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September 17 in recent years

September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 105 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • 1901 – Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
  • 1908 – The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
  • 1914Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • 1914 – World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
  • 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 – The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
  • 1924 – 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.
  • 1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
  • 1930 – The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
  • 1932 – A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
  • 1935 – The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
  • 1939World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins.
  • 1939 – World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
  • 1940 – World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
  • 1941 – World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
  • 1941 – World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
  • 1944 – World War II: Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden and British XXX Corps advances into the Netherlands as the "Garden" half of the Operation.
  • 1944 – World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units.
  • 1944 – World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
  • 1948 – 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.
  • 1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
  • 1949 – The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
  • 1961 – The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • 1965 – The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
  • 1974Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
  • 1976 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
  • 1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
  • 1980 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
  • 1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
  • 1983Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
  • 1991Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
  • 1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
  • 1992 – An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
  • 2001 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
  • 2006Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
  • 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.
  • 2011Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
  • 2013Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
  • 2018 – A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.

Births

Pre-1600

  • 879 – Charles the Simple, Frankish king (d. 929)
  • 1433 – James of Portugal, Portuguese prince and cardinal (d. 1459)
  • 1479 – Celio Calcagnini, Italian astronomer (d. 1541)
  • 1550Paul V, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1621)
  • 1565 – Edward Fortunatus, German nobleman (d. 1600)
  • 1578 – John Prideaux, English administrator and bishop (d. 1650)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (d. 1972)
  • 1902 – Bea Miles, Australian author (d. 1973)
  • 1903 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)
  • 1903 – Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (d. 1966)
  • 1903 – Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
  • 1905 – Tshekedi Khama, regent of the Bamangwato tribe (d. 1959)
  • 1906J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)
  • 1906 – Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist (d. 2010)
  • 1907Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)
  • 1908John Creasey, English author and politician (d. 1973)
  • 1908 – Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973)
  • 1909Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (d. 1968)
  • 1912Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011)
  • 1912 – Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator (d. 1995)
  • 1914Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
  • 1914 – William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (d. 2012)
  • 1914 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1996)
  • 1915M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (d. 2011)
  • 1916Mary Stewart, British author and poet (d. 2014)
  • 1917 – Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1917 – Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995)
  • 1918Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (d. 2012)
  • 1918 – Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (d. 1997)
  • 1920Dinah Sheridan, English actress (d. 2012)
  • 1922Agostinho Neto, Angolan poet and politician, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979)
  • 1923 – Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
  • 1923 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1953)
  • 1925Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
  • 1926 – Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (d. 1965)
  • 1926 – Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
  • 1926 – Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist (d. 2001)
  • 1926 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007)
  • 1926 – Jack McDuff, American singer and organist (d. 2001)
  • 1927George Blanda, American football player (d. 2010)
  • 1928 – Park Honan, American author and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1928 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (d. 1998)
  • 1929 – Sil Austin, American saxophonist (d. 2001)
  • 1929 – David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, Northern Irish air marshal and politician
  • 1929 – Stirling Moss, English racing driver and sportscaster (d. 2020)
  • 1930David Huddleston, American actor (d. 2016)
  • 1930 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (d. 2013)
  • 1930 – Theo Loevendie, Dutch clarinet player and composer
  • 1930 – Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2016)
  • 1930 – Jim Rohn, American philosopher and author (d. 2009)
  • 1930 – Thomas P. Stafford, American general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2024)
  • 1931Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)
  • 1931 – Jean-Claude Carrière, French actor and screenwriter (d. 2021)
  • 1932Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (d. 2010)
  • 1932 – Indarjit Singh, Indian-English journalist
  • 1932 – Samuel Ogbemudia, Nigerian army officer and politician (d. 2017)
  • 1933Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (d. 1997)
  • 1933 – Chuck Grassley, American lawyer and politician
  • 1933 – Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1984)
  • 1934Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
  • 1935Ken Kesey, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2001)
  • 1936Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (d. 2014)
  • 1936 – Michael Hennagin, American composer and educator (d. 1993)
  • 1937Nigel Boocock, English-Australian motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
  • 1937 – Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 1937 – Sitakant Mahapatra, Indian poet and literary critic
  • 1938Paul Benedict, American actor (d. 2008)
  • 1938 – Perry Robinson, American clarinet player and composer (d. 2018)
  • 1938 – Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach
  • 1939 – Carl Dennis, American poet and educator
  • 1939 – Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter and voice actress
  • 1939 – David Souter, American lawyer and jurist
  • 1940 – Jan Eliasson, Swedish politician and diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • 1940 – Peter Lever, English cricketer
  • 1940 – Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972)
  • 1941Bob Matsui, American lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
  • 1942 – Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
  • 1942 – Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author
  • 1942 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (d. 2012)
  • 1944 – Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer
  • 1944 – Jean Taylor, American mathematician and academic
  • 1945 – David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
  • 1945 – Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
  • 1945 – Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian religious leader (d. 2020)
  • 1946 – Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager
  • 1946 – Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician
  • 1947Tessa Jowell, English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2018)
  • 1947 – Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian, critic, and publisher
  • 1947 – Gail Carson Levine, American author
  • 1947 – Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
  • 1948Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1948 – John Ritter, American actor and producer (d. 2003)
  • 1949Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1950Narendra Modi, Indian politician; Chief Minister of Gujarat and 14th Prime Minister of India
  • 1950 – Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1951 – Russell Brown, Scottish politician
  • 1951 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress, television host, and producer
  • 1951 – Kermit Washington, American basketball player
  • 1952 – Harold Solomon, American tennis player and coach
  • 1953 – Luís Amado, Portuguese politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 1953 – Junior Bridgeman, American basketball player and businessman
  • 1953 – Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author
  • 1953 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English soldier and politician
  • 1953 – Rita Rudner, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
  • 1954 – Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
  • 1954 – Bill Irwin, American wrestler
  • 1955 – Scott Simpson, American golfer
  • 1955 – Charles Martinet, American actor
  • 1955 – Mike Parson, American politician, 57th Governor of Missouri
  • 1956Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan
  • 1956 – Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach
  • 1956 – Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
  • 1957 – David Bintley, English ballet dancer and director
  • 1957 – Steve Bryles, American businessman and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1958Janez Janša, Slovenian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Slovenia
  • 1958 – Tom Waddell, Scottish-American baseball player (d. 2019)
  • 1960 – John Bottomley, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
  • 1960 – Kevin Clash, American puppeteer
  • 1960 – John Franco, American baseball player
  • 1960 – Damon Hill, English racing driver and guitarist
  • 1960 – Alan Krueger, American economist and academic (d. 2019)
  • 1961 – Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster
  • 1961 – Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Greek politician
  • 1961 – Ty Tabor, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1962 – Paul Feig, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt
  • 1962 – Wayne Riley, Australian golfer
  • 1962 – BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1963 – Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler and manager
  • 1963 – James Urbaniak, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1965Kyle Chandler, American actor
  • 1965 – Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog
  • 1965 – Guy Picciotto, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1965 – Bryan Singer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1966Doug E. Fresh, American rapper and producer
  • 1967Michael Carbajal, American boxer
  • 1967 – Malik Yoba, American actor
  • 1968Anastacia, American singer-songwriter
  • 1968 – Cheryl Strayed, American author
  • 1968 – Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
  • 1968 – Valeri Zelepukin, Russian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1969 – Adam Devlin, English guitarist and songwriter
  • 1969 – Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
  • 1969 – Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
  • 1969 – Matthew Settle, American actor
  • 1969 – Paul Varelans, American MMA fighter and wrestler
  • 1971 – Nate Berkus, American interior designer and television host
  • 1971 – Mike Catt, South African-English rugby player and coach
  • 1971 – Andy Edwards, English footballer
  • 1971 – Bobby Lee, American actor and comedian
  • 1971 – Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1973 – Diego Albanese, Argentine rugby player
  • 1973 – Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
  • 1974Nona Gaye, American singer, model, and actress
  • 1974 – Tormod Granheim, Norwegian skier and explorer
  • 1974 – Craig Spence, Australian golfer
  • 1974 – Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player and coach
  • 1975 – Wilko de Vogt, Dutch footballer
  • 1975 – Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver
  • 1975 – Pumpkinhead, American rapper (d. 2015)
  • 1977Sam Esmail, American screenwriter
  • 1977 – Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer
  • 1978Nick Cordero, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2020)
  • 1978 – Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1979 – Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer
  • 1979 – Akin Ayodele, American football player
  • 1979 – Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician
  • 1979 – Billy Miller, American actor
  • 1979 – Chris Minns, Australian politician, 47th Premier of New South Wales
  • 1980 – Dan Haren, American baseball player
  • 1980 – Shabana Mahmood, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
  • 1980 – Oliver Risser, Namibian footballer
  • 1981 – Casey Janssen, American baseball player
  • 1981 – Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer
  • 1981 – Francis Manioru, Solomon sprinter
  • 1982 – Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1983 – Ice Seguerra, Filipino singer, actor, director, and former chairman of the National Youth Commission of the Philippines (2016–18)
  • 1984 – Domenico Citro, Italian footballer
  • 1984 – Mary DeScenza, American swimmer
  • 1984 – John Kucera, Canadian skier
  • 1984 – Patrick van Luijk, Dutch sprinter
  • 1985Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
  • 1985 – Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
  • 1985 – José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
  • 1985 – Brendan Oake, Australian rugby league player
  • 1985 – Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1985 – Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1986Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketer
  • 1986 – Paolo De Ceglie, Italian footballer
  • 1986 – Sophie, Scottish music producer, disc jockey and singer (d. 2021)
  • 1986 – Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1987 – Paul Huntington, English footballer
  • 1989Danielle Brooks, American actress
  • 1989 – Kate Deines, American soccer player
  • 1990Pixie Geldof, English model and singer
  • 1990 – Sean Scannell, English footballer
  • 1990 – Marcus Semien, American baseball player
  • 1991Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
  • 1991 – Justyna Jegiołka, Polish tennis player
  • 1991 – Cameron King, Australian rugby league player
  • 1991 – Mena Massoud, Egyptian-Canadian actor
  • 1991 – Egor Yakovlev, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1992 – Alfonzo McKinnie, American basketball player
  • 1992 – Danny Ramirez, American actor
  • 1992 – José Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
  • 1993 – Sofiane Boufal, Moroccan footballer
  • 1993 – Sophie Howard, Scottish footballer
  • 1993 – Nikolai Prokhorkin, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1994 – Na In-woo, South Korean actor
  • 1994 – Denyse Tontz, Salvadoran-American actress and singer
  • 1995 – Michael Bunting, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1995 – Patrick Mahomes, American football player
  • 1995 – Yoo Si-ah, South Korean singer
  • 1996 – Duje Ćaleta-Car, Croatian footballer
  • 1996 – Esteban Ocon, French Formula One racing driver
  • 1996 – Slayyyter, American singer and songwriter
  • 1997Auston Matthews, American ice hockey player
  • 1999 – Jaimee Fourlis, Australian tennis player
  • 1999 – Daniel Huttlestone, English actor
  • 2002 – Elina Avanesyan, Russian-Armenian tennis player

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

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