Today in History
17 September
266 births · 117 deaths · 71 events recorded
Notable Births
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Elina Avanesyan
b. 2002
Russian-born Armenian tennis player (born 2002)
Jaimee Fourlis
b. 1999
Australian tennis player (born 1999)
Kim Dong-hyun (singer, born 1998)
b. 1998
South Korean singer and actor (born 1998)
Mason Raymond
b. 1985
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Michael Carbajal
b. 1967
American boxer
Ron Stevens
b. 1949
Canadian politician
David Emerson
b. 1945
Canadian businessman and politician
Bernhard Riemann
b. 1826
German mathematician (1826–1866)
Notable Deaths
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Roger Climpson
d. 2025
Australian journalist (1931–2025)
Nelson DeMille
d. 2024
American author (1943–2024)
Neil King Jr.
d. 2024
American journalist and author (1959–2024)
JD Souther
d. 2024
American singer, songwriter and actor (1945–2024)
Maarten Schmidt
d. 2022
Dutch-American astronomer (1929–2022)
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
d. 2021
President of Algeria from 1999 to 2019
Robert W. Gore
d. 2020
American scientist and businessman (1937–2020)
Cokie Roberts
d. 2019
American journalist and author (1943–2019)
On This Day in History
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2025
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement.
Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement
2018
A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.
Syria missile strikes (September 2018)
2016
Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
2016 New York and New Jersey bombings
2013
Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
Grand Theft Auto V
2011
Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
Occupy Wall Street
2006
Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.
Fourpeaked Mountain
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.
Őszöd speech
2001
The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
New York Stock Exchange