What happend on 17th September

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18.09
2005

The B.C. Lions make CFL history by winning 11 straight games, become the first team ever to do so in the CFL.

2004

Barry Bonds becomes only the third Major League Baseball player to hit 700 or more home runs.

2004

Tamil is declared first classical language in India.

2001

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opens for the first time after the September 11 attacks. The stocks plummet throughout the trading session and posts its biggest point drop in its history closing down 684.81 points to 8920.70.

2001

The Late Show with David Letterman is the first TV talk show to return to the airwaves six days after terrorists attack the United States in New York City and Washington D.C.

1991

North Korea, South Korea, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

1988

Opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul, South Korea.

1984

Brian Mulroney is sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada.

1984

Baseball: Reggie Jackson becomes the 13th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California.

1983

Vanessa Williams becomes first African American Miss America.