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Day Of The Week: September 17
September 17, 2025 is the 260th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 105 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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
- 1630 –The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
- 1814 –Francis Scott Key finishes his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry”, later to be the lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
- 1900 –Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
- 1914 –Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
- 1940 –World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
- 1943 –World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazis.
- 1949 –The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
- 1980 –Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
- 2001 –The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 Attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
Who were born on September 17?
- 1192 –Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
- 1826 –Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (d. 1866)
- 1915 –M. F. Husain, Indian painter (d. 2011)
- 1926 –Jean-Marie Lustiger, French Jewish Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 2007)
- 1950 –Fee Waybill, American musician (The Tubes)
- 1960 –John Bottomley, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
- 1969 –Matthew Settle, American actor
- 1970 –Mark Brunell, American football player
- 1973 –Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress
- 1984 –John Kucera, Canadian alpine ski racer
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