SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Today is Saturday, September 17, the 260th day of 2011. There are 105 days left in the year.

1939 ― Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II

1953 ― First successful separation of Siamese twins

1957 ― Two male attorneys ``stand in" as actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti wed by proxy in Juarez, Mexico

1959 ― Typhoon kills 2,000 in Korea and Japan

1964 ― Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kan.)

1976 ― NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif.

1978 ― Begin, Sadat and Carter sign the Camp David accord

1980 ― Solidarity labor union in Poland forms

1983 ― Vanessa Williams of N.Y became first black Miss America

1991 ― South and North Korea join the U.N.