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TODAY IN HISTORY

September 17

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HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2025

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement.

2
2018

A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.

3
2016

Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.

4
2013

Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.

5
2011

Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.

6
2006

Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.

7
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.

8
2001

The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.

9
2001

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.

10
1992

An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1960 Damon Hill

English auto racer (Formula One World Champion 1996) and broadcaster (Sky Sports F1)

1960 John Franco

American pitcher (NY Mets)

1959 Will Gregory

British keyboardist

1958 Daniel Nunez

Cuban weightlifter (Olympic gold 1980)

1958 Manfred Honeck

Austrian conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

1957 David Bintley

British dancer choreographer and ballet director

1957 William De Acutis

American actor (9½ Weeks

1955 Charles Martinet

American actor (voice of Mario in Nintendo video games 1996-2023)

1955 Mike Parson

American politician (Governor of Missouri

1955 Scott Simpson

American golfer (US Open 1987; 7 PGA Tour titles)

1954 Joël-François Durand

French classical composer

1954 Jubilant Sykes

American baritone opera singer

1953 Altaf Hussain

Pakistani politician and founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)

1953 Junior Bridgeman

American basketball guard (Milwaukee Bucks

1953 Rita Rudner

American comedienne (Funny People)

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