September 17th
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- 1819
First whaling ship arrives in Hawaii. View Post →
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- 1873
19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University.
- 1939
Taisto Mäki becomes first to run 10,000 meters in under 30 minutes, setting a record of 29 minutes 52 seconds.
- 1947
Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of the Year by Sporting News.
- 1964
The Beatles paid $150,000 for a concert at Municipal Stadium in Kansas, Missouri, a then record sum.
- 2020
Over 15,000 fires devastate Brazil's Pantanal wetlands in 2020, according to National Institute for Space Research.
