What day of the week was September 17, 1908?

The day of the week September 17th, 1908 fell on was a Thursday.

John Creasey the English author (d. 1973) was born on 17 September in 1908. As was Rafael Israelyan the Georgian-Armenian architect, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973) .

Thomas Selfridge the American lieutenant (b. 1882) died on this day in 1908.

The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright the with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality.