On this day: 17 September

Selected events and births on 17 September, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1859 – Disgruntled with the legal and political structures of the United States, Joshua Norton distributed letters to various newspapers in San Francisco proclaiming himself to be Emperor Norton. Read more: San Francisco Emperor Norton
• 1914 – Andrew Fisher, who in his previous term as premier oversaw a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s, became Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. Read more: Andrew Fisher Prime Minister of Australia
• 1958 – Tintin in Tibet, the twentieth volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé and which he regarded as his favourite in the series, began serialisation. Read more: Tintin in Tibet The Adventures of Tintin Hergé
• 1962 – NASA announced the Next Nine astronauts selected for the purpose of landing on the moon. Read more: NASA NASA Astronaut Group 2 Astronaut
• 1962 – NASA announced the Next Nine astronauts selected for the purpose of landing on the Moon. Read more: NASA NASA Astronaut Group 2 Moon landing
• 1980 – Solidarity, a Polish trade union, was founded as the first independent labor union in an Eastern Bloc country. Read more: Solidarity (Polish trade union) Trade union History of Solidarity
• 1985 – Four years after AIDS was first identified in the United States, Ronald Reagan publicly acknowledged AIDS (video featured) for the first time. Read more: HIV/AIDS Ronald Reagan and AIDS
• 2011 – Adbusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, organized a protest against corporate influence on democracy at Zuccotti Park in New York City that became known as Occupy Wall Street. Read more: Adbusters Anti-consumerism Regulatory capture

Born on this day

• 1940 – Jan Eliasson, Swedish politician and diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Read more: Jan Eliasson Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1945 – David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada Read more: David Emerson Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)
• 1950 – Narendra Modi, Indian politician; Chief Minister of Gujarat and 14th Prime Minister of India Read more: Narendra Modi Gujarat Prime Minister of India
• 1955 – Mike Parson, American politician, 57th Governor of Missouri Read more: Mike Parson List of governors of Missouri
• 1956 – Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan Read more: Almazbek Atambayev President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1958 – Janez Janša, Slovenian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Slovenia Read more: Janez Janša Prime Minister of Slovenia
• 1962 – Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt Read more: Hesham Qandil Prime Minister of Egypt
• 1965 – Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog Read more: Yuji Naka Sonic the Hedgehog
• 1979 – Chris Minns, Australian politician, 47th Premier of New South Wales Read more: Chris Minns Premier of New South Wales
• 1983 – Ice Seguerra, Filipino singer, actor, director, and former chairman of the National Youth Commission of the Philippines (2016–18) Read more: Ice Seguerra National Youth Commission (Philippines)
• 1999 – Jaimee Fourlis, Australian tennis player Read more: Jaimee Fourlis
• 2002 – Elina Avanesyan, Russian-Armenian tennis player Read more: Elina Avanesyan

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / September 17 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.