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| September 17 is the 261st day of the year. There are 105 days remaining until the end of the year. |
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| 1787 US Constitution is adopted by Philadelphia convention |
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| 1858 Dred Scott, US slave, loses his case before the true Supreme Court |
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| 1862 The bloodiest day in US history as the Union halts the advance of the Confederacy at the Battle of Antietam. More Americans die in this one battle on this one day than in the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, combined. |
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| 1920 The American Professional Football Association (later renamed National Football League) is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States. |
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| 1953 1st successful separation of Siamese twins |
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| 1956 Television is first broadcast in Australia. |
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| 1963 "Fugitive" premieres on ABC TV |
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| 1967 "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV. Ooooh, Willie! And, your willie! |
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| 1972 "M*A*S*H" premieres on CBS TV |
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| 1983 Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black. And, how does this turn out, Vanessa? |
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| 1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr New York City after 276 performances |
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| 1997 Dr. Sam Sheppard's body (The Fugitive was based on his case) is exhumed for DNA test. It’s him alright! |
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| 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zucotti Park, New York City. |
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| 1928 Roddy McDowall, gay English actor |
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| 1938 Paul Benedict, gay US actor |
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| 1950 Fee Waybill [John Waldo], US musician/The Tubes |
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| 1962 Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-born US actor |
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| 1963 William Shockley, maybe gay US actor |
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| 1966 Stephane Rousseau, Canadian actor/comedian |
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| 1968 Lord Jamar [Lorenzo DeChalus], US actor/musician |
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| 1969 Matthew Settle, US actor |
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| 1971 Nate Berkus, gay US interior designer/tv host |
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| 1971 Ian Whyte, Welsh basketball player actor/Predator |
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| 1972 Bobby Lee, US comedian/actor |
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| 1975 James Penfold, English model |
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| 1975 Austin St. John [Jason Geiger], maybe gay US actor (Power Rangers)/martial artist/Sean Cody model (!)/ER technician |
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| 1976 Kristian Erik Kiehling, Danish actor |
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| 1983 Nathan Wessel, US model |
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| 1899 Charles Alfred Pillsbury, US industrialist, gets baked |
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| 1908 Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, US Army officer and ill-fated Wilbur Wright passenger, becomes first airplane fatality |
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| 1987 Harry Locke, maybe gay English actor/comedian, heavens above! |
