Today is Thursday, September 17, the 260th day of 2009. There are 105 days left in the year.
1787 _ U.S. constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention
1934 _ First 33 1/3 rpm recording released (Beethoven's 5th)
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 (Kansas)
1972 _ ```M*A*S*H," premiers on TV
1983 _ Vanessa Williams of N.Y. became first black Miss America
1991 _ South and North Korea joins the U.N.