Tuesday, September 17, 2013

September 17th in History


1630 - The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.

1787 - The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1894 - The Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

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 the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.

1957 - Malaysia joins the United Nations.

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

1993 - Last Russian troops leave Poland.

Famous Birthdays:

1550 - Pope Paul V

1630 - Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma

1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, scientist

1903 - Frank O'Connor, author

1922 - Agostinho Neto, 1st President of Angola

1928 - Roddy McDowall, actor

1948 - John Ritter, actor

1968 -HRH Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark

1985 - José Gonçalves, footballer

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