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Gate No. 2 of the Gdańsk Shipyard, Solidarity’s symbolic site, photographed in 2024

46 years since Solidarity was formed as a nationwide trade union in Poland

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History

17 September 2026 marks 46 years since the meeting in Gdańsk at which representatives of Inter-Enterprise Foun...

Female rider in an aerodynamic time-trial position, archive photograph from the 2018 UCI Worlds in Innsbruck

UCI Worlds in Montréal open with the Women Elite individual time trial

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Sport

The UCI Road World Championships begin in Montréal on Sunday, 20 September, with the Women Elite individual ti...

The Faber & Faber stand at the London Book Fair, 2015

72 years since William Golding’s Lord of the Flies was published

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Culture

17 September 2026 marks 72 years since Faber and Faber published Lord of the Flies in the United Kingdom. It w...

Volunteers with bags and gloves at a beach cleanup, archive photograph from 2023

World Cleanup Day 2026 mobilises communities worldwide against waste

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Environment

World Cleanup Day is observed on 20 September, a date proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in res...

The American Express Stadium from outside, not a 19 September passage of play

Brighton v Arsenal: an away test for the London side in the Premier League

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Sport

Arsenal travel to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday 19 September 2026 at the American Express Stadium. The Pr...

Linus Torvalds at LinuxCon Europe, photographed in 2014, not in 1991

35 years since Linux 0.01: the public beginning of a kernel that changed technology

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Technology

17 September 2026 marks 35 years since version 0.01 of the Linux kernel, a milestone in the history of modern...

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, not the 19 September starting eleven

Tottenham v Aston Villa: Premier League points at stake in London

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Sport

Tottenham Hotspur host Aston Villa on Saturday 19 September 2026 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Premier Lea...

Vanessa Williams photographed in 2007, after the career that followed her Miss America 1984 title

43 years since Vanessa Williams became the first African American woman named Miss America

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Culture

17 September 2026 marks 43 years since Vanessa Williams became the first African American woman to be named Mi...

The Muscarelle Museum façade in Williamsburg, not the 19 September workshop

Community Art Day turns Williamsburg into a workshop open to the public

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Culture

The Muscarelle Museum of Art, on the William & Mary campus in Williamsburg, Virginia, holds its fourth Communi...

Historical map of the princely state of Hyderabad from the 1901 census

78 years since Hyderabad State surrendered and was integrated into India

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History

17 September 2026 marks 78 years since the surrender of the princely state of Hyderabad, an event that resulte...

Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, not the 2026 kick-off

West Virginia and Virginia meet in Charlotte for the Duke’s Mayo Classic

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Sport

West Virginia and Virginia meet on Saturday 19 September 2026 in the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America St...

Bristol Motor Speedway, the concrete oval, not the 19 September 2026 start

Bristol Night Race puts NASCAR under the lights in a high-stakes round

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Sport

Bristol Motor Speedway hosts the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, a NASCAR Cup Series round, on Saturday 19 Septembe...

Seoul Olympic Stadium photographed in 1994, not the 1988 ceremony

38 years since the Seoul Olympic Games opened: the ceremony of 17 September 1988

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Sport

17 September 2026 marks 38 years since the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul. The Internat...

Volunteers collecting litter on a beach during a coastal cleanup

International Coastal Cleanup mobilises volunteers against waste entering waterways

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Environment

On Saturday, 19 September 2026, communities in more than 100 countries are expected to join the International...

The UN General Assembly hall, photographed after 1974

17 September 1974: Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau joined the United Nations on the same day

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International

On 17 September 1974 the UN General Assembly admitted three states on the same day: Bangladesh, Grenada and Gu...

Red panda cubs in a tree, Langtang National Park, Nepal

International Red Panda Day: an emblematic species threatened by habitat loss

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Environment

International Red Panda Day falls in 2026 on Saturday, 19 September, the month’s third Saturday, as a global d...

United Nations Headquarters in New York, not the 1974 meeting hall

52 years since Bangladesh became a member of the United Nations

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International

17 September 2026 marks 52 years since Bangladesh became a member of the United Nations. The official UN membe...

A portrait of Adnan Menderes at the Democracy Museum, not a photograph of the execution

65 years since the execution of Adnan Menderes: Turkey’s former prime minister died on 17 September 1961

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History

17 September 2026 marks 65 years since the execution of Adnan Menderes, prime minister of Turkey from 1950 to...

A doctor talking with a patient in a clinical setting, without graphic procedures

World Marrow Donor Day highlights donors who can offer patients a new chance at life

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Health

The World Marrow Donor Association marks World Marrow Donor Day in 2026 on 22 September, to thank volunteer ha...

Kobayashi Kiyochika print of the naval Battle of the Yalu, 1894

132 years since the Battle of the Yalu: the naval clash of 17 September 1894 that altered the regional balance

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History

17 September 2026 marks 132 years since the naval Battle of the Yalu, the largest maritime engagement of the F...

A 1775 map of Boston, not a view from 1630

396 years since Boston received its name: 17 September 1630 in the history of the American city

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History

17 September 2026 marks 396 years since the date associated, in the calendar used today, with the naming of th...

Vintage cars lined up outdoors, an illustrative image for a historic-vehicle rally

The Giurgiu 1904 Memorial Rally starts its 28th edition in Bucharest

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Sport

On Saturday, 19 September 2026, the Bucharest branch of Retromobil Club România organises the 28th Giurgiu 190...

Portrait of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek by Jan Verkolje, Rijksmuseum

343 years since Antonie van Leeuwenhoek’s letter describing microorganisms from dental material

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Science

17 September 2026 marks 343 years since a letter from Antonie van Leeuwenhoek to Francis Aston, secretary of t...

Dancers at a salsa festival, an illustrative image for an outdoor Latin American celebration

FIESTA! opens a day celebrating Latin American culture in Winston-Salem

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Culture

Downtown Winston-Salem hosts the 34th FIESTA! on Saturday, 19 September 2026, a one-day festival organised by...

Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, Civil War-era photograph

From Antietam to emancipation: how the battle of 17 September 1862 changed the political course of the Civil War

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History

The Battle of Antietam, fought on 17 September 1862, is remembered for the extraordinary losses of a single da...

The Wright aircraft at Fort Myer, Virginia, during the 1908 demonstration period

17 September 1908: the crash that nearly killed Orville Wright and interrupted the military aircraft trials

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History

On 17 September 1908 the demonstration programme through which the Wright brothers were trying to prove the mi...

New Tube for London mock-up at the Design Museum, a red cab showing Heathrow on the Piccadilly line

London Design Festival enters its final weekend with exhibitions and installations across the city

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Culture

London Design Festival enters the final weekend of its 2026 edition, which runs from 12 to 20 September across...

Max Scherzer, archive photograph (Washington, 2019), not from the 16 September 2026 game against Detroit

Toronto Blue Jays beat Detroit 5–1 and remain in the wild-card race

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Sport

The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 5–1 on Wednesday, 16 September, at Rogers Centre, avoided a swee...

Microglia microscopy from the Salk microprotein and Alzheimer study

More than 1,000 brain microproteins may offer new clues about Alzheimer's disease

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Health

Salk Institute researchers have published in Nature Aging an atlas of microproteins in the human frontal corte...

May Mobility autonomous vehicle, company press photograph

May Mobility seeks a Nasdaq listing through a $1.4 billion SPAC transaction

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Economy

Ann Arbor-based May Mobility announced on 16 September a merger agreement with ACP Holdings Acquisition, a Nas...

Flooded rice fields, photograph from the Google/Terradot announcement

Google backs its largest carbon-removal agreement in Brazil

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Environment

On 16 September Google announced its largest carbon-removal agreement, with Terradot, covering more than 200,0...

A researcher at a microscope in a laboratory, an illustrative image

Novartis ends development of experimental ALS treatment after trial failure

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Health

Novartis has stopped development of VHB937, also known as lifonebart, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis after...

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