Notable Historical Events on September 17th
September 17th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
335 |
Church of Holy Sepulchre initiated in Jerusalem |
642 |
Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed |
1156 |
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa issues the 'Privilegium Minus' decree, which elevated Austria to a duchy. |
1176 |
At the Battle of Myriokephalon the Byzantines fail to recover Anatolia from Turkish rule. |
1394 |
Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI |
1462 |
The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec) is fought during Thirteen Years' War. |
1562 |
Council of Trente takes ecclesiastical canon |
1584 |
Gent surrenders to Duke of Parma |
1595 |
Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henri IV as king of France |
1598 |
Netherland sailors discover Mauritius |
1630 |
The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded. |
1631 |
Battle of Breitenfeld: King Gustaaf Adolf of Sweden defeats Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly. |
1644 |
French troops occupy Mainz |
1678 |
France & Spain sign Treaties of Nijmegen |
1683 |
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria |
1691 |
Massachusetts Bay Colony granted new charter |
1730 |
Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees |
1737 |
Georg-August University opens in Göttingen |
1745 |
Edinburgh occupied by Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart (aka the Young Pretender or Bonny Prince Charlie) |
1776 |
The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain. |
1778 |
1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt) |
1787 |
Prussian troops conquer Gorinchem |
1787 |
US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention |
1789 |
William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn |
1809 |
Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn. |
1819 |
First whaling ship arrives in Hawaii |
1835 |
Charles Darwins lands on Chatham Galapagos-archipelago |
1849 |
Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with two of her brothers |
1850 |
Great fire in San Francisco |
1859 |
Joshua Abraham Norton, born in England but a resident of San Francisco, proclaims himself his Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States of America. Eccentric possibly, but 30,000 turned up for his funeral. |
1859 |
James Donnelly is sentenced to hang for murdering Patrick Farrell, but a petition for clemency reduces his sentence to 7 years in Kingston Penitentiary |
1861 |
First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake at Fortress Monroe Virginia (now Hampton University). |
1862 |
Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md), 23,110 die |
1862 |
Battle of Cumberland Gap, TN-evacuted by Federals |
1862 |
Battle of Mumfordville, KY-US Col J Wilder surrenders city |
1862 |
American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war; 78 workers killed. |
1863 |
Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada |
1864 |
Grant approves Sheridan's plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
1871 |
Mont Cenis railway tunnel Switzerland opens |
1872 |
Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires |
1873 |
19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University |
1876 |
Race riots in SC |
1897 |
3rd US Golf Open: Joe Lloyd shoots a 162 at Chicago GC in Wheaton Ill |
1899 |
1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa |
1900 |
Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed |
1900 |
Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. |
1900 |
USA, Anthracite coal miners go out on strike for better wages until the October 25, by which time the owners are persuaded that their stand is harming President McKinley's campaign |
1901 |
Battle of Blood River Port: Boer Gen Botha beats Major Gough's cavalry |
1901 |
Battle at Elands River Port: Boer Gen Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers |
1902 |
US protests anti-semitism in Romania |
1903 |
Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant, beating Cleveland, 14-3 |
1906 |
Playing as "Sullivan," Columbia University jr Eddie Collins debuts with A's |
1908 |
Thomas Selfridge becomes first fatality of powered flight |
1909 |
Denis Peyrony and Louis Capitan discover the skull of an adult male Neanderthal (La Ferrassie 1) during excavations in a rock shelter near La Ferrassie, France |
1911 |
1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min |
1911 |
25th US Women's Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats F Sutton (8-10 6-1 9-7) |
1912 |
Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn & hits 4 singles |
1914 |
Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. |
1916 |
40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right |
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. |
1920 |
Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) & 5th (2) innings |
1920 |
National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Prof Football Association |
1922 |
Bicyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ |
1922 |
Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station) |
1923 |
Sutton Vane's "Outward Bound," premieres in London |
1924 |
Italy signs treaty of Rapallo |
1926 |
Hurricane hits Miami & Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die |
1927 |
47th US Men's Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (11-9 6-3 11-9) |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco |
1928 |
48th US Men's Tennis: Henri Cochet beats F T Hunter (4-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3) |
1928 |
Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1,800-2500 |
1928 |
Pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning |
1929 |
British troops begin withdrawal from occupied Germany |
1931 |
1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), venture failed |
1931 |
Operetta "Victoria & Her Husband," premieres in London |
1931 |
Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles |
1934 |
RCA Victor re leases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording (Beethoven's 5th) |
1934 |
USSR joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz & Portugal vote no) |
1935 |
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 2nd President of Philippines |
1937 |
1st NFL game in Washington, DC; Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3 |
1938 |
52nd US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Nancye Wynne Bolton (6-0 6-3) |
1938 |
58th US Mens Tennis: J Donald Budge beats C Gene Mako (6-3 6-8 6-2 6-1) |
1938 |
British premier Neville Chamberlain leaves Munich |
1938 |
Don Budge wins US Tennis open & completes Grand Slam |
1939 |
German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die |
1939 |
Poland's president Moscicki & PM Slawoj-Skladkowski flee to Romania |
1939 |
Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner |
1939 |
Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II |
1939 |
Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6 |
1940 |
Nazis deprive Jews of possessions |
1941 |
Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4 |
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 |
1941 |
The New Zealand Labour Party abolish the death penalty (It is reintroduced by the National government in 1950 before being finally removed from the statute book in 1961) |
1943 |
Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station |
1943 |
Red Army recaptures Brjansk |
1943 |
World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazis. |
1944 |
British Premier Winston Churchill travels to US |
1944 |
Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers |
1944 |
Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem Neth |
1946 |
"Gypsy Lady," opens at Century Theater NYC for 79 performances |
1946 |
"If the Shoe Fits," opens at Century Theater NYC for 20 performances |
1947 |
Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News |
1947 |
James Forrestal sworn in as 1st US secretary of defense |
1947 |
US Department of Defense forms |
1948 |
KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles/Hollywood, CA (IND) begins |
1948 |
WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1949 |
128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto |
1949 |
8th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 7-5 at Ganton GC, England |
1949 |
North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time |
1949 |
WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1950 |
San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17 |
1951 |
"Borscht Capades" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 90 performances |
1951 |
Romanian bishop A Pacha of Timisoara sentenced to 18 years |
1952 |
"I am an American Day" & "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" |
1953 |
1st successful separation of Siamese (conjoined) twins |
1953 |
Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player |
1954 |
Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
1955 |
"Ankles Aweigh" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 176 perfs |
1955 |
Future Hall of Famer Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game |
1956 |
Black students enter Clay Ky elementary school |
1956 |
Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle's 50th homer of year |
1956 |
Television is first broadcast in Australia. |
1957 |
KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1957 |
Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight |
1957 |
Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat |
1957 |
Two male attorneys "stand in" as actress Sophia Loren & producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico |
1957 |
The North East Humanists group is founded in Newcastle upon Tyne. |
1958 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1959 |
59th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus |
1959 |
Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit |
1959 |
Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan & Korea |
1960 |
"Vintage '60" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 perfs |
1960 |
Cuba nationalizes US banks |
1961 |
Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13) |
1961 |
Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," premieres in NYC |
1961 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1961 |
Fran Tarkenton plays his first NFL Game against the Chicago Bears, coming off the bench to lead the Vikings to a 37-13 victory, also becoming the only QB to throw four touchdown passes in his first career game |
1962 |
Justice Dept files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools |
1962 |
US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts |
1963 |
"Fugitive" premieres on ABC TV |
1963 |
Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32 |
1964 |
"Bewitched" premieres on ABC TV |
1964 |
Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas) |
1964 |
Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR |
1964 |
Supremes release "Baby Love" |
1965 |
WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting |
1966 |
Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings |
1967 |
"Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV |
1967 |
Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 (NH) |
1967 |
New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to LA Rams 27-13 |
1967 |
Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational |
1968 |
Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 |
1968 |
Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of Moon |
1970 |
Jordan launches offensive against guerrilla army |
1970 |
WSWP TV channel 9 in Grandview, WV (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1972 |
"M*A*S*H," premieres on NBC TV |
1972 |
BART begins passenger service in SF |
1972 |
Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Quality First Golf Classic |
1972 |
Tanzania troops march in to Uganda |
1974 |
Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup |
1975 |
Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101) |
1976 |
Amnesty International receives Erasmus-prize |
1976 |
NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif |
1976 |
Ringo Starr releases "Ringo's Rotogravure" album |
1977 |
22nd Ryder Cup: US, 12½-13½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes England |
1977 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1977 |
Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer, Reggie hits 2 more |
1977 |
Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" is #1 for 19th straight week |
1978 |
30th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Ed Asner & Sada Thompson win |
1978 |
Begin, Sadat & Carter sign Camp David accord |
1978 |
Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament |
1978 |
Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept 1978, 7-3 |
1979 |
Pietro Mennea runs world record 200 m (19.72") |
1979 |
Royals' George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season |
1980 |
"Divine Madness" starring Bette Midler, premieres |
1980 |
Iraq under Saddam Hussein signs accord with Algeria |
1980 |
South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death |
1980 |
Oak A's Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22 |
1980 |
Iraq breaks 1975 treaty with Iran and proclaims sovereignty over Shatt al-Arab waterway |
1981 |
Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season |
1982 |
NJ Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa |
1983 |
Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship |
1983 |
Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black |
1984 |
Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th PM succeeding John Turner |
1984 |
Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games |
1984 |
Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs |
1984 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1985 |
Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station |
1986 |
Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed |
1986 |
Marina Stepanova of USSR sets 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94) |
1986 |
Mets clinch NL East Championship |
1986 |
US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice |
1987 |
Phila celebrates 200th anniversary of Constitution |
1988 |
24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea |
1988 |
Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL |
1988 |
Military coup in Haiti: Lt Gen Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees |
1989 |
-21] Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston SC |
1989 |
41st Emmy Awards: LA Law, Cheers, Dana Delany & Candice Bergen win |
1989 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic |
1989 |
Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation |
1989 |
Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62 |
1989 |
NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to US (from NZ) |
1990 |
Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing |
1990 |
Soviet Union & Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties |
1991 |
4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium |
1991 |
UN admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North & South Korea, Marshall Islands & Micronesia |
1991 |
The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet. |
1992 |
Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ8.8 billion |
1992 |
House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates |
1992 |
NFL decides to suspend World League Football |
1993 |
Last Russian troops leave Poland. |
1994 |
Andy Waller out handled the ball for Mashonaland CD v Mash U24 |
1994 |
Heather Whitestone, 21, (Ala), crowned 68th Miss America 1995 |
1995 |
"Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 276 perfs |
1995 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic |
1996 |
Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colo Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field |
1997 |
Dr Sam Sheppard's body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test |
2000 |
Dan Marino's #13 jersey is retired by the Miami Dolphins |
2001 |
Despite suffering from lung cancer and Parkinson's disease, Jack Buck stirs emotions by reading a patriotic-themed poem during the pregame ceremonies on baseball's first night back after the September 11th terrorist attacks |
2001 |
Major trading markets in the United States, including the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), reopen for the first time since September 11 |
2004 |
Tamil is declared the first classical language in India. |
2004 |
Barry Bonds hits his 700th career home run |
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. |
2008 |
The IAU named another dwarf planet, Haumea |
2010 |
The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast. |
2011 |
Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City. |
2012 |
Panasonic suspends operations at its three factories in China |
2012 |
China dispatches 1,000 fishing boats to Senkaku Islands |
2012 |
13 people are killed in a bus accident in Jubail, Saudi Arabia |
2012 |
Swedish forensic scientists find no conclusive evidence of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's DNA in a torn condom |
2012 |
United States and Japanese government officials agree to put a second missile defence system in Japan |
2013 |
6 people are killed after a train and double-decker bus collide in Ottawa, Canada |
2014 |
Voreqe Bainimarama's Fiji First Party wins the first Fijian elections since his coup in 2006 |
2016 |
Spotlight on Syria as world leaders gather at United Nations |
2016 |
Russia says US refuses to share Syria truce deal with UN council |
2016 |
Mobileye says it warned Tesla against enabling 'hands-free' driving |
2016 |
Donald Trump admits President Obama was born in US |
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