On this day — September 17

Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.

New York City.

marking the first eruption for the volcano in at least 10,000 years.

in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.

the longest closure since the Great Depression.

president of the United States, delivers remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington praising Muslim Americans and condemning Islamophobia in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.

Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.

Paraguay.