Page 7: Historical Events In September - 13
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1973 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for the 1976 Olympics. 

1973 Betty Field, actress (Kings Row), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 60. 

1976 2nd Enterprise, approach and lands test (ALT) flight (5m28s). 

1977 2nd test of the Space Shuttle Enterprise 

1977 Leopold Stokowski symphonic conductor, dies in England, at 95 

1977 Symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski dies in Hampshire, England, at age 95. 

1977 The inaugural TV viewer discretion warning-Soap. 

1977 Arthur Fagg, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1936-39/umpire), dies. 

1979 South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of S Afr). 

1981 33rd Emmy Awards (Hill Street Blues big winner) 

1981 John McEnroe beats Bj”rn B”rg for US Open title. 

1981 William Loeb publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75. 

1981 William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75 

1982 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain. 

1982 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game. 

1982 Philip Ober actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 80. 

1982 Grace, Princess of Monaco, dies at 52 in a car crash. 

1983 US mint strikes inaugural gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle) 

1984 STS 41-G launch vehicle moves to launch pad 

1985 John Williams introduces the new Today Show theme. 

1985 Dane Rudhyar, composer, dies at 90 

1986 Kellye Cash (Miss Tennessee) crowned Miss America. 

1987 Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32573 push-ups in 24 hours 

1987 Mervyn Leroy, actor/screenwriter/director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86 

1988 Hurricane Gilbert is recorded as becoming strongest (26.13 barometer) hurricane in Western Hemisphere 

1989 Fay Vincent succeeds the late A. Bartlett Giamatti as commissioner of Major League Baseball. 

1989 Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82. 

1990 Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait 

1990 Law and Order debuts on NBC-TV. 

1990 Senate Judiciary Com opens hearing on confirmation of David Souter. 

1991 A 55 ton concrete beam falls in Montreal's Olympic Stadium. 

1991 Ferry Barendse, trumpeter/composer/arranger (Ramblers), dies. 

1992 Lou Jacobs, US clown (1966 US postage stamp), dies at 89 

1993 Israel and the PLO sign historic peace agreement at the White House, USA. 

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