Category: This Day In History September 17

Categories: This Day In History September

Note: These categories should be applied only to notable persons/events in history.

This Day in History for September 17

Historic Events:

• 1787 - US Constitution signed.
• 1862 - Battle of Antietam
• 1939 - Soviets invade Poland.

Famous Birthdays:

• 1932 - Robert B. Parker, US Author

Famous Deaths:

• 1858 - Dred Scott of Dred Scott v. Sanford
• 1908 - Thomas Selfridge, the first U.S. military member to die in an airplane crash while on active duty. He was a passenger of Orville Wright's in Fort Myer, Virginia.

Joan (Cherleton) Grey abt 1400 Powys, Wales - 17 Sep 1425

David Huddleston 17 Sep 1930 Vinton, Virginia, United States - 02 Aug 2016

Evelyn (Kawamoto) Konno 17 Sep 1933 Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States - 22 Jan 2017

Robert Matsui 17 Sep 1941 Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States - 01 Jan 2005

William McCarty 17 Sep 1859 New York City, New York, United States - 14 Jul 1881

Robert Parker 17 Sep 1932 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States - 18 Jan 2010

Dred Scott abt 1799 Southampton County, Virginia, United States - 17 Sep 1858

Thomas Selfridge 08 Feb 1882 San Francisco, California, United States - 17 Sep 1908

William Talbot 11 Feb 1800 Melbury Sampford, Dorset, England - 17 Sep 1877

Hiram Williams 17 Sep 1923 Garland, Butler County, Alabama, United States - 01 Jan 1953

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