What Happened On This Day ? September 17
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1978
Camp David Accords are signed
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. The accords were the precursor to the 1974 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
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1939
Man runs 10,000 meters in less than 30 minutes for the first time in recorded history
Finnish runner, Taisto Maki, broke his previous record by running the distance in 29 minutes 52 seconds.
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1894
A day after Japan wins the Battle of Pyongyang it defeats China in the Battle of the Yalu River
Also known as the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the conflict was fought between Japan and China during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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1862
Bloodiest Single Day of the American Civil War takes place
The Battle of Antietam was fought near the Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Thought to be the deadliest single day of the American Civil War ? at least 4000 soldiers on both sides died ? the battle ended Confederate General Robert E. Lee incursion into the North. While there were no clear victors, many believed that the withdrawal of Confederate soldiers from the battlefield before the Union Army did meant that the Union had won the battle.
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1809
Treaty of Fredrikshamn is signed between Sweden and Russia
Also known as the Treaty of Hamina, it concluded the Finnish War and ceded Swedish territories, which later formed Finland to Russia.
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1985
Toma? Berdych
Czech tennis player
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1975
Jimmie Johnson
American race car driver
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1923
Hank Williams
American singer-songwriter, guitarist
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1915
M. F. Husain
Indian painter, director
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1879
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Indian businessman, politician, activist
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1997
Red Skelton
American actor, comedian
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1996
Spiro Agnew
American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States
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1994
Karl Popper
Austrian/English philosopher
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1948
Ruth Benedict
American anthropologist
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1179
Hildegard of Bingen
German saint, philosopher, composer