September 17: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1543The first book written in Finnish was printed in Stockholm, an important step in the development of written Finnish.
2. 1620The Ottoman army defeated the Polish–Lithuanian army at the Battle of Cecora (Țuțora) in Moldavia.
3. 1683Antonie van Leeuwenhoek first described the 'little animals' he saw through his microscope: bacteria.
4. 1976NASA's first space shuttle, Enterprise, was unveiled to the public in a ceremony.
5. 1991Finnish student Linus Torvalds released the first version of the Linux operating system kernel.

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