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Joshua Norton, the self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States, in uniform, around 1871–72

167 years since Joshua Norton proclaimed himself “Emperor of the United States”

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History

17 September 2026 marks 167 years since Joshua Abraham Norton published the proclamation declaring himself “No...

United Nations Headquarters on the East River, New York, 2023

International Day of Peace 2026: the UN theme asks for lasting investment, not a one-day effort

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International

21 September is the International Day of Peace, a date set by the United Nations to strengthen the ideals of p...

NASA illustration of 2003 EL61, the elongated body later named Haumea, with two satellites

18 years since Haumea received its official name and dwarf-planet status

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Science

17 September 2026 marks 18 years since the International Astronomical Union assigned the name Haumea to a body...

Finnish distance runner Taisto Mäki in Helsinki, 13 June 1948

87 years since Taisto Mäki ran the first sub-30-minute 10,000 metres

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Sport

17 September 2026 marks 87 years since Finland’s Taisto Mäki became the first athlete to complete 10,000 metre...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

The New York Stock Exchange building on Wall Street, Manhattan

25 years since US stock markets reopened after the September 11 attacks

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Economy

17 September 2026 marks 25 years since US equity and options markets reopened after the terrorist attacks of 1...

The United Nations General Assembly Hall at the New York headquarters

35 years since South Korea and North Korea joined the United Nations on the same day

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History

17 September 2026 marks 35 years since South Korea and North Korea were admitted to the United Nations. The 19...

A B-52 bomber releasing the experimental X-15 rocket plane

67 years since the first powered X-15 flight: the rocket plane that helped open the era of hypersonic flight

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Science

17 September 2026 marks 67 years since the first powered flight of the X-15 rocket plane, one of the most impo...

Wright Flyer test flights at Fort Myer, Virginia, in 1908

118 years since the death of Thomas Selfridge: the first fatality in a powered-aircraft crash

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History

17 September 2026 marks 118 years since the Fort Myer crash that killed Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge, an eve...

German and Soviet tanks at Brest-Litovsk, 22 September 1939, after the partition of Poland

87 years since the Soviet invasion of Poland: 17 September 1939 and the opening of a second front

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History

17 September 2026 marks 87 years since Soviet troops entered eastern Poland. The attack left the Polish state...

US C-47 aircraft over the Netherlands on the first day of Operation Market Garden, 17 September 1944

82 years since Operation Market Garden began on 17 September 1944

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History

17 September 2026 marks 82 years since Operation Market Garden began, one of the most ambitious Allied operati...

The July Column on Place de la Bastille in Paris, the announced starting point of Techno Parade

Techno Parade returns to the streets of Paris after a two-year absence

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Culture

Techno Parade returns to Paris on Saturday, 19 September after a two-year absence. The event is scheduled fro...

Praia Fluvial das Canaveias on the River Ceira near Góis; the festival site is in the forest, not this river beach

Chronosphere debuts in Portugal’s forests with three days of electronic music in Góis

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Culture

The forests of Góis, in Portugal’s Coimbra district, host the first Chronosphere from 18 to 20 September 2026,...

An airBaltic Airbus A220-300, registration YL-ABL, in flight over Frankfurt Airport

airBaltic wins initial Chapter 11 approval and access to first portion of €350 million financing

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Transport

airBaltic has received initial approval from a US bankruptcy judge to continue its restructuring under Chapter...

European Central Bank headquarters on the River Main in Frankfurt

ECB rate increase takes effect today: key rates rise to 2.50%, 2.65% and 2.90%

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Economy

The European Central Bank’s new interest rates take effect today, 16 September 2026, following the Governing C...

Ferrari Formula 1 car on track (archive photograph, not from the 2027 season)

Formula 1 announces 2027 calendar with 24 Grands Prix and a record 10 Sprint events

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Sport

Formula 1 has confirmed the 2027 season calendar, featuring 24 Grands Prix and a record 10 Sprint weekends. Th...

The flag of Papua New Guinea, an independent state since 16 September 1975

51 years of independence for Papua New Guinea: how the state was born on 16 September 1975

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International

On 16 September 1975, Papua New Guinea became an independent and sovereign state, bringing Australian administ...

William “Billy” Durant and the early history of General Motors, founded on 16 September 1908

118 years since General Motors was founded: how Billy Durant built an automotive giant

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Economy

On 16 September 1908, in Michigan, William “Billy” Durant founded General Motors. Today, 16 September 2026, ma...

Mobile workers in the European Union and new initiatives on social-security documents and qualifications

EU proposes major changes for mobile workers: faster qualification recognition and digital social-security documents

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Economy

The European Commission has adopted a new package for fair labour mobility, with measures aimed at faster reco...

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the figure associated with the Cry of Dolores of 16 September 1810

216 years since the Cry of Dolores: the moment that launched Mexico’s struggle for independence

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History

Early on 16 September 1810, the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called his parishioners in Dolores to rise ag...

Sterling and the City of London during the Black Wednesday crisis of 16 September 1992

34 years since Black Wednesday: the day Britain pulled sterling out of Europe’s exchange-rate mechanism

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Economy

On 16 September 1992, sterling went through one of the most dramatic days in modern British financial history....

Lehman Brothers during the 2008 global financial crisis

18 years since Lehman Brothers collapsed: the day that turned the financial crisis into a global shock

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Economy

Today, 15 September 2026, marks 18 years since the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Early on 15 September 2008,...

Galaxy M101 observed by Chandra and Hubble, showing several of the newly identified hypersoft X-ray sources

NASA discovers mysterious new class of cosmic objects as 84 unusual X-ray sources are found across six galaxies

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Science

Astronomers have identified a class of cosmic objects unlike previously known X-ray sources. Using data from N...

Buckingham Palace photographed from the front in April 2009, the residence hit by bombs during the Blitz

86 years since German bombs struck Buckingham Palace while the King and Queen were inside

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History

On 13 September 1940 the war reached the British monarch’s residence itself. Buckingham Palace was bombed duri...

The historic Poulton Street building in Kirkham, dating from 1860 and restored through the Kirkham Futures programme

Historic English building dating from 1860 brought back to life after years standing empty

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Culture

A historic building in northwest England dating from 1860 has been given a new use after standing empty for se...

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