On This Day: 17 September

17 September in Indian history

• 1965The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.India
• 1950The Republic of India formally recognised the State of Israel.India
• 1948The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.India

17 September in world history

• 2011Adbusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, organized a protest against corporate influence on democracy at Zuccotti Park in New York City that became known as Occupy Wall Street.
• 2001George W. Bush, president of the United States, delivers remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington praising Muslim Americans and condemning Islamophobia in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
• 1991Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
• 1985Four years after AIDS was first identified in the United States, Ronald Reagan publicly acknowledged AIDS (video featured) for the first time.
• 1974Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
• 1962NASA announced the Next Nine astronauts selected for the purpose of landing on the moon.
• 1958Tintin in Tibet, the twentieth volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé and which he regarded as his favourite in the series, began serialisation.
• 1920The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
• 1862American Civil War: Almost 23,000 total casualties were suffered at the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where Confederate and Union troops fought to a tactical stalemate.
• 1794Flanders Campaign: France completes its conquest of the Austrian Netherlands at the Battle of Sprimont.
• 1787The United States Constitution is signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, bringing the Constitutional Convention to an end.
• 1775American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army under Richard Montgomery began the Siege of Fort St. Jean in the British province of Quebec.
• 1543The first Finnish-language book, the Abckiria by Mikael Agricola, is published in Stockholm.
• 1382Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.
• 1176Byzantine–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Myriokephalon in Phrygia, the Seljuq Turks prevented Byzantine forces from taking the interior of Anatolia.

Born on 17 September

• 1989Kate Deines, American soccer player
• 1986Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketerIndia
• 1950Narendra Modi, Indian politician; Chief Minister of Gujarat and 14th Prime Minister of IndiaIndia
• 1918Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (died 1997)
• 1915M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (died 2011)India
• 1826Bernhard Riemann, German-Italian mathematician and academic (died 1866)

Died on 17 September

• 2013Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (born 1943)
• 1994Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (born 1902)
• 1993Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (born 1913)
• 1877Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (born 1800)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 17 September in history?

2011: Adbusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, organized a protest against corporate influence on democracy at Zuccotti Park in New York City that became known as Occupy Wall Street. 2001: George W. Bush, president of the United States, delivers remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington praising Muslim Americans and condemning Islamophobia in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. 1991: Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations. 1985: Four years after AIDS was first identified in the United States, Ronald Reagan publicly acknowledged AIDS (video featured) for the first time.

What happened on 17 September in Indian history?

1965: The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India. 1950: The Republic of India formally recognised the State of Israel. 1948: The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.

Which famous people were born on 17 September?

Kate Deines, American soccer player (1989); Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketer (1986); Narendra Modi, Indian politician; Chief Minister of Gujarat and 14th Prime Minister of India (1950); Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (died 1997) (1918).

Which day is observed on 17 September?

Australian Citizenship Day; Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, observed on the previous Friday if it falls on a Saturday, the following Monday if on a Sunday; and th; Heroes' Day (Angola); Marathwada Liberation Day (Maharashtra); National Unity Day (Belarus) (since 2021).