Yesterday, all my troubles seemed...

As you may have noticed, the Mrs. posted a list of events from her birthday, as reported by Wiki.

Not to be outdone, I've selected a few items for your consideration. The date? September 17.

1394 - King Charles VI of France orders all Jews expelled from France.
1630 - Boston, MA founded.
1787 - The U.S. Constitution is signed.
1859 - Joshua A. Norton declares himself Emperor Norton I of the United States.
1908 - Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge dies as a passenger of the Wright Flyer. He is the first airplane fatality.
1916 - The Red Baron wins his first aerial combat.
1928 - Third deadliest natural disaster in US history, the Okeechobee Hurricane, strikes southeast Florida.
1956 - Television first broadcast in Australia
1972 - first episode of M*A*S*H
1976 - first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, unveiled.
1988 - Opening ceremony of XXIV Olympiad in Seoul, South Korea.
1991 - First version of Linux kernel released to internet.
2006 - The WB TV network goes off the air.

Births:
64 - Julia Flavia.
1677 - Stephen Hales - geek.
1730 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben - Prussian officer.
1739 - John Rutledge, Chief Justice of the U.S.
1826 - Bernhard Riemann... you know the guy.
1860 - Billy the kid.
1907 - Warren Burger, Chief Justice of the U.S.
1923 - Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaank Williams.
1928 - Roddy McDowall.
1931 - Anne Bancroft
1939 - David Souter... another Chief Justice of the U.S.
1948 - Jeff MacNelly (cartoonist... creater of Shoe)
1956 - Rita Rudner. Yes, she's that old.
1962 - Baz Luhrmann, Director ("Strictly Ballroom")
1965 - Bryan Singer, Director ("X-men", "Superman Returns)
1966 - Doug E. Fresh, with a name like that... comedian.
1994 - Taylor Ware, Yodeler

Deaths:
1179 - Hildegard Von Bingen
1997 - Red Skelton

Mostly, entertainers. The list of deaths wasn't particularly sad (Spiro Agnew? Who?), so I pretty well skipped it.

Holidays:
Sacrifice a pig for the fourth day of Eleusinian Mysteries! Whoo!
Feasts of Saint Lambert! - RC Saints (martyrs) Also, Hildegard Von Bingen! Sweet!
National Heroes Day! in Angola!
Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Von Steuben Day here in the U.S!