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− | '''September 17''' is the [[17]]<sup>th</sup> day in [[September]].
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− | ==Events==
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− | [[1859]] -- Self-coronation of Emperor Norton I of US,
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− | in Frisco. America's Greatest Ruler.
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− | [[1861]] -- A new theater, [[Tucker's Hall]], opens with a
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− | performance of "Norton the First," or "An Emperor
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− | for a Day." [http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/EmperorNorton/nortonAnitarCache.htm]
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− | [[1864]] -- [[Albert Theodore Schroeder]] lives ... met &
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− | came to know the liberals, socialists, radicals &
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− | anarchists whose civil liberties he worked to uphold
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− | [[1883]] -- [[William Carlos Williams]] lives
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− | the car
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− | [[1897]] -- [[United States of America|US]]: [[Portland]] editor [[A. J. Pope]] arrested & jailed
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− | for sending "obscene" material in the anarchist "[[Firebrand]]"
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− | through the mail. [[Abe Isaak]] & [[Henry Addis]], the other
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− | "Firebrand" editors, are arrested within the next few
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− | days on the same charge.
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− | [[1900]] -- [[United States of America|US]]: Ton of Trouble?: 100,000 [[Pennsylvania]]
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− | anthracite coal miners go on strike.
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− | [[1935]] -- {{ll|Hippie}} bus driver, psychedelician, [[author]] [[Ken Kesey]] lives.
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− | [[1939]] -- [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] troops invade [[Poland]], jointly occupying
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− | it with [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]]. Poland is not be free of Soviet
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− | domination for another 60 years.
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− | [[1960]] -- Mobs attack the [[United States of America|US]] embassy in [[Panama]] in a
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− | dispute over the flying of the US & Panamanian [[national flag|flags]].
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− | [[1961]] -- [[England]]: 1,314 arrested in anti-bomb sit-down,
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− | [[Trafalgar Square]], [[London]], while [[Bertrand Russell]] sits
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− | in jail since his arrest on [[September 13]].
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− | [[1967]] -- [[The Doors]] perform "Light My Fire" & "People
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− | are Strange" on the "Ed Sullivan Show." Prior to the
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− | show, Sullivan asked [[Jim Morrison]] to change or omit
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− | the line "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" ...
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− | Morrison sang it anyway.
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− | [[1980]] -- Former [[United States of America|US]]-supported Terrorist Beloved & Respected
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− | Comrade Leader Nicaraguan dictator [[Anastasio Somoza]] [[assassination|assassinated]].
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− | [[1998]] -- [[Australia]]: Huge (sic) Run on Viagra? Soldiers are officially
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− | given the all-clear to use performance-enhancing drugs to improve
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− | their strength.
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− | [[2001]] -- [[United States of America|US]]: America returns to normal following the [[September 11]]
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− | "Attack on America".
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− | ==External link==
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− | * http://www.recollectionbooks.com/bleed/0917.htm
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− | [[Category:Days in September|17]] [[Category:Days of year]]
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