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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_17" title="September 17">September 17</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_(United_States)" title="Constitution Day (United States)">Constitution Day</a></b> in the United States (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1176" title="1176">1176</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Seljuk_wars" title="Byzantine–Seljuk wars">Byzantine–Seljuk wars</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuk_dynasty" title="Seljuk dynasty">Seljuq Turks</a> prevented <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> forces from taking the interior of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myriokephalon" title="Battle of Myriokephalon">Battle of Myriokephalon</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygia" title="Phrygia">Phrygia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1382" title="1382">1382</a> – Following the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_I_of_Hungary" title="Louis I of Hungary">Louis I</a> without a male heir, his daughter <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Hungary" title="Mary, Queen of Hungary">Mary</a></b> was crowned with the title of King of Hungary.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a> – Disgruntled with the legal and political structures of the United States, Joshua Norton distributed letters to various newspapers in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a> proclaiming himself to be <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton" title="Emperor Norton">Emperor Norton</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894" title="1894">1894</a> – The controversial Mormon bishop and prophetic dreamer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hyrum_Koyle" title="John Hyrum Koyle">John Hyrum Koyle</a> began excavating the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Mine" title="Dream Mine">Dream Mine</a></b>, which he believed would provide financial support to members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">LDS Church</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fisher" title="Andrew Fisher">Andrew Fisher</a></b>, whose previous term as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister of Australia</a> oversaw a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s, became prime minister for the third time.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Jingsui" title="Li Jingsui">Li Jingsui</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 958); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Louise_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Marguerite Louise d'Orléans">Marguerite Louise d'Orléans</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1721); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periyar" title="Periyar">Periyar</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1879); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1923)</p>