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Historical Events In May - 17

Thursday, 28 March 2024

1996  Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1996  On May - 17 rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1997  On this day in history sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2005  Kuwaiti women granted right to vote on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2006  FC Barcelona beat Arsenal in the final of the UEFA Champions League played in Paris on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  Alex Salmond officially became First Minister of Scotland after taking over from Jack McConnell on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  Hong Kong media regulator receives more than thousand complaints about the Bible being too sexual on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2007  On May - 17 the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-united after eighty years of schism.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2013  90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2014  On this day in history atlético Madrid win the 2013–14 La Liga  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Gina Haspel confirmed as the first female director of the CIA by the US Senate on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo spreads to the city of Mbandaka on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On this day in history michigan State University will pay $500 million in claims to 300 survivors of sexual abuse involving Larry Nassar. Largest sexual abuse case in sports history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2019  On this day in history taiwan's parliament becomes the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2019  On May - 17 ibiza affair: A corruption scandal involving the Vice-Chancellor of Austria Heinz-Christian Strache and deputy leader of the Freedom Party Johann Gudenus offering to fix state contracts with a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch at a 2017 meeting in Spain leads to the collapse of the coalition government and calls for snap elections.May 18 - 2019 Australian federal election: Scott Morrison's Liberal/National Coalition Government is narrowly re-elected, defeating the Labor Party led by Bill Shorten.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2020  On May - 17 israel swears in a new government led by both Benny Gantz, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after 510 days  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2020  On May - 17 michael Jordan 's autographed Air Nike 1s trainers from 1985 sell for a record $560,000 in an online auction  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2020  On May - 17 barack Obama criticizes the US government's handling of the pandemic during an online address to graduates, saying officials "aren't even pretending to be in charge"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2021  Discovery, Inc. agrees to buy media conglomerate WarnerMedia and all of its subsidiaries, from AT&T for US$43 billion. The merger is set to be complete the following year on May - 17.  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 this day in history.  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  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  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.  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  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.  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 this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.  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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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