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Saturday, December 27, 2014

September 17 - This Day in History

September 17: General Interest
1862: Battle of Antietam

Beginning early on the morning of this day in 1862, Confederate and Union troops in the Civil War clash near Maryland's Antietam Creek in the bloodiest one-day battle in American history. The Battle of Antietam... read more


American Revolution
1778 : Indians and Loyalists burn German Flats, New York
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/indians-and-loyalists-burn-german-flats-new-york


Automotive
1965 : Amphibious cars arrive in Frankfurt after sailing across the English Channel
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/amphibious-cars-arrive-in-frankfurt-after-sailing-across-the-english-channel


Civil War
1862 : Rebels and Yankees clash at the Battle of Antietam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/antietam-the-bloodiest-day-in-american-history


Cold War
1957 : Louis Armstrong cancels trip to Russia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/louis-armstrong-cancels-trip-to-russia


Crime
1884 : A California judge sets a record for trying criminal cases
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-california-judge-sets-a-record-for-trying-criminal-cases


Disaster
1923 : Fire threatens U.C. Berkeley
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fire-threatens-uc-berkeley


General Interest
1787 : U.S. Constitution signed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-constitution-signed

1976 : Space Shuttle unveiled
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/space-shuttle-unveiled

1978 : Camp David Accords signed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/camp-david-accords-signed


Hollywood
1983 : Vanessa Williams becomes first black Miss America
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vanessa-williams-becomes-first-black-miss-america


Literary
1820 : John Keats leaves for Italy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-keats-leaves-for-italy

1996 : Oprah launches influential book club
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oprah-launches-influential-book-club


Music
1967 : The Who spark an explosion on national television
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-who-spark-an-explosion-on-national-television


Old West
1868 : Cheyenne and Sioux decimate frontiersmen at Beecher's Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cheyenne-and-sioux-decimate-frontiersmen-at-beechers-island


Presidential
1796 : Washington prepares final draft of farewell address
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-prepares-final-draft-of-farewell-address


Sports
1981 : Fernandomania!
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fernandomania


Vietnam War
1970 : PRG presents a new peace plan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prg-presents-a-new-peace-plan

1972 : Hanoi releases three POWs
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hanoi-releases-three-pows


World War I
1916 : Manfred von Richthofen shoots down his first plane
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/manfred-von-richthofen-shoots-down-his-first-plane


World War II
1939 : Soviet Union invades Poland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-union-invades-poland

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