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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
- 1462 –The Battle of Świecino (also known as the Battle of Żarnowiec) is fought during Thirteen Years’ War.
- 1787 –The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1900 –Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.
- 1916 –World War I: Manfred von Richthofen (“The Red Baron”), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
- 1928 –The Okeechobee Hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing upwards of 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in United States history, behind the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
- 1948 –The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
- 1949 –The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
- 1976 –The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
- 1980 –Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
- 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.
Who were born on September 17?
- 1868 –James Alexander Calder, Canadian politician (d. 1956)
- 1938 –Perry Robinson, American jazz clarinetist and composer
- 1945 –Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
- 1945 –David Emerson, Canadian politician
- 1965 –Bryan Singer, American director
- 1968 –Jonn Penney lead singer of Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
- 1972 –Brian Henry, American poet
- 1977 –Simone Perrotta, Italian football player
- 1979 –Billy Miller, American actor
- 1984 –Eugenia Volodina, Russian model
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