EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
September 17
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Day 259 of 2026 | Week 38 | 100 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement.
A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.
Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
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.
The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
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.
An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
English auto racer (Formula One World Champion 1996) and broadcaster (Sky Sports F1)
American pitcher (NY Mets)
British keyboardist
Cuban weightlifter (Olympic gold 1980)
Austrian conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
British dancer choreographer and ballet director
American actor (9½ Weeks
American actor (voice of Mario in Nintendo video games 1996-2023)
American politician (Governor of Missouri
American golfer (US Open 1987; 7 PGA Tour titles)
French classical composer
American baritone opera singer
Pakistani politician and founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)
American basketball guard (Milwaukee Bucks
American comedienne (Funny People)
🎯 yow.com Connection
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