Today is Sunday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2023. There are 105 days left in the year.

Today in history

On Sept. 17, 1978, after 12 days of meetings at the U.S. presidential retreat of Camp David, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed a framework for a peace treaty.

Also on this date:

In 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

In 1862, more than 3,600 men were killed in the Civil War Battle of Antietam in Maryland.

In 1908, Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge of the U.S. Army Signal Corps became the first person to die in the crash of a powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer, at Fort Myer, Va., just outside Washington, D.C.

In 1937, the likeness of President Abraham Lincoln was dedicated at Mount Rushmore.

In 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland during World War II, more than two weeks after Nazi Germany had launched its assault.

In 1944, during World War II, Allied paratroopers launched Operation Market Garden, landing behind German lines in the Netherlands.

Fun fact

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Just for laughs

Two fish are in a tank, one looks at the other and says, “How do you drive this thing?”

Trending words

“Demure:” adjective; (dih-MYOOR). Definition: When describing something observed, demure means “not attracting or demanding a lot of attention,” making it a synonym of reserved and modest. When used to describe a person, it typically means “quiet and polite,” but it can also describe someone who puts on a show of false modesty, making it a synonym of coy.

— Merriam-Webster

Today’s birthdays

Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, is 90. Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter is 84. Singer LaMonte McLemore (The Fifth Dimension) is 88. Retired U.S. Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni is 80. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson is 78. Singer Fee Waybill is 75. Actor Cassandra Peterson (“Elvira, Mistress of the Dark”) is 72. Comedian Rita Rudner is 70. Director-actor Paul Feig is 61. Director Baz Luhrmann is 61. Actor Kyle Chandler is 58. Rapper Doug E. Fresh is 57. Actor Malik Yoba is 56. Rapper Vin Rock (Naughty By Nature) is 53. Actor-comedian Bobby Lee is 52. Actor Felix Solis is 52. Actor-singer Nona Gaye is 49. NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is 48. Actor Billy Miller is 44. Rock musician Jon Walker is 38. NHL forward Alex Ovechkin is 38. Actor Danielle Brooks is 34. Gospel singer Jonathan McReynolds is 34. Actor-singer Denyse Tontz is 29. NHL center Auston Matthews is 26.

The Edge is compiled by Dallas Marshall. She can be contacted at dmarshall@lmtribune.com.

thought: “There’s just a pit that develops in your stomach and doesn’t go away. It’s the championship pit and it’s there.” — NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson (1975-)