Today is Wednesday, September 17, the 260th day of 2014. 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)
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 Japan and Korea
1963 ― “The Fugitive" premiers on ABC TV
1964 ― Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas)
1980 ― Solidarity labor union in Poland forms
1983 ― Vanessa Williams of N.Y. became first black Miss America
1991 ― South and North Korea joins the U.N.