SEPTEMBER 17
1787:Thirty-eight delegates sign the U.S. Constitution, largely written by future president James Madison, after nearly four months of debate and compromise at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The document creating a new federal government would become binding on June 21, 1788, with its ratification by New Hampshire, the ninth of 13 states.
1776: José Joaquin Moraga, a lieutenant in the Spanish colonizing mission to California headed by Juan Bautista de Anza, and 20 families found the San Francisco Presidio, the beginning of the city of San Francisco.
1961 and 1967: Two NFL teams are born on this day. The Minnesota Vikings play their first game in 1961 against the Chicago Bears, winning 37-13 at home. Six years later, the New Orleans Saints also premiere in the NFL, but the team does not fare as well in its opener, losing 27-13 to the Los Angeles Rams.
1978:Israel & Egypt sign Camp David Accords
1976:NASA's first space shuttle, Enterprise, is revealed to the public
2011:Occupy Wall Street, a people-powered movement to protest America's increasing wealth gap - is launched in Manhattan's Financial District.
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