17th of September 2026
17th of September 2026 is the 260th day of the year.
This day in history:
1630: Boston Massachusetts Founded - ...more
1944: Operation Market Garden - Allied invasion of Holland - ...more
1954: Lord of the Flies Published - ...more
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British quote for the day:
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean. - Arthur C Clarke.
Born today:
Stephen Hales - 1677, John Campbell - 1779, Samuel Prout - 1783, Edward Lane - 1801, Francis Chichester - 1901, Frederick Ashton - 1904, Stirling Moss - 1929, Des Lynam - 1942, Gilbert Proesch - 1943, Sherrie Hewson - 1950, David Bintley - 1957, Damon Hill - 1960, Keith Flint - 1969, Jazmin Carlin - 1990.
Died today:
Tobias Smollett - 1771, Walter Landor - 1864, William Fox Talbot - 1877, Lilian Braithwaite - 1948, Laura Ashley - 1985, Sir Kingsley Amis - 1994, Sir Karl Popper - 1994, Frankie Vaughan - 1999.
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