September 17 Historical Events
The following events took place on September 17. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 69 events. Showing 31 - 60.
- 1914Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
- 1914World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
- 1916World War I: Manfred von Richthofen (“The Red Baron”), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
- 1924The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
- 1924The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian is formed.
- 1928The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 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.
- 1930The Ararat rebellion is suppressed.
- 1932A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
- 1939World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.
- 1939World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
- 1939Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6.
- 1940World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
- 1941World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued.
- 1941World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran marking the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
- 1943World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Germans.
- 1944World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the “Market” half of Operation Market Garden.
- 1944World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro independence Estonian units.
- 1944World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
- 1948The 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.
- 1948The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
- 1949The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
- 1957Malaysia joins the United Nations.
- 1961The world’s first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1965The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
- 1974Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
- 1976The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
- 1978The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
- 1980After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
- 1980Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
- 1983Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
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