September 17: Battle of Britain Day in Canada (2017); Constitution Day in the United States
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
- 1683 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (pictured) wrote a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules" – the first known description of protozoa.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Almost 23,000 total casualties were suffered at the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where Confederate and Union troops fought to a tactical stalemate.
- 1914 – World War I: The Franco-British and German armies began the "Race to the Sea", reciprocal attempts to envelop the northern flank of the opposing army through northern France and Belgium.
- 1970 – King Hussein ordered the Jordanian Army to oust Palestinian fedayeen from Jordan in what became known as Black September.
- 2011 – Adbusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, organized a protest against corporate influence on democracy at Zuccotti Park in New York City that became known as Occupy Wall Street.
Elizabeth Canning (b. 1734) · Hook Nose (d. 1868) · David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley (b. 1929)
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