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Did you know?

On this day ...

State Publishing House of Ukraine symbol

... that 1920s belles-lettres books published by the State Publishing House of Ukraine (symbol pictured) sold out more rapidly than similar books published elsewhere in the Soviet Union, despite the higher average price?
... that Juan de Casas, the Spanish military governor of Venezuela, cried after the French demanded that he accept a Frenchman as king?
... that the Empire of Japan created a girl group as propaganda?
... that a bust of former Peruvian president Justiniano Borgoño was stolen from its pedestal by thieves?
... that the Republic Drug Store was formed from the consolidation of an estate and its competition?
... that a coconut tree meme drove sales of piña coladas in the Washington, D.C., area?
... that Nicole Chang-Leng has been described as a "daughter" of the Seychelles?
... that a former teacher in the Philippines became a Robin Hood–like outlaw?
... that the author of Sugar Dog Life ended up buying and raising a cactus after drawing one in the manga?

September 17: Mid-Autumn Festival in China (2024); Constitution Day in the United States

Emperor Norton

1176 – Byzantine–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Myriokephalon in Phrygia, the Seljuq Turks prevented Byzantine forces from taking the interior of Anatolia.
1382 – Following Louis I's death without a male heir, his daughter Mary was crowned with the title of King of Hungary.
1859 – Disgruntled with the legal and political structures of the United States, Joshua Norton (pictured) distributed letters to various newspapers in San Francisco proclaiming himself to be Emperor Norton.
1894 – John Hyrum Koyle, a controversial Mormon bishop, began excavating the Dream Mine, which he believed would provide financial support to members of the LDS Church.
1914 – Andrew Fisher, who in his previous term as premier oversaw a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s, became Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

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