Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: September 17
September 17, 2024 is the 261st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 105 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo is your zodiac sign. Sapphire is your modern birthstone. Agate is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: September 17
- 1683 –Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing “animalcules”: the first known description of protozoa.
- 1862 –American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
- 1957 –Malaysia joins the United Nations.
- 1961 –The world’s first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh.
- 1980 –After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
- 1983 –Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
- 1991 –Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
- 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.
Who were born on September 17?
- 1839 –Ira Davenport, American magician (d. 1911)
- 1878 –Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (d. 1950)
- 1903 –Frank O'Connor, Irish-American short-story writer (d. 1966)
- 1915 –M. F. Husain, Indian painter (d. 2011)
- 1926 –Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Jewish Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 2007)
- 1941 –Bob Matsui, U.S. Congressman (d. 2005)
- 1948 –Karl Alber, German footballer
- 1959 –Charles Lawson, Northern Irish actor
- 1978 –Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
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