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History Events on September 17

By  Wayne Kirk  17 Sep   256 Views

History Events on September 17

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The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.

#Linux

In 1991

The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

#Civic_Arena_(Pittsburgh)

In 1961

Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.

#Philippine-American_War

In 1900

The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.

#Nizam_of_Hyderabad

In 1948

The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.

#New_York_Stock_Exchange

In 2001

Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.

#Finnish_War

In 1809

The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.

#Boston

In 1630

The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.

#Ararat_rebellion

In 1930

The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe.

#Treaty_of_Fort_Pitt

In 1778

Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.

#Battle_of_Elands_River_(1901)

In 1901

The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.

#SS_Noronic

In 1949

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

#Andrew_Fisher

In 1914

The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.

#Niagara_Gorge_Railroad

In 1935

Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

#Estonia

In 1991

The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.

#Presidio_of_San_Francisco

In 1776

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules".

#Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek

In 1683

Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

#Battle_of_Breitenfeld_(1631)

In 1631

American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.

#American_Revolutionary_War

In 1775

The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.

#Thomas_Selfridge

In 1908

World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.

#German_submarine_U-29_(1936)

In 1939

World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.

#World_War_II

In 1939

Polish-Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.

#Polish-Ottoman_War_(1620-21)

In 1620

Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.

#Vanessa_Williams

In 1983

Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".

#Pedro_Fróilaz_de_Traba

In 1111

World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.

#Operation_Market_Garden

In 1944

American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.

#Harriet_Tubman

In 1849

The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.

#Battle_of_Chawinda

In 1965

World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.

#World_War_I

In 1914

World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.

#Battle_of_Britain

In 1940

Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

#Battle_of_the_Yalu_River_(1894)

In 1894

World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

#Manfred_von_Richthofen

In 1916

American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.

#Allegheny_Arsenal

In 1862

World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.

#Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran

In 1941

The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.

#Border_Protection_Corps

In 1924

Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.

#Anastasio_Somoza_Debayle

In 1980

Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.

#Fourpeaked_Mountain

In 2006

The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.

#1928_Okeechobee_hurricane

In 1928

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 military history.

#American_Civil_War

In 1862

Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.

#Bangladesh

In 1974

Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.

#Argentine_Civil_Wars

In 1861

A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.

#Laureano_Gómez

In 1932

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.

#?szöd_speech

In 2006

World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.

#Battle_of_San_Marino

In 1944

Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.

#2016_New_York_and_New_Jersey_bombings

In 2016

The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.

#Space_Shuttle_Enterprise

In 1976

An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.

#Mykonos_restaurant_assassinations

In 1992

Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.

#Second_Boer_War

In 1901

Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art.

#Frida_Kahlo

In 1925

The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.

#Camp_David_Accords

In 1978

War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.

#War_of_the_Pyrenees

In 1793

A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.

In 2018

Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.

In 2013

Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.

In 2011

After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gda?sk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.

In 1980

The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.

In 1954

The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.

In 1948

World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.

In 1944

World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.

In 1941

The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.

In 1920

Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."

In 1859

Flanders Campaign: France completes its conquest of the Austrian Netherlands at the Battle of Sprimont.

In 1794

The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.

In 1787

The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.

In 1658

The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots.

In 1577

Thirteen Years' War: A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of ?wiecino.

In 1462

Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.

In 1382

The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.

In 1176

Remistus, Roman general (magister militum), is besieged by a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace in Classis, outside the city.

In 456

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