What happend on 17th September

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18.09
1939

The Soviet Union joined Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defence War of 1939.

1924

The Border Defence Corps was established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.

1920

National Football League is organized in Canton, Ohio, United States.

1914

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

1908

Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge crashes a Wright Brothers airplane and becomes the first airplane fatality.

1900

Philippine-American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham at Mabitac.

1894

Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

1862

American Civil War: George McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the Battle of Antietam.

1859

Joshua A. Norton declares himself Emperor Norton I of the United States.

1809

Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.