Unforgettable Moments: September 17 Through History #birthday #historystudent #september

1691 Massachusetts Bay Colony granted new charter

1778 1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt)

1787 The US Constitution is signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention

1849 Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with two of her brothers

1862 American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war; 78 workers killed.

1862 Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded or missing in first battle on Union soil

1872 Phillip W. Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires

1873 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University

1900 The Commonwealth of Australia is proclaimed

1908 Thomas Selfridge becomes first fatality of powered flight

1911 1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hrs 4 min

1920 National Football League is born in Canton, Ohio; 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association; renamed the NFL in 1922

1922 Radio Moscow begins transmitting (12 KWs-most powerful station)

1934 RCA Victor releases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording - Beethoven's Fifth Symphony performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Leopold Stokowski at the Philadelphia Academy of Music

1937 1st NFL game in Washington, D.C.; Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3

1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station

1949 North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time

1962 Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools

1965 CBS premiere of WWII sitcom "Hogan's Heroes”

1967 American rock band "The Doors" appear for 1st and last time on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; singer Jim Morrison reneges on promise to change a lyric, prompting producers to offer no further invitations [1]

1972 TV comedy series "M*A*S*H", adapted from the movie, starring Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, Wayne Rogers, and McLean Stevenson debuts on CBS in the US; runs for 11 years garnering 14 Emmy and 1 Peabody Award

1976 NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, California, named after Star Trek Enterprise with cast attending

1978 Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David Accords, frameworks for peace in the Middle East and between Egypt and Israel

1980 Polish workers under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa found the Solidarity movement at the Gdańsk Shipyard

2007 AOL, once the largest ISP in the U.S., officially announces plans to refocus the company as an advertising business and to relocate its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Virginia to New York City

2011 Occupy Wall Street movement against economic inequality and the influence of money in politics begins in Zucotti Park, New York City