September 17

2024 Calendar

September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 105 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

454 – Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria
456 – Remistus, Roman general
1179 – Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess and composer (b. 1098)
1312 – Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
1322 – Robert III of Flanders (b. 1249)
1422 – Constantine II of Bulgaria
1574 – Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Spanish admiral and explorer (b. 1519)
1575 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss religious reformer (b. 1504)
1665 – King Philip IV of Spain (b. 1605)
1676 – Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, founder of the Jewish Sabbatean Movement (b. 1626)
1679 – John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general (b. 1629)
1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist (b. 1687)
1802 – Richard Owen Cambridge, English poet and historian (b. 1717)
1808 – Benjamin Bourne, American jurist and politician (b. 1755)
1836 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748)
1863 – Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet and playwright (b. 1797)
1877 – Henry Fox Talbot, British inventor and photography pioneer (b. 1800)
1894 – Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral (b. 1849)

1901 – 2000

1904 – Kartini, Indonesian activist (b. 1879)
1907 – Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
1908 – Thomas Selfridge, First Lieutenant of the United States Army (b. 1882)
1909 – Thomas Bent, Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
1916 – Hermann Krone, German photographer (b. 1827)
1923 – Stephanos Dragoumis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
1948 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (b. 1895)
1951 – Jimmy Yancey, American pianist (b. 1898)
1961 – Adnan Menderes, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
1965 – Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
1966 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (b. 1930)
1970 – France Bevk, Slovenian writer (b. 1890)
1972 – Akim Tamiroff, Georgian actor (b. 1899)
1973 – Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader (b. 1909)
1980 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, former President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
1985 – Laura Ashley, Welsh designer (b. 1925)
1991 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist (b. 1902)
1993 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player (b. 1913)
1994 – Karl Popper, Austrian philosopher (b. 1902)
1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (b. 1954)
1996 – Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
1997 – Red Skelton, American entertainer (b. 1913)
2000 – Paula Yates, British television personality (b. 1959)

From 2001

2003 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
2006 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister of John F. Kennedy (b. 1924)
2009 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist militant (b. 1968)
2011 – Kurt Sanderling, German conductor (b. 1912)
2012 – Russell Train, American politician (b. 1920)
2013 – Eiji Toyoda, Japanese industrialist (b. 1913)
2013 – Marti de Riquer i Morera, Spanish-Catalan linguist (b. 1914)
2014 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1972)
2014 – China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (b. 1922)
2014 – George Hamilton IV, American country music singer (b. 1937)
2014 – Peter von Bagh, Finnish movie historian (b. 1943)
2014 – Lorna Thomas, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1917)
2015 – Dettmar Cramer, German football manager (b. 1925)
2015 – Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
2015 – David Willcocks, British choirmaster (b. 1919)
2015 – Vadim Kuzmin, Russian theoretical physicist (b. 1937)
2016 – Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian Paralympic cyclist (b. 1968)
2016 – Charmian Carr, American actress (b. 1942)
2016 – Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (b. 1930)

Births

1901 – 1950

1901 – Francis Chichester, British sailor and adventurer (d. 1972)
1903 – Dolores Costello, American actress (d. 1979)
1904 – Frederick Ashton, English ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)
1904 – Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1986)
1906 – Junius Richard Jayewardene, President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)
1907 – Warren E. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)
1914 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (d. 1996)
1915 – M. F. Husain, Indian painter (d. 2011)
1916 – Mary Stewart, English novelist (d. 2014)
1917 – Isang Yun, Korean-German composer (d. 1995)
1918 – Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (d. 1997)
1922 – Agostinho Neto, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979)
1922 – Virgilio Barco Vargas, President of Colombia (d. 1997)
1923 – Hank Williams, American musician (d. 1953)
1925 – John List, American murderer (d. 2008)
1926 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007)
1928 – Roddy McDowall, British actor (d. 1998)
1929 – Stirling Moss, British racing driver
1929 – Pat Crowley, American actress
1930 – David Huddleston, American actor (d. 2016)
1930 – Thomas Patten Stafford, American astronaut
1930 – Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut (d. 2016)
1931 – Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)
1933 – Claude Provost, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
1933 – Chuck Grassley, United States Senator from Iowa
1934 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
1935 – Ken Kesey, American writer (d. 2001)
1936 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian actor and singer (d. 2013)
1937 – Nigel Boocock, English speedway rider (d. 2015)
1939 – David Souter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
1940 – Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat
1940 – Lorella De Luca, Italian actress (d. 2014)
1942 – Des Lynam, English television presenter
1942 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (d. 2012)
1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer
1945 – Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
1945 – Bruce Spence, New Zealand actor
1945 – David Emerson, Canadian politician
1946 – Billy Bonds, English footballer
1947 – Tessa Jowell, English politician
1948 – John Ritter, American actor (d. 2003)
1948 – Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer (d. 2015)
1950 – Narendra Modi, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India

1951 – 1975

1951 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress
1951 – Russell Brown, Scottish politician
1951 – Kermit Washington, American basketball player
1953 – Rita Rudner, American actress and comedienne
1953 – Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef
1954 – Joel-François Durand, French composer
1956 – Andreas Starke, Lord Mayor of Bamberg in Bavaria
1956 – Almazbek Atambayev, President of Kyrgyzstan
1957 – Richie Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1958 – Janez Jansa, former Prime Minister of Slovenia
1960 – Damon Hill, British racing driver
1960 – Annabelle Apsion, British actress
1960 – Kevin Clash, American actor and puppeteer
1961 – Pamela Melroy, American astronaut
1962 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian movie director
1962 – Hesham Qandil, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt
1962 – BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer
1963 – Warren Gatland, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1965 – Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, creator of Sonic the Hedgehog
1966 – Paula Jones, American state employee
1968 – Anastacia, American singer
1968 – Marie-Chantal, former Crown Princess of Greece
1968 – Akhenaton, French rapper and producer
1968 – Tito Vilanova, Spanish football manager (d. 2014)
1969 – Ken Doherty, Irish snooker player
1969 – Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter (The Prodigy)
1970 – Dallas Campbell, Scottish television presenter
1971 – Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer
1971 – Mike Catt, English rugby player
1972 – Bobby Lee, American comedian and actor
1973 – Diego Albanese, Argentine rugby player
1974 – Sheed Wallace, American basketball player
1975 – Constantine Maroulis, American singer

From 1976

1977 – Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer
1979 – Chuck Comeau, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1980 – Shabana Mahmood, English lawyer and politician
1981 – Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer
1982 – Shermine Shahrivar, Iranian-German model
1983 – Jennifer Peña, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
1983 – Aiza, Filipino singer and actor
1984 – John Kucera, Canadian skier
1985 – Tomas Berdych, Czech tennis player
1985 – Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
1985 – Jon Walker, American singer-songwriter
1985 – Umit Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
1985 – Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala, Crown Prince of Tonga
1989 – Kate Deines, American soccer player
1989 – Dijon Talton, American actor and singer
1991 – Minako Kotobuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
1991 – Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
1994 – Taylor Ware, American singer
2008 – Mia Talerico, American actress

Deaths

Observances

Constitution Day (United States)
Heroes' Day (Angola)