Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations. Date: September 17, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA. Date: September 17, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt. Date: September 17, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)

Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay. Date: September 17, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)

After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established. Date: September 17, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America. Date: September 17, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)

The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet. Date: September 17, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)

Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations. Date: September 17, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)

An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin. Date: September 17, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)

George W. Bush, president of the United States, delivers remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington praising Muslim Americans and condemning Islamophobia in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Date: September 17, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This…