Today's Holidays in September 17

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2016 — Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan, New York. 31 people are injured in the Manhattan bombing. ↗
• 2011 — Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City. ↗
• 2006 — Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the long-dormant volcano in at least 10,000 years. ↗
• 2006 — An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his... ↗
• 2001 — The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1997 — Auston Matthews, American ice hockey player
• 1996 — Ella Purnell, British actress
• 1993 — Sofiane Boufal, Moroccan footballer
• 1991 — Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
• 1991 — Justyna Jegiołka, Polish tennis player