Today in History: September 17, aircraft crash kills a person for the first time
This day is Wednesday Sept the th day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On Sept Lt Thomas E Selfridge of the U S Army Signal Corps became the first person to die in the crash of a powered aircraft the Wright Flyer at Fort Myer Virginia just outside Washington D C The pilot Orville Wright was seriously injured but survived Also on this date In the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia Related Articles Amid bankruptcy selected Publishers Clearing House winners are facing the end of forever prizes A Black apprentice was discovered hanging from a tree Police say there s no sign of foul play Cuban national accused of beheading motel manager had criminal arrest history across Florida California and Texas Hawaii tourist spot that has boomed in popularity is planning to limit visitors Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing charged with aggravated murder and weapon and obstruction offenses In more than men were killed in the Civil War Battle of Antietam an-TEE -tum in Maryland In during World War II Allied paratroopers launched Operation Field Garden landing behind German lines in the Netherlands In after days of meetings at the U S presidential retreat of Camp David Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin men-AH -kem BAY -gihn signed the Camp David Accords a framework for a peace treaty In former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza was assassinated in Paraguay In six days after stock prices nosedived but stopped short of collapse in an emotional flag-waving reopening of Wall Street In a demonstration calling itself Occupy Wall Street began in New York prompting similar protests around the U S and the world In a Los Angeles jury convicted New York real estate heir Robert Durst of killing his best friend years earlier Durst who was sentenced to life in prison died in This day s Birthdays Sen Chuck Grassley R-Iowa is Mountaineer-explorer Reinhold Messner is Basketball Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is Actor Cassandra Peterson Elvira Mistress of the Dark is Director-actor Paul Feig is Film director Baz Luhrmann is Singer BeBe Winans is Actor Kyle Chandler is Rapper Doug E Fresh is Author Cheryl Strayed is Actor Matthew Settle is Designer-TV personality Nate Berkus is NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is NHL forward Alexander Ovechkin oh-VECH -kin is Actor Danielle Brooks is NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes is
