A look back: What happened in history on September 17th...

0642 - Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed.

1394 - Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI.

1787 - US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention.

1789 - William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn.

1862 - Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)-bloodiest day of the Civil War.

1922 - Bicyclist Piet Moeskops becomes world sprint champ.

1920 - National Football League is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States.

1922 - Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station).

1926 - Hurricane hits Miami & Palm Beach Florida; about 450 die.

1939 - Russia invades Eastern Poland, takes 217,000 Poles prisoner.

1945 – (born today) -Phil Jackson, Deer Lodge Montana (former player, Chicago Bulls headcoach).

1954 - Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.

1959 - Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan & Korea.

1975 - Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101).

1983 - Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black.

1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test.

1988 - Opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul, South Korea.

1990 - Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties.

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


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