Syria missile strikes (September 2018)
2018
A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea..
September-17
Historical Events on September 17
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2016 New York and New Jersey bombings
Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
2016
Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
2013
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
2011
Fourpeaked Mountain
Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
2006
Őszöd speech
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..
New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
2001
George W. Bush
George W. Bush, president of the United States, delivers remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington praising Muslim Americans and condemning Islamophobia in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
2001
Mykonos restaurant assassinations
An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
1992
Estonia
Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
1991
Linux
1991
The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet..
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
1983
Gdańsk Shipyard
After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
1980
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
1980
Camp David Accords
The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
1978
Space Shuttle Enterprise
1976
The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA..
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
1974
Battle of Chawinda
The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
1965
Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)
The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1961
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 crashes during takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, killing all 37 people on board.
1961
People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps
1950
The People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps (Then known as the PLAAF 1st Ground Forces Brigade) is founded..
SS Noronic
The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
1949
Lehi (militant group)
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
Nizam of Hyderabad
The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
1948
Operation Market Garden
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
Tallinn offensive
1944
World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro-independence Estonian units..
Battle of San Marino
World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
1944
Vsevobuch
World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
1941
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
1941
Battle of Britain
World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion.
1940
World War II
1939
World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins..
German submarine U-29 (1936)
World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
1939
Niagara Gorge Railroad
The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
1935
Laureano Gómez
A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
1932
Ararat rebellion
The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
1930
1928 Okeechobee hurricane
1928
The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people..
Border Protection Corps
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.
1924
National Football League
The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
1920
Manfred von Richthofen
World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
1916
Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
1914
World War I
1914
World War I: The Race to the Sea begins..
Wright Flyer
The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
1908
Second Boer War
Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
1901
Battle of Elands River (1901)
Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
1901
Philippine–American War
Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
1900
Battle of the Yalu River (1894)
1894
Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War..
American Civil War
American Civil War: George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac halts the first invasion of the North by Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
1862
Allegheny Arsenal
American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
1862
Argentine Civil Wars
Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
1861
Emperor Norton
Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States".
1859
Harriet Tubman
1849
American abolitionist Harriet Tubman makes her first attempt to escape from slavery..
Finnish War
Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
1809
Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition
Flanders Campaign: France completes its conquest of the Austrian Netherlands at the Battle of Sprimont.
1794
War of the Pyrenees
War of the Pyrenees: France defeats a Spanish force at the Battle of Peyrestortes.
1793
Constitution of the United States
The United States Constitution is signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, bringing the Constitutional Convention to an end.
1787
Treaty of Fort Pitt
1778
The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe..
Presidio of San Francisco
The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
1776
American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War: The invasion of Quebec by the Continental Army begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
1775
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules", later known as protozoa.
1683
Battle of Vilanova
The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.
1658
Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
1631
Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War..
Boston
The city of Boston, Massachusetts, is founded in North America.
1630
Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)
Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
1620
Treaty of Bergerac
The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between King Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
1577
Finnish language
The first Finnish-language book, the Abckiria by Mikael Agricola, is published in Stockholm.
1543
Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)
1462
Thirteen Years' War: A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Świecino..
Louis I of Hungary
Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.
1382
Battle of Myriokephalon
The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia from the Seljuk Turks.
1176
Kingdom of Galicia
Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
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