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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
Mahomes was born on the day that Hasty picked off the pass and took it the house in overtime to beat the Raiders and Marty gave him a kiss.
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Let's talk about other things that happened on Sept. 17
- The Chiefs beat the Chargers 42-10 on the back of Sylvester Morris going off like Randy Moss.
- 1630 The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
- 1683 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of protozoa.
- 1787 The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
- 1849 American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
- 1940 World War II: Following Nazi Germany's defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
- 1954 The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
- 1961 The Minnesota Vikings play and win their first regular season National Football League game.
- 1976 The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
- 1978 The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
- 1991 The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
Births:
- 1859 Billy the Kid, American gunman (d. 1881)
- 1923 Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1953)
- 1927 George Blanda, American football player (d. 2010)
- 1945 Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
- 1970 Mark Brunell, American football player and coach