Before any other September 17 notes, a very short trip backward through time, noting September 17 in Polish history:
2009 — The United States announces it is scrapping its missile shield for Poland and Czech Republic.
1993 — The last Russian troops leave Poland.
1980 — The independent trade union Solidarity is established in Gdansk.
1939 — The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland.
1924 — The Border Defense Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defense against local bandits as well as armed Soviet raids.
OK, so much for that brief introduction to Polish history. I’ll conclude this post with a few highlights from regular world history.
1630 — Puritans led by John Winthrop establish a settlement on the Shawmut Peninsula in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The settlement is later named Boston.
1787 — The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
1796 — President George Washington gives his Farewell Address. He declines to run for a third term as President and warns against foreign entanglements.
1814 -– Francis Scott Key finishes writing The Star-Spangled Banner.
1859 -– Joshua A. Norton declares himself “Emperor Norton I” of the United States.
1976 -– NASA unveils its space shuttle, Enterprise.
1978 -– The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt and the United States.
2003 — Ohio re-ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.