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Historical Events In May - 17

Friday, 29 March 2024

1976  On this day in history earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1976  On this day in history 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1977  Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1978  On this day in history john Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  On May - 17 -12ºF (-11ºC), on top of Mauna Kea HI (state record)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1979  On this day in history emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  Major race riot in Miami FL - 16 killed, 300 injured on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1980  Paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1981  On this day in history hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1983  Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1984  Mai Shanley, 21, (New Mexico), crowned 33rd Miss USA on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  On May - 17 les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1985  Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1986  "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On May - 17 uSS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1987  On May - 17 gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Longest Cab Ride Ever 14,000 miles cost $16,000! on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  On this day in history nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1989  Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000! on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On this day in history cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,831.71 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1990  On this day in history european court rules pension rights for both men & women  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  On May - 17 lupita Jones, 23, of México, crowned 40th Miss Universe  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1991  Tim Berners-Lee announce the official launch of the first website on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  On this day in history bandleader Laurence Welk dies at age 89  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1992  On May - 17 george Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  On May - 17 intel unveils their new Pentium processor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1993  On May - 17 intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  On May - 17 bakili Muluzi's UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1994  On this day in history alain Cuny, [René X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1995  On this day in history nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, singer, dies at 72  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 May - 17 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  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.  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  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1568  On May - 17 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  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on May - 17.  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  On May - 17 death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1464  On May - 17 death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on May - 17.  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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