History for September 17 - On-This-Day.com
Andrew Foster 1879, J. (John) Marriott 1900, Chaim Herzog (Israel) 1918
Roddy McDowall 1928, John Ritter 1948, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson 1951
1862 - The Battle of Antietam took place during the American Civil War. More than 23,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing. The Rebel advance was ended with heavy losses to both armies.
1911 - The first transcontinental airplane flight started. It took C.P. Rogers 82 hours to fly from New York City to Pasadena, CA.
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