On This Day, Sept. 17: Camp David Accords on Middle East peace signed

President Anwar Sadat of Egypt (L), President Jimmy Carter (C) and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign two agreements providing for negotiation of a full Middle East peace treaty within three months in a ceremony in the east room of the White House on September 17, 1978. File Photo by Darryl Heikes/UPI The Space Shuttle Enterprise sits on top of the NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft after touching down at John F. Kennedy International Airport on April 27, 2012, in New York City. On September 17, 1976, NASA displayed its first space shuttle, the Enterprise, an airplane-like spacecraft costing almost $10 billion. File Photo by Monika Graff/UPI Vanessa Williams attends the Entertainment Weekly/ABC Upfront party at PH-D Rooftop Lounge at Dream Downtown New York Upfronts in New York City on May 15, 2012. On September 17, 1983, Williams became the first African American to be named Miss America. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI A restaurant sits empty and boarded on Battleship Parkway, U.S. 90, which crosses Mobile Bay, with a sign "Everybody Pray" on September 15, 2004. On September 17, 2004, the death toll from Hurricane Ivan was set at 38 in the United States and 75 in at the Caribbean. File Photo by A.J. Sisco/UPI Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul on November 3, 2009. On September 17, 2009, final unofficial results from a controversial presidential election in Afghanistan indicated that Karzai got 54.6 percent of the vote, enough to avoid a runoff. File Photo by Hossein Fatemi/UPI

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- On this date in history:

In 1787, the U.S. Constitution, completed in Philadelphia, was signed by a majority of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

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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.

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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 African American to be named Miss America. She resigned 11 months later after nude photos were published but regained stardom as a singer and actress.

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.

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In 2009, final unofficial results from a controversial presidential election in Afghanistan indicated that incumbent Hamid Karzai got 54.6 percent of the vote, enough to avoid a runoff.

In 2019, Indonesia's parliament voted to revise the country's marriage law to raise the age at which females can marry from 16 to 19.

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On This Day: Camp David Accords on Middle East peace signed