September 17

Events

 * 1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.

Births

 * 1884 –, American composer (d. 1920)
 * 1923 –, American musician (d. 1953)
 * 1926 –, American musician (d. 1965)
 * 1930 –, Indian violinist
 * 1939 –, American singer
 * 1950 –, American musician (The Tubes)
 * 1954 –, French composer
 * 1957 –, Drummer of The Ramones from 1983-1987
 * 1961 –, American guitarist and singer (King's X)
 * 1963 –, English musician (Scarlet Party), (The Alan Parsons Project)
 * 1965 –, American musician (Rites of Spring, Fugazi)
 * 1966 –, American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer
 * 1968 –, American singer
 * 1969 –, Member of the British band The Prodigy
 * 1974 –, American musician
 * 1975 –, American singer
 * 1979 –, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
 * 1983 –, American singer

Deaths

 * 1179 –, German abbess and composer (b. 1098)
 * 1907 –, Austrian pianist (b. 1846)
 * 1951 –, American pianist (b. 1898)
 * 1966 –, German tenor (b. 1930)
 * 1973 –, American bandleader (b. 1909)
 * 1982 –, Greek composer (b. 1937)
 * 1991 –, French violinist (b. 1902)
 * 1999 –, British singer (b. 1928)
 * 2005 –, American composer (b. 1921)