Daily Calendar for Friday, September 17, 2021

Events

• City of Boston founded – 1630
• The U.S. Constitution signed – 1787
• Battle of Antietam in Maryland occurred; known as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War – 1862
• First powered flight of X-15 rocket plane – 1959
• First public display of a lunar rock, at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. – 1969
• M*A*S*H made its television debut – 1972
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police began accepting women as uniformed members – 1974
• NASA unveiled the first space shuttle, Enterprise, to the public – 1976
• Vanessa Williams became the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America – 1983
• William Rehnquist is confirmed as chief justice of the US Supreme Court – 1986
• Heather Whitestone of Alabama became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss America – 1994
• The Late Show with David Letterman was the first TV talk show to return to the airways six days after terrorists attacked the United States in New York City – 2001
• Barry Bonds hit his 700th home run – 2004
• A 17-pound 4-ounce white catfish was caught in the Humboldt River of Nevada – 2005
• A bottled message tossed from an April Caribbean cruise was found in Sunset Beach, North Carolina – 2018