What are the important events that happened on September 17? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 17: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 17 is the 261st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 105 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 4, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,592 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontahenagon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 134 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,288 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 17 Historical Events
- 1630 –The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
- 1631 –Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War.
- 1787 –The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1920 –The American Professional Football Association (later renamed National Football League) is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States.
- 1924 –The Border Defence 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 upwards of 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in United States history, behind the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
- 1939 –World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.
- 1940 –World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
- 1957 –Malaysia joins the United Nations.
- 1991 –Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
Who were born on September 17?
- 1857 –Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1935)
- 1868 –James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956)
- 1902 –Bea Miles, Australian eccentric and writer (d. 1973)
- 1930 –Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist
- 1933 –Dorothy Loudon, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1939 –Shelby Flint, American singer
- 1944 –Les Emmerson, Canadian vocalist and guitarist
- 1958 –Tom Waddell, Scottish former Major League Baseball player
- 1979 –Akin Ayodele, American football player
- 1979 –Billy Miller, American actor
Who died on September 17?
- 1322 –Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)
- 1630 –Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)
- 1771 –Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (b. 1721)
- 1863 –Alfred de Vigny, French author (b. 1797)
- 1904 –Raden Ayu Kartini, Indonesian national heroine (b. 1879)
- 1965 –Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
- 1973 –Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader (b. 1909)
- 1996 –Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
- 1998 –Ted Binion, Las Vegas casino heir (b. 1943)
- 2005 –Alfred Reed, American composer (b. 1921)
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