Is there some significance to the date of September 17?
On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
On September 17, 1939, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov declares that the Polish government has ceased to exist, as the U.S.S.R. exercises the “fine print” of the Hitler-Stalin Non-aggression pact—the invasion and occupation of eastern Poland.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviet-union-invades-poland
2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
Anniversary of the battle of Antietam, the most Americans killed in battle in a single day.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.
This Sept 17 event is also interesting:
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.
It’s my buddy’s birthday.