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Today in History: September 17

1394
Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI

1787
The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia approves the constitution for the United States of America.

1796
President George Washington delivers his "Farewell Address" to Congress before concluding his second term in office.

1862
The Battle of Antietam in Maryland, the bloodiest day in U.S. history, commences. Fighting in the corn field, Bloody Lane and Burnside's Bridge rages all day as the Union and Confederate armies suffer a combined 26,293 casualties.

1868
The Battle of Beecher's Island begins, in which Major George "Sandy" Forsyth and 50 volunteers hold off 500 Sioux and Cheyenne in eastern Colorado.

1944
British airborne troops parachute into Holland to capture the Arnhem bridge as part of Operation Market-Garden. The plan called for the airborne troops to be relieved by British troops, but they were left stranded and eventually surrendered to the Germans.

1983
Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America; relinquished crown early after scandal over nude photos.

2001
The New York Stock Exchange reopens for the first time since the September 11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers; longest period of closure since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

2006
Alaska's Fourpeaked Mountain erupts for the first time in at least 10,000 years.

2011
Occupy Wall Street movement calling for greater social and economic equality begins in New York City's Zuccotti Park, coining the phrase "We are the 99%."

2019
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg tells US Congress "I know you are trying but just not hard enough. Sorry.”

2022
Cheetahs re-introduced to India from Namibia, after being extinct 70 years ago, at Kuno National Park in Madya Pradesh state

Today in History: Born on September 17

1923
Hank Williams, Sr., influential Country singer, songwriter and guitarist ("Lonesome Blues," "Your Cheatin' Heart".)

1935
Ken Kesey, author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Sometimes a Great Notion).

1948
John Ritter, actor, comedian (Three's Company TV series).

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