September 17th, 1908
The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes; killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality. event on September 17, 1908. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around September 17, 1908
| September 19th, 1908 | Birth | Mika Waltari, Finnish novelist (died in 1979) |
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