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Historical Events In May - 17

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1957  On May - 17 shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  The first atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On May - 17 frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  Marin County withdraws from BART district on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back" on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On this day in history european Space Research Organization launches first satellite  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On this day in history uS performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  On May - 17 joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  On May - 17 hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  On May - 17 nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Washington State bans sex discrimination on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  On May - 17 tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  On this day in history senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life" on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  The Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1973  Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  On May - 17 bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1974  Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79 on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  On May - 17 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  On this day in history mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1975  NBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On May - 17 28th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On May - 17 earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On May - 17 in Uzbek SSR a 7.1 quake killed 6 and 10,000 homeless in Gazli area. Damage reported in parts of Uzbek, Tadzhik, and Turkham SSR  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 17

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1155  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1451  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 17

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1189  On May - 17 death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1336  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1365  On May - 17 death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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