The Israeli Air Force conducted missile strikes that hit multiple targets in western Syria; Syrian air defences responding to the strikes accidentally downed a Russian plane.
ClockHorizon daily selection“Well done is better than well said.”
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement.
A Russian reconnaissance aircraft carrying 15 people on board is brought down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile over the Mediterranean Sea.
Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
“Well done is better than well said.”
Elina Avanesyan
2002
Armenian tennis player (born 2002)
Jaimee Fourlis
1999
Australian tennis player (born 1999)
Kim Dong-hyun (singer, born 1998)
1998
South Korean singer and actor (born 1998)
Auston Matthews
1997
American ice hockey player (born 1997)
Duje Ćaleta-Car
1996
Croatian footballer (born 1996)One highlighted entry is from 2018: The Israeli Air Force conducted missile strikes that hit multiple targets in western Syria; Syrian air defences responding to the strikes accidentally downed a Russian plane.
People listed for September 17 include Elina Avanesyan (2002), Jaimee Fourlis (1999), and Kim Dong-hyun (singer, born 1998) (1998).
Observances listed for September 17 include Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, observed on the previous Friday if it falls on a Saturday, the following Monday if on a Sunday; and the beginning of the Constitution Week (United States), Marathwada Liberation Day (Maharashtra), and Christian feast day: Albert of Vercelli.
