Historical Events
17 Sep 1176
At the Battle of Myriokephalon the Byzantines fail to recover Anatolia from Turkish rule.
17 Sep 1394
Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI
17 Sep 1462
The Battle of wiecino (or Battle of arnowiec) is fought during Thirteen Years War.
17 Sep 1631
Battle of Breitenfeld King Gustaaf Adolf of Sweden defeats Johann Tserclaes Count of Tilly.
17 Sep 1683
Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the first to report the existence of bacteria
17 Sep 1730
Turkish coup under Mahmud I Sultan Ahmed III flees
17 Sep 1745
Edinburgh occupied by Jacobites under Charles Edward Stuart (aka the Young Pretender or Bonny Prince Charlie)
17 Sep 1776
The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
17 Sep 1778
1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt)
17 Sep 1809
Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
17 Sep 1861
First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake at Fortress Monroe Virginia (now Hampton University).
17 Sep 1862
Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg] bloodiest day in the American Civil War 22000 dead wounded or missing in first battle on Union soil
17 Sep 1862
Battle of Cumberland Gap TN-evacuted by Federals
17 Sep 1862
Battle of Mumfordville Kentucky US Col J Wilder surrenders city
17 Sep 1862
American Civil War The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war 78 workers killed.
17 Sep 1863
Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada
17 Sep 1864
American Civil War Grant approves Sheridans plan for Shenandoah Valley Campaign
17 Sep 1872
Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires
17 Sep 1873
19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University
17 Sep 1897
US Open Mens Golf Chicago GC Englishman Joe Lloyd wins his only major title by 1 stroke over runner-up Willie Anderson of Scotland last 36-hole US Open
17 Sep 1899
1st British troops leave Bombay for South Africa
17 Sep 1900
Philippine-American War Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
17 Sep 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 McKinleys campaign
17 Sep 1901
Battle of Blood River Port Boer Gen Botha beats Major Goughs cavalry
17 Sep 1901
Battle at Elands River Port Boer Gen Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers
17 Sep 1903
Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant beating Cleveland 14-3
17 Sep 1908
Thomas Selfridge becomes first fatality of powered flight
17 Sep 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
17 Sep 1911
1st transcontinental airplane flight NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min
17 Sep 1912
Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn & hits 4 singles
17 Sep 1914
Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
17 Sep 1916
40000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right
17 Sep 1920
Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) & 5th (2) innings
17 Sep 1920
National Football League is born in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay 100 each to join American Professional Football Association re-named the NFL in 1922
17 Sep 1922
Cyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ
17 Sep 1922
Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station)
17 Sep 1923
Sutton Vanes Outward Bound premieres in London
17 Sep 1926
Hurricane hits Miami & Palm Beach Florida about 450 die
17 Sep 1927
US National Championship Mens Tennis Forest Hills NY Frenchman Rene Lacoste successfully defends title beats Bill Tilden 11-9 6-3 11-9
17 Sep 1928
Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida drowning 1800-2500
17 Sep 1928
US National Championship Mens Tennis Frenchman Henri Cochet wins his only US title beats American Frank Hunter 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-3
17 Sep 1929
British troops begin withdrawal from occupied Germany
17 Sep 1931
1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor NYC) venture failed
17 Sep 1931
Operetta Viktoria & Her Hussar by Paul Abraham (adapted for English by Harry Graham) premieres in London at Palace Theatre h
17 Sep 1931
Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles
17 Sep 1934
USSR joins League of Nations (Netherland Switzerland & Portugal vote no)
17 Sep 1937
1st NFL game in Washington D.C. Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3
17 Sep 1939
German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous 519 die
17 Sep 1939
Polands President Ignacy Mocick and Prime Minister Felicjan Sawoj Skadkowski flee to Romania
17 Sep 1939
Soviet Union invades Eastern Poland allowing Germans to advance West taking 217000 Poles prisoner without a formal declaration of war
17 Sep 1939
Taisto Mki becomes the first man to run the 10000 metres in under 30 minutes in a time of 2952.6
17 Sep 1941
World War II A decree issued by the Soviet State Committee of Defense restoring Vsevobuch Universal compulsory military training of the citizens of the USSR in the face of the Great Patriotic War
17 Sep 1941
The New Zealand Labour Party abolishes the death penalty (It is reintroduced by the National government in 1950 before being finally removed from the statute book in 1961)
17 Sep 1943
Load of ammunition in transit explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station
17 Sep 1943
World War II Soviet city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazis.
17 Sep 1944
Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers
17 Sep 1944
Operation Market Garden In the largest airborne operation of WWII Allied paratroopers land in the Netherlands in a failed attempt to capture the Arnhem bridge over the Rhine
17 Sep 1946
Gypsy Lady opens at Century Theater NYC for 79 performances
17 Sep 1946
If the Shoe Fits opens at Century Theater NYC for 20 performances
17 Sep 1947
James Forrestal sworn in as 1st US Secretary of Defense
17 Sep 1948
KCOP TV channel 13 in Los AngelesHollywood CA (IND) begins
17 Sep 1948
WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
17 Sep 1949
128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto
17 Sep 1949
Ryder Cup Golf Ganton GC US beats Great Britain 7-5 Americans win 6 of 8 singles matches to claim victory
17 Sep 1949
North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time
17 Sep 1949
WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
17 Sep 1949
3rd Cannes Film Festival The Third Man directed by Carol Reed wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
17 Sep 1950
San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game lose 21-17
17 Sep 1951
Borscht Capades opens at Royale Theater NYC for 90 performances
17 Sep 1951
Romanian bishop A Pacha of Timisoara sentenced to 18 years
17 Sep 1952
I am an American Day & Constitution Day renamed Citizenship Day
17 Sep 1953
1st successful separation of Siamese (conjoined) twins
17 Sep 1955
Ankles Aweigh closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 176 performances
17 Sep 1955
Future Hall of Famer Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his 1st game
17 Sep 1956
Black students enter Clay Ky elementary school
17 Sep 1956
Yanks clinch pennant 22 on Mantles 50th homer of year
17 Sep 1957
KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
17 Sep 1957
Scott Crossfield takes X-15 up for 1st powered flight
17 Sep 1957
Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat
17 Sep 1957
The North East Humanists group is founded in Newcastle upon Tyne.
17 Sep 1959
59th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus
17 Sep 1959
Transit 1A 1st navigational satellite launched failed to orbit
17 Sep 1960
Vintage 60 closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 performances
17 Sep 1960
US National Championship Womens Tennis American Darlene Hard wins her first US singles title beats defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-4 10-12 6-4
17 Sep 1961
Minnesota Vikings 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13)
17 Sep 1962
Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools
17 Sep 1962
US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts
17 Sep 1963
The Fugitive starring David Janssen premieres on ABC TV
17 Sep 1963
Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers killing 32
17 Sep 1964
Beatles are paid a then record 150000 for a concert (Kansas)
17 Sep 1965
WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia PA (IND) begins broadcasting
17 Sep 1966
Cleve pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
17 Sep 1967
Mount Washington cog railway train derails kills 8 (NH)
17 Sep 1967
New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game they lose to LA Rams 27-13
17 Sep 1968
Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals 1-0
17 Sep 1970
Jordan launches offensive against guerrilla army
17 Sep 1970
WSWP TV channel 9 in Grandview WV (PBS) begins broadcasting
17 Sep 1972
BART begins passenger service in San Francisco
17 Sep 1974
Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd Americas Cup
17 Sep 1975
Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101)
17 Sep 1976
NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale California named after Star Trek Enterprise with cast attending
17 Sep 1977
Ryder Cup Golf Royal Lytham & St Annes US wins 12-7 last time a Great Britain & Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
17 Sep 1977
Dave Kingman hits his 1st Yankee homer Reggie hits 2 more
17 Sep 1977
Fleetwood Macs Rumors is 1 for 19th straight week
17 Sep 1978
30th Emmy Awards All in the Family Ed Asner & Sada Thompson win
17 Sep 1979
Pietro Mennea runs world record 200 m (19.72)
17 Sep 1980
Iraq under Saddam Hussein signs accord with Algeria
17 Sep 1980
South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae Jung sentenced to death
17 Sep 1980
Oak As Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22
17 Sep 1980
Iraq breaks 1975 treaty with Iran and proclaims sovereignty over Shatt al-Arab waterway
17 Sep 1981
Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season
17 Sep 1983
Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship
17 Sep 1983
Vanessa Williams (NY) 20 crowned 56th Miss America 1984 1st black
17 Sep 1983
8th Toronto International Film Festival The Big Chill directed by Lawrence Kasdan wins the Peoples Choice Award
17 Sep 1984
Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games
17 Sep 1985
Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
17 Sep 1986
Marina Stepanova of USSR sets 400m hurdle womans record (52.94)
17 Sep 1986
US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice
17 Sep 1987
Philadelphia celebrates 200th anniversary of Constitution
17 Sep 1988
Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL & NL
17 Sep 1988
13th Toronto International Film Festival Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown directed by Pedro Almodovar wins the Peoples Choice Award
17 Sep 1989
-21] Hurricane Hugo kills 85 in Charleston South Carolina
17 Sep 1989
41st Emmy Awards LA Law Cheers Dana Delany & Candice Bergen win
17 Sep 1939
Taisto Mki of Finland becomes first man to run 10000 metres in under 30 minutes in a time of 2952.6 in Helsinki
17 Sep 1978
After 6 losses to the New York Yankees in September the Boston Red Sox finally score a 7-3 win over their arch rivals at Yankee Stadium
17 Sep 1048
Battle of Kapetron night battle between invading Seljuk Turks and Byzantine-Georgian forces of Constantine IX Byzantines drive back Turks but unable to stop huge plunder
17 Sep 1900
PhilippineAmerican War Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
17 Sep 1920
National Football League is born in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay 100 each to join American Professional Football Association renamed the NFL in 1922
17 Sep 1978
30th Emmy Awards All in the Family Ed Asner & Sada Thompson win
17 Sep 1862
Battle of Cumberland Gap Tennessee - evacuated by Federals
17 Sep 1863
Pope Pius IX encyclical On Persecution published in New Grenada
17 Sep 1871
Mont Cenis railway tunnel in Switzerland opens
17 Sep 1872
Phillip W. Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires
17 Sep 1901
Battle of Blood River Port Boer General Botha beats Major Goughs cavalry
17 Sep 1901
Battle at Elands River Port Boer General Smuts destroys unit 17th Lancers
17 Sep 1928
San Felipe SegundoOkeechobee hurricane makes landfall in West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida as category 4 storm killing 2500- 3000 and causing 25M in damages (about 345M in 2020 dollars)
17 Sep 1928
Boston Braves pitcher Ray Boggs hits 3 batters in 1 inning during his 4th and final major league appearance in 15-5 loss to Chicago Cubs
17 Sep 1943
World War II Soviet city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazi.
17 Sep 1951
Romanian bishop A. Pacha of Timisoara sentenced to 18 years
17 Sep 1955
Sammy Fain and Dan Shapiros musical comedy Ankles Aweigh closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC. after 176 performances
17 Sep 1956
Black students enter Clay elementary school in Kentucky
17 Sep 1960
Vintage 60 closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC after 8 performances
17 Sep 1966
Cleveland pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
17 Sep 1980
South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae-jung sentenced to death
17 Sep 1939
US National Championship Mens Tennis Forest Hills NY Reigning Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs beats fellow American Welby van Horn 6-4 6-2 6-4
17 Sep 1943
World War II Soviet city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazi control
17 Sep 1946
Arthur Kays musical revue of highlights from Victor Herbert operettas Gypsy Lady opens at Century Theater NYC runs for 79 performances
17 Sep 1946
David Raksin and June Carrolls musical If the Shoe Fits featuring Gail Adams and Joe Besser opens at Century Theater NYC runs for 20 performances
17 Sep 1951
Musical revue Borscht Capades opens at Royale Theater NYC runs for 90 performances
17 Sep 1960
Musical revue Vintage 60 closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC after 8 performances
17 Sep 1960
US National Championship Mens Tennis Forest Hills NY In an all-Australian final Neale Fraser wins 2nd straight US title beats Rod Laver 6-4 6-4 9-7
17 Sep 1964
The Beatles are paid a then record 150000 by baseball team owner Charles Finley for a concert at Municipal Stadium in Kansas Missouri on a scheduled day off
17 Sep 1970
American TV variety program The Flip Wilson Show debuts on NBC-TV runs for 4 seasons winning 2 Emmy Awards
17 Sep 1979
Russian Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina Kozlov granted political asylum in US
17 Sep 1598
Dutch sailors claim island of Mauritius for Netherlands - name it after Maurice Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau
17 Sep 1629
Dutch ship Sardam arrives to rescue those shipwrecked on the Batavia off coast of western Australia discovering a group led by Jeronimus Cornelisz had murdered 124 of the survivors [1]
17 Sep 1931
Boston Red Sox outfielder Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 MLB doubles
17 Sep 1964
National Museum of Anthropology the largest museum in Latin America inaugurated by President Adolfo Lpez Mateos in Mexico City [1]
17 Sep 1964
The Beatles are paid a then record 150000 by baseball team owner Charles Finley for a concert at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City Missouri on a scheduled day off the group adds the song Kansas CityHey Hey Hey Hey to their standard setlist much to the delight of the crowd
17 Sep 1968
San Francisco Giants Gaylord Perry no-hits St Louis Cardinals 1-0
17 Sep 1989
Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean killing 62
17 Sep 1989
NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns Americas Cup back to US (from NZ)
17 Sep 1990
Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing
17 Sep 1990
Soviet Union & Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties
17 Sep 1991
4355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
17 Sep 1991
The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet
17 Sep 1991
UN admits Estonia Latvia Lithuiania North & South Korea Marshall Islands & Micronesia
17 Sep 1992
Amsterdam stock exchange hits record 8.8 billion
17 Sep 1992
House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates
17 Sep 1176
At the Battle of Myriokephalon the Byzantines fail to recover Anatolia from Turkish rule
17 Sep 1462
Battle of wiecino [Battle of arnowiec] Kingdom of Poland decisively defeats a 2700-man army of the Teutonic Knights near Krokowa Poland during the Thirteen Years War
17 Sep 1598
Dutch sailors claim the island of Mauritius for the Netherlands and name it after Maurice Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau
17 Sep 1629
Dutch ship Sardam arrives to rescue those shipwrecked on the Batavia off the coast of Western Australia discovering a group led by Jeronimus Cornelisz has murdered 124 of the survivors [1]
17 Sep 1631
Battle of Breitenfeld King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden defeats Johann Tserclaes Count of Tilly
17 Sep 1678
France and Spain sign the Treaties of Nijmegen
17 Sep 1776
Fortress Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain to gain a foothold in Alta California and the San Francisco Bay
17 Sep 1778
First treaty between the US and Indian tribes is signed at Fort Pitt
17 Sep 1809
Treaty of Fredrikshamn is signed between Sweden and Russia ending the Finnish War and ceding the territory of Finland to Russia
17 Sep 1862
Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg] Bloodiest day in the American Civil War with 22000 dead wounded or missing in the first major battle on Union soil
17 Sep 1862
Battle of Munfordville Kentucky US Colonel J. Wilder surrenders city
17 Sep 1862
The Cumberland Gap Tennessee evacuated by the Union forces
17 Sep 1863
Pope Pius IXs encyclical On Persecution is published in New Granada
17 Sep 1873
Nineteen students attend the opening class at Ohio State University
17 Sep 1899
First British troops leave Bombay for South Africa
17 Sep 1900
In the USA anthracite coal miners go on strike for better wages until October 25 by which time the owners are persuaded that their stance is harming President McKinleys campaign
17 Sep 1903
Boston Pilgrims clinch AL pennant beating Cleveland 14-3
17 Sep 1906
Playing as Sullivan Columbia University junior Eddie Collins debuts with the As
17 Sep 1911
First airplane flight across the US from New York to Pasadena California in 82 hours and 4 minutes
17 Sep 1912
Center fielder Casey Stengel debuts with Brooklyn and hits four singles
17 Sep 1920
Cardinals set a record of 12 consecutive hits in the 4th (10) and 5th (2) innings
17 Sep 1923
Sutton Vanes Outward Bound premieres in London
17 Sep 1926
Hurricane hits Miami and Palm Beach Florida killing approximately 450
17 Sep 1928
Boston Braves pitcher Ray Boggs hits three batters in one inning during his fourth and final major league appearance in a 15-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs
17 Sep 1928
San Felipe SegundoOkeechobee hurricane makes landfall in West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida as a Category 4 storm killing 2500-3000 and causing 25 million in damages
17 Sep 1931
Boston Red Sox outfielder Earl Webb sets a record with 65 doubles en route to 67 MLB doubles
17 Sep 1931
First LP record demonstrated by RCA Victor in New York City venture fails
17 Sep 1931
Operetta Viktoria & Her Hussar by Paul Abraham (adapted for English by Harry Graham) premieres in London at the Palace Theatre
17 Sep 1934
USSR joins League of Nations (Netherlands Switzerland and Portugal vote no)
17 Sep 1937
First NFL game in Washington D.C. Redskins defeat NY Giants 13-3
17 Sep 1939
German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous 519 die
17 Sep 1939
Polands President Ignacy Mocicki and Prime Minister Felicjan Sawoj Skadkowski flee to Romania
17 Sep 1939
Soviet Union invades Eastern Poland allowing Germans to advance west and taking 217000 Poles prisoner without a formal declaration of war
17 Sep 1939
Taisto Mki of Finland becomes the first man to run 10000 meters in under 30 minutes with a time of 2952.6 in Helsinki
17 Sep 1940
Nazi police commander Heinrich Himmler rules that all Polish workers must wear yellow P badges to distinguish themselves from Germans
17 Sep 1941
Stan Musial makes his major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals going 2-for-4
17 Sep 1941
The New Zealand Labour Party abolishes the death penalty it is reintroduced by the National government in 1950 before being finally removed from the statute book in 1961)
17 Sep 1944
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill travels to US
17 Sep 1947
Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of the Year by Sporting News
17 Sep 1947
James Forrestal sworn in as first US Secretary of Defense
17 Sep 1948
KCOP TV Channel 13 in Los AngelesHollywood CA (IND) begins broadcasting
17 Sep 1949
128 die as fire engulfs Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto
17 Sep 1949
North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for the first time
17 Sep 1949
Third Cannes Film Festival The Third Man directed by Carol Reed wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
17 Sep 1950
San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play their first NFL game and lose 21-17
17 Sep 1952
I Am an American Day and Constitution Day are renamed Citizenship Day
17 Sep 1953
Ernie Banks becomes the Chicago Cubs first African American player
17 Sep 1955
Future MLB Hall of Famer Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson goes 2-4 in his first game
17 Sep 1956
Yankees clinch pennant number 22 with Mantles 50th home run of the year
17 Sep 1959
Scott Crossfield completes the first powered flight in the X-15
17 Sep 1959
Transit 1A the first navigational satellite launches but fails to orbit
17 Sep 1961
Minnesota Vikings first NFL game beat Chicago Bears 37-13
17 Sep 1962
Justice Department files first suit to end segregation in public schools
17 Sep 1962
US space officials announce selection of nine new astronauts
17 Sep 1963
The Fugitive starring David Janssen premieres on ABC TV
17 Sep 1963
Train strikes makeshift bus full of migrant workers killing 32
17 Sep 1964
The Beatles are paid a record 150000 by baseball team owner Charles Finley for a concert at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City Missouri on a scheduled day off the group adds the song Kansas CityHey Hey Hey Hey to their standard setlist much to the delight of the crowd
17 Sep 1964
Yankee Mickey Mantle gets career hits 1999 2000 and 2001 and his 450th home run in a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in New York
17 Sep 1966
Cleveland pitchers set an AL record by striking out 19 batters in the first 9 innings
17 Sep 1967
Mount Washington Cog Railway train derails killing 8 (NH)
17 Sep 1967
New Orleans Saints first NFL game they lose to the LA Rams 27-13
17 Sep 1968
San Francisco Giants Gaylord Perry no-hits St Louis Cardinals 1-0
17 Sep 1970
American TV variety program The Flip Wilson Show debuts on NBC-TV and runs for four seasons winning two Emmy Awards
17 Sep 1974
Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Australia) in the 23rd Americas Cup
17 Sep 1976
Amnesty International receives the Erasmus Prize
17 Sep 1976
NASA publicly unveils the Space Shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale California named after the Star Trek Enterprise with the cast attending
17 Sep 1977
Dave Kingman hits his first Yankee home run and Reggie hits two more
17 Sep 1978
30th Emmy Awards All in the Family Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win
17 Sep 1979
Pietro Mennea runs a world record 200 m in 19.72 seconds
17 Sep 1979
Royals George Brett becomes the 6th player to have 20 doubles triples and home runs in a season
17 Sep 1979
Russian Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid and Valentina Kozlov granted political asylum in US
17 Sep 1980
Iraq breaks the 1975 treaty with Iran and proclaims sovereignty over the Shatt al-Arab waterway
17 Sep 1980
Oakland As Rick Langford is removed with two outs in the ninth inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22
17 Sep 1981
MLB Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season
17 Sep 1983
Chicago White Sox clinch their first-ever AL West championship
17 Sep 1984
Dwight Gooden ties the record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games
17 Sep 1984
Reggie Jackson is the 13th player to hit 500 home runs
17 Sep 1986
Marina Stepanova of USSR sets the womens 400 m hurdle record in 52.94 seconds
17 Sep 1988
Jeff Reardon becomes the first pitcher to record 40 or more saves in both the American League and the National League
17 Sep 1989
41st Emmy Awards LA Law Cheers Dana Delany and Candice Bergen win
17 Sep 1989
Hurricane Hugo begins four-day sweep through Caribbean killing 62
17 Sep 1989
Hurricane Hugo kills 85 in Charleston South Carolina
17 Sep 1989
The NYC Court of Appeals overturns the lower court decision and returns the Americas Cup to the US from New Zealand
17 Sep 1990
Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties
17 Sep 1992
Amsterdam Stock Exchange hits record 8.8 billion
17 Sep 1992
House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control over cable TV rates
17 Sep 1992
The NFL decides to suspend World League Football
17 Sep 1992
Theodore (Ted) Weiss wins the Democratic primary for the NYC congressional seat despite having died on the 14th
17 Sep 1994
Andy Waller outhandles the ball for Mashonaland CD against Mash U24
17 Sep 1908
Thomas Selfridge becomes first fatality of powered flight as a passenger in an Orville Wright demonstration flight in Fort Myer Virginia
17 Sep 1961
American sitcom Car 54 Where are You starring Fred Gwynne Joe E. Ross and Al Lewis premieres on NBC-TV
17 Sep 1963
Television drama series The Fugitive starring David Janssen premieres on ABC TV
17 Sep 1976
NASA publicly unveils the Space Shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale California named after the starship Enterprise from the Star Trek TV series with members of the cast attending
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