September 17 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | September 17 Calendar
September 17th Daily Holidays include:
- Citizenship Day
- Constitution Day – September 17, but observed on September 18, 2023 since it falls on a weekend
- International Country Music Day
- National Apple Dumpling Day
- National Back to Church Sunday – September 17, 2023 (Third Sunday in September)
- National Monte Cristo Day
- National Neighborhood Day – September 17, 2023 (Third Sunday in September)
- National Professional House Cleaners Day
- National Table Shuffleboard Day
- National Women’s Friendship Day – September 17, 2023 (Third Sunday in September)
- Times Up Day
- VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day
- Wife Appreciation Day – September 17, 2023 (Third Sunday in September)
- World Patient Safety Day
September 17: Famous Birthdays
- – John Rutledge, American judge and politician who was the 2nd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)
- – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman who founded the Buick Motor Company (d. 1929)
- – Billy the Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881)
- – Hank Williams, American singer and songwriter (Your Cheating Heart) (d. 1953)
- – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (Planet of the Apes) (d. 1998)
- – Anne Bancroft, American actress (The Miracle Worker, The Graduate) (d. 2005)
- – Chuck Grassley, American lawyer and politician
- – John Ritter, American actor and producer (Three’s Company) (d. 2003)
- – Kyle Chandler, American actor (Early Edition, Friday Night Lights, Bloodline)
September 17: Historical Events
- September 17, 1382 – Louis the Great’s daughter, Mary, is crowned King of Hungary
- September 17, 1630 – The City of Boston, Massachusetts is founded
- September 17, 1776 – The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain
- September 17, 1778 – The Treat of Fort Pitt is signed as the first formal treaty between the U.S. and a Native American tribe
- September 17, 1787 – The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia
- September 17, 1849 – American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery
- September 17, 1862 – The Allegheny Arsenal explosion is the single largest civilian disaster during the American Civil War
- September 17, 1908 – The first airplane fatality is Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge when he was riding as a passenger on the Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright
- September 17, 1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes the Prime Minister of Australia for the third time
- September 17, 1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane kills more than 2,500 people when it strikes southeastern Florida
- September 17, 1935 – A rockslide stops operations of the Niagara Gorge Railroad
- September 17, 1939 – The Soviet invasion of Poland begins during World War II
- September 17, 1939 – German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous during World War II
- September 17, 1961 – The Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania opens with the worlds first retractable roof stadium
- September 17, 1974 – Bangladesh, Grenada, and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations
- September 17, 1976 – NASA unveils the Space Shuttle Enterprise
- September 17, 1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt
- September 17, 1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America
- September 17, 1991 – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, North Korea, South Korea all join the United Nations
- September 17, 2001 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks
- September 17, 2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts for the first time in at least 10,000 years
- September 17, 2016 – Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey and Manhattan with thirty one people injured in the Manhattan bombing
September 17: Music Events
- September 17, 1955 – Ain’t That a Shame by Pat Boone hits #1
- September 17, 1982 – Pink Floyd’s double album The Wall hits the big screen as a musical
- September 17, 1984 – Missing You by John Waite hits #1 in America
- September 17, 1997 – Fleetwood Mac starts their first tour in 20 years at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut
- September 17, 2000 – Trisha Yearwood is inducted into the George Music Hall of Fame, by the Governor of Georgia
September 17: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for September 17 is Virgo.
August Birthstone:
What is the September Birthstone? Sapphire
The September birthstone is sapphire – a gem that’s been cherished for thousands of years. Although the term sapphire usually refers to the blue variety of corundum (ruby is the red variety), this birthstone comes in a rainbow of other colors. Sapphires are mined in many countries around the world, including Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia, and the United States. The most valuable sapphires are those that are deep blue in color and have no visible inclusions.
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