1787 – On this date, James Madison and the members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution. Although this occurred on a Monday, we still thought it was worth a mention.
1908 – On Thursday September 17th, an airplane piloted by Orville Wright crashed and mortally wounded Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge. This is the first airplane related fatality in known history.
1960 – The truth is that the writers of etaBlog are New York Mets fans. This accounts for John Franco being mentioned in the “On Thor’s Day” section of etaBlog. A native New Yorker, John Franco was born on September 17, 1960. Known for being one of the few pitchers in baseball to have thrown a screwball makes him one of our favorite relievers of all time! Let’s Go Mets!