On September 17, 1996, daytime talk show host Oprah Winfrey launches a television book club and announces “The Deep End of the Ocean” by Jacquelyn Mitchard as her first selection.

On September 17, 1983, 20-year-old Vanessa Williams becomes the first Black woman to win the Miss America crown.

At the White House in Washington, D.

On September 17, 1976, NASA publicly unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise, during a ceremony in Palmdale, California.

On September 17, 1939, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov declares that the Polish government has ceased to exist, as the U.

Early in the morning on September 17, 1868, a large band of Cheyenne and Sioux stage a surprise attack on Major George A.

George Washington prepares a final draft of his presidential farewell address on September 17, 1796.

The Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 39 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.