as the "Market" half of.
 * - was sworn in as the.
 * - (also known as the ) assassinates , who was appointed by the  to mediate between the s and s.
 * - The steamship  burns in  Harbor with the loss of over 118 lives.
 * - was first broadcast in.
 * - The group was founded in.
 * - and  defy  censors on.
 * - Fighting breaks out along the - border between troops and the.
 * - The first, , was unveiled by.
 * - The were signed by  and.
 * - becomes the first black.
 * -, , , , , the and  join the.
 * - The first version of the kernel (0.01) is released to the.
 * - Last n troops leave.
 * - The New York Stock Exchange opened for the first time since the September 11 attacks; the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest point drop in its history, closing down 684.81 points to 8920.70.
 * - is declared first  in.

Births

 * -, daughter of  ; lover of.
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Japanese shogun (d. )
 * - and  (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Spanish writer (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, bishop (d. )
 * -, regent of Russia (d. )
 * -, English physiologist, chemist, and inventor (d. )
 * -, Italian historian (d. )
 * -, first queen of (d. )
 * -, Prussian army officer (d. )
 * -, 2nd (appointed) (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, German jurist and writer (d. )
 * -, French dramatist (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, American automobile pioneer (d.)
 * -, Russian rocket scientist (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, Norwegian recipient (d. )
 * -, American baseball player, manager and executive (d. )
 * -, English soldier (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American radio commentator (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American hotelier (d. )
 * 1900  -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, English adventurer (d. )
 * -, Dutch boxer (d. )
 * 1903  -, Irish-American short-story writer  (d. )
 * -, American environmentalist
 * -, 15th (d. )
 * -, Polish actress and comedian
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Angolan politician (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1926  -, American film director  (d. )
 * -, American football player
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * - Sir, English race car driver
 * 1929  -, American actress
 * -, American astronaut
 * 1930  -, American astronaut
 * 1930  -, Indian violinist
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * 1933  -, American actress (d. )
 * 1933  -,  player (d. )
 * -, American tennis player (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, Puerto Rican player
 * -, American player
 * -, American singer
 * 1939  -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
 * -, Swedish diplomat
 * -, U.S. Congressman (d. )
 * -, English television presenter
 * 1942  -,  researcher
 * -, Italian mountain climber
 * -, Canadian politician
 * 1945  -, American basketball player and NBA head coach
 * 1945  -, New Zealand actor
 * -, English footballer
 * -, British politician
 * -, American political cartoonist (d. )
 * 1948  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, Indian politician
 * 1950  -, Swedish politician
 * 1950  -, American musician
 * -, Pakistani politician and founder of
 * -, French composer
 * -, American actor
 * - . American major league baseball player
 * 1956  -, American comedian
 * -, Northern Irish actor
 * -, English race car driver
 * 1960  -, American baseball player
 * -, American guitarist and singer
 * -, Australian film director
 * 1962  -, Vietnamese American actor
 * -, Japanese professional wrestler
 * 1963  -, American reality star
 * 1963  -, American businessman
 * 1963  -, Israeli poet and translator
 * 1963  -, Author of the
 * -, Japanese video game programmer
 * 1965  -, American musician
 * 1965  -, American director
 * -, American rapper, record producer, and
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer
 * -, Irish snooker player
 * 1969  -, Member of the British hard dance/rave band The Prodigy
 * 1969  -, American actor
 * -, American football player
 * -, Slovak supermodel
 * 1971  -, English rugby player
 * 1971  -, Welsh actor and basketball player
 * -, Hong Kong actress
 * 1973  -, Greek footballer
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1974  -, American musician
 * 1974  -, Norwegian adventurer
 * -, American race car driver
 * 1975  -, American actor
 * 1975  -, American singer
 * -, Czech pornographic actress
 * -, Italian football player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American football player
 * 1979  -, Canadian musician
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, footballer
 * 1981  -, American baseball player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American singer
 * -, Russian supermodel
 * -, Russian hockey player
 * 1985  -, American musician
 * -, Greek sprinter
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American entertainer
 * - Molly Roloff, American Reality Star
 * -, American yodeler
 * -, American yodeler

Deaths

 * -, German abbess and composer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English soldier
 * -, first Spanish Governor of Florida (b. )
 * -, Swiss religious reformer (b. )
 * -, Italian saint (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Spanish general (b. )
 * -, German businesswoman (b. )
 * -, Italian violinist (b. )
 * -, Scottish novelist (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, French botanist (b. )
 * -, French author (b. )
 * -, Scottish adventurer (b. )
 * -, French architect (b. )
 * -, Chinese admiral (b. )
 * -, American industrialist (b. )
 * -, Austrian pianist (b. )
 * -, Maltese missionary (b. )
 * -, New Zealand activist (b. )
 * -, Polish poet (b. )
 * -, American pianist (b. )
 * -, German tenor (b. )
 * -, Georgian actor (b. )
 * -, American bandleader (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Greek composer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, British character actor (b. )
 * -, French violinist (b. )
 * -, American film and television director (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (b. )
 * -, Las Vegas casino heir (b. )
 * -, American cyclist (b. )
 * 2000  -, English TV personality (b. )
 * -, German actor (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, American socialite (b. )
 * -, American socialite (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * The fourth day of the in ancient, when the initiates sacrificed a pig.
 * - Feasts of,.
 * Also see.
 * - is still remembered with parachuting and dedications on this day.
 * - (observed on the previous  if it falls, the following  if on a ), ,.
 * - National Apple Dumpling Day.
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