Sept. 17 (UPI) — On this date in historical past:
In 1787, the U.S. Constitution, accomplished in Philadelphia, was signed by a majority of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Nine states ratified the doc in June 1788, and it turned the supreme law of the United States on March 4, 1789.
In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. George McClellan attacked Confederate troops led by Gen. Robert E. Lee close to Antietam Creek in Maryland. McClellan blocked Lee's advance on Washington however fell in need of victory.
In 1939, Soviet troops invaded Poland, 16 days after Nazi Germany moved into the nation. Warsaw capitulated to Nazi armies 20 days later.
In 1972, North Vietnam launched three American pilots, the first U.S. prisoners of war launched by the nation since 1969.
In 1976, NASA displayed its first space shuttle, the Enterprise, an airplane-like spacecraft costing nearly $10 billion that took practically a decade to develop.
In 1978, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords, laying the groundwork for a everlasting peace settlement between Egypt and Israel after three many years of hostilities.
In 1983, Vanessa Williams of New York turned the first Black woman to be named Miss America. She resigned 11 months later after nude photographs had been revealed however regained stardom as a singer and actress.
In 1991, North Korea, South Korea, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania had been admitted to the United Nations.
In 1993, Cambodia's two main political events agreed that Prince Norodom Sihanouk would lead the nation. Sihanouk was installed as king per week later.
In 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush mentioned Osama bin Laden, the suspected ringleader in the Sept. 11 terrorist assaults, was “wanted dead or alive.” Bin Laden was killed in a 2011 U.S. commando raid in in Pakistan.
In 2023, an unnamed actor mentioned in a court document she was sexually assaulted by British comic Russell Brand in 2010 whereas on the set of the film Arthur as crew members “guarded the door from the outside.”
