Wednesday September 17, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

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Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as “King of Galicia”.
Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War.
Francis Scott Key finishes his poem “Defence of Fort McHenry”, later to be the lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee’s Confederate army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American history.
American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
The Battle of Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazis.
Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.

Who were born on ?

Hans Herr, Mennonite bishop (d. 1725)
Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (d. 1972)
Edgar Wayburn, American environmentalist (d. 2010)
Jean-Claude Carrière, French writer, screenwriter and actor
Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
Perry Robinson, American jazz clarinetist and composer
Lord Jamar American emcee and actor
Jim Conroy, American Voice Actor (Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman)
Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
Mason Raymond, Canadian hockey player

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