September 17 in History

Historical Events on September 17

1620 The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.

1630 The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.

1775 American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.

1862 American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.

1939 World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.

1940 World War II: Following Nazi Germany's defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.

1941 World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued.

1974 Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.

1991 Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

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Famous Birthdays on September 17

1929 Stirling Moss

1933 Chuck Grassley

1950 Narendra Modi

1975 Jimmie Johnson

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Famous Deaths on September 17

1179 Hildegard of Bingen

1994 Karl Popper

1996 Spiro Agnew

1997 Red Skelton

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