WHAT HAPPENED ON 17. SEPTEMBER
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Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac. (17. September 1900)

The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality. (17. September 1908)

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. (17. September 1914)

World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France. (17. September 1916)

The Border Defence Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits. (17. September 1924)

The Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian is formed. (17. September 1924)

World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939. (17. September 1939)

World War II: A German U-boat U 29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous. (17. September 1939)

Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6 (17. September 1939)

World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely. (17. September 1940)

World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued. (17. September 1941)

World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Germans. (17. September 1943)

World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden. (17. September 1944)

The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel. (17. September 1948)

The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union. (17. September 1948)

The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives. (17. September 1949)

Malaysia joins the United Nations. (17. September 1957)

The world's first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (17. September 1961)

Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations. (17. September 1974)

The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA. (17. September 1976)