Today is Tuesday, Sept. 17, the 261st day of 2024 with 105 to follow.
The moon is full. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
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1 of 5 | The Constitution of the United States of 1789 is on display along with other historical documents in the rotunda of the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C. On September 17, 1787, the U.S. Constitution, completed in Philadelphia, was signed by a majority of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI | License Photo
Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include Pope Paul V in 1552; the second chief justice of the United States, John Rutledge in 1739; Marriott Corp. founder J. Willard Marriott in 1900; former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger in 1907; musician Hank Williams Sr. in 1923; Football Hall of Fame member George Blanda in 1927; actor Roddy McDowall in 1928; race car driver Stirling Moss in 1929; actor David Huddleston in 1930; astronaut Edgar Mitchell in 1930; astronaut Thomas Stafford in 1930; actor Anne Bancroft in 1931; actor Dorothy Loudon in 1933; Tennis Hall of Fame member Maureen Connolly in 1934; writer Ken Kesey in 1935; Baseball Hall of Fame member Orlando Cepeda in 1937; former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter in 1939 (age 85); Basketball Hall of Fame member Phil Jackson in 1945 (age 79); cartoonist Jeff MacNelly in 1947; actor John Ritter in 1948; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 1950 (age 73); spooky movie hostess Elvira, born Cassandra Peterson, in 1951 (age 73); actor/comedian Rita Rudner in 1953 (age 71); filmmaker Baz Luhrmann in 1962 (age 62); filmmaker Paul Feig in 1962 (age 62); businessman/TV personality Robert Herjavec in 1962 (age 62); actor Kyle Chandler in 1965 (age 59); musician, Doug E. Fresh, born Douglas Davis, in 1966 (age 58); celebrity chef Joe Bastianich in 1968 (age 56); musician Vin Rock, born Vincent Brown, (Naughty by Nature) in 1970 (age 54); TV personality Nate Berkus in 1971 (age 53); actor/comedian Bobby Lee in 1971 (age 53); actor Nick Cordero in 1978; musician Chuck Comeau (Simple Plan) in 1979 (age 45); hockey player Alex Ovechkin in 1985 (age 39); actor Danielle Brooks in 1989 (age 35); actor Mena Massoud in 1991 (age 33); actor Danny Ramirez in 1992 (age 32); NFL star Patrick Mahomes II in 1995 (age 29); actor Ella Purnell in 1996 (age 28); actor Marquis Rodriguez in 1996 (age 28); actor India Amarteifio in 2001 (age 23).
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On this date in history:
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In 1787, the U.S. Constitution, completed in Philadelphia, was signed by a majority of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Nine states ratified the document in June 1788, and it became the supreme law of the United States on March 4, 1789.
In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. George McClellan attacked Confederate troops led by Gen. Robert E. Lee near Antietam Creek in Maryland. McClellan blocked Lee's advance on Washington but fell short of victory.
In 1939, Soviet troops invaded Poland, 16 days after Nazi Germany moved into the country. Warsaw capitulated to Nazi armies 20 days later.
In 1972, North Vietnam released three American pilots, the first U.S. prisoners of war released by the country since 1969.
In 1976, NASA displayed its first space shuttle, the Enterprise, an airplane-like spacecraft costing almost $10 billion that took nearly a decade to develop.
In 1978, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords, laying the groundwork for a permanent peace agreement between Egypt and Israel after three decades of hostilities.
In 1983, Vanessa Williams of New York became the first Black woman to be named Miss America. She resigned 11 months later after nude photos were published but regained stardom as a singer and actress.
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In 1991, North Korea, South Korea, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were admitted to the United Nations.
In 1993, Cambodia's two leading political parties agreed that Prince Norodom Sihanouk would lead the nation. Sihanouk was installed as king a week later.
In 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush said Osama bin Laden, the suspected ringleader in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was "wanted dead or alive." Bin Laden was killed in a 2011 U.S. commando raid in in Pakistan.
In 2023, an unnamed actor said in a court document she was sexually assaulted by British comedian Russell Brand in 2010 while on the set of the movie Arthur as crew members "guarded the door from the outside."
A thought for the day: "When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it." -- Baseball Hall of Fame member Orlando Cepeda
