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This day in history: September 17

1. 1980

   Solidarity, a Polish trade union, was founded as the first independent labor union in an Eastern Bloc country.

2. 1985

   Four years after AIDS was first identified in the United States, Ronald Reagan publicly acknowledged AIDS (video featured) for the first time.

3. 2001

   American president George W. Bush delivered remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington condemning Islamophobia in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

4. 2008

   Seven al-Qaeda fighters attack the embassy of the United States in Sanaa, Yemen, leaving 20 people dead.

5. 2008

   Seven al-Qaeda fighters attacked the United States embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, leaving 20 people dead.

6. 2011

   Adbusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, organized a protest against corporate influence on democracy at Zuccotti Park in New York City that became known as Occupy Wall Street.

7. 2018

   The Israeli Air Force conducted missile strikes that hit multiple targets in western Syria; Syrian air defences responding to the strikes accidentally downed a Russian plane.

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