Merriam-Webster dictionary defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. It’s a chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes. The earliest known use of the word history was in the 14th century.
This website utilizes entries from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are currently 105,060 records in our database. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
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About September 17
September 17, 2021 is the 260th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 105 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Virgo is the sun 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 137 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 17
- 1462 –The Battle of Świecino (also known as the Battle of Żarnowiec) is fought during Thirteen Years’ War.
- 1939 –Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6
- 1944 –World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the “Market” half of Operation Market Garden.
- 1957 –Malaysia joins the United Nations.
- 1976 –The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
- 1978 –The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
- 1980 –Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
- 1991 –The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
- 1992 –An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany.
- 2011 –Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City.
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