September 17
People born on this day are Virgo.
- 1983
Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
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Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
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The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
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An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
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The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
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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.
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Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
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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.
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Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
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Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
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Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement.
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2002Elina Avanesyan, Russian-Armenian tennis player
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1999Jaimee Fourlis, Australian tennis player
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1998Kim Dong-hyun, South Korean singer
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1997Auston Matthews, American ice hockey player
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1996Duje Ćaleta-Car, Croatian footballer
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1996Esteban Ocon, French Formula One racing driver
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1996Slayyyter, American singer and songwriter
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1996Choi Young-jae, South Korean singer and actor
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1995Michael Bunting, Canadian ice hockey player
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1995Patrick Mahomes, American football player
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1995Yoo Si-ah, South Korean singer
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1994Na In-woo, South Korean actor
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