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100 years anniversary | ||||
17 Sep 1924 | Italy signs treaty of Rapallo | |||
17 Sep 1924 | 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 Sep 1924 | The Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian is formed. | |||
17 Sep 1924 |
death John Martin Schaeberle Died 17 Sep 1924 at age 71 (born 10 Jan 1853). German-American astronomer. |
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75 years anniversary | ||||
17 Sep 1949 | 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto | |||
17 Sep 1949 | 8th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 7-5 at Ganton Golf Club - England | |||
17 Sep 1949 | North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time | |||
17 Sep 1949 | WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting | |||
17 Sep 1949 | Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014) | |||
17 Sep 1949 | The Canadian steamship SSĀ Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives. | |||
17 Sep 1949 | Steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada) | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
17 Sep 1974 | Bas Leferink: Soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles) | |||
17 Sep 1974 | Jason Hewitt: Australian baseball infielder (1996 Olympics) | |||
17 Sep 1974 | Rasheed Wallace: NBA forward (Portland Trailblazers) | |||
17 Sep 1974 | Mirah, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Microphones) | |||
17 Sep 1974 | Tormod Granheim, Norwegian skier | |||
17 Sep 1974 | Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player and coach | |||
17 Sep 1974 | DJ Babu, Filipino-American DJ | |||
17 Sep 1974 | Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations. | |||
17 Sep 1974 | Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
17 Sep 1999 | Daniel Huttlestone, English actor and singer | |||
17 Sep 1999 | Frankie Vaughan, English singer (b. 1928) | |||
17 Sep 1999 | English singer Frankie Vaughan died of heart failure aged 71. During the 1950's he scored twenty UK Top 30 singles including the UK No.2 'Green Door.' He was awarded an OBE in 1965, and a CBE in 1996 | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
17 Sep 2004 | Israeli police arrested two of Madonna's bodyguards after they assaulted photographers waiting for the singer outside her hotel. Madonna was in Israel with 2,000 other students of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical offshoot. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
17 Sep 2009 | Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1968) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
17 Sep 2014 | Street Cry, Irish race horse (b. 1998) | |||
17 Sep 2014 | George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) | |||
17 Sep 2014 | Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972) | |||
17 Sep 2014 | Wakachichibu Komei, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1939) | |||
17 Sep 2014 | Elaine Lee, South African-Australian actress (b. 1939) | |||
17 Sep 2014 | Charles Read, Australian air marshal (b. 1918) | |||
17 Sep 2014 | Peter von Bagh, Finnish historian, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943) | |||
17 Sep 2014 | China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (b. 1922) | |||
17 Sep 2014 | Country music star George Hamilton IV died in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 77. The singer and guitarist, who began performing as a teenager in the 1950s, had suffered a major heart attack a few days earlier. At the start of his career in 1956, Hamilton had a top five hit in the US with A Rose and A Baby Ruth, which led to tours with pop idols Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers. |