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Historical Events In May - 17

Thursday, 28 March 2024

1938  On May - 17 the birth of Dennis Hopper, American film actor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  British issue the Palestine "White Paper" fixing the upper limit to 75,000 Jews to be admitted into Palestine over the next five years on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  King George VI 1895-1952 and Queen Elizabeth disembark at Wolfe's Cove from the CP ship Empress of Australia to start a month-long royal visit to Canada on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  Royal Tour of Canada commences with the arrival of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec on the Empress of Canada. The 12 car train, (five from CP, five from CN and the two vice-regal cars), in royal blue and aluminum, left Quebec City on May 18. A pilot train, carrying officials and the press, preceeded the royal train by one hour and no other trains were permitted to travel within this period. The travel arrangements were shared by the two railways with CP being responsible for the westward journey to Victoria. CP used 4-6-4 locomotives 2850 and 2851 for the royal and pilot trains respectively, except for the Ottawa to Brighton, Ont, section, which was over CN track. 2850 hauled the royal train without change right through to Vancouver, a total distance of 3224 miles. Royal crowns were affixed to the running boards of both locomotives and these were eventually fitted to the entire class (2820-2864) which, following approval from their majesties, came to be known as Royal Hudsons on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  Sweden, Norway and Finland reject Germany's non-aggression pact on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  On May - 17 1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history germany begins the invasion of France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history germany occupies Brussels, Belgium  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  On this day in history the Belgian government moves to Ostend because of invading German forces  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On this day in history dutch SS vows loyalty to Hitler  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On May - 17 only 8 of the 17 British and Canadian Lancasters of the Dambusters Squadron return from breaching the Mohne and the Eder dams in Germany's industrial Ruhr basin;  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at 65 on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Chinese/US armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Operation Straightline Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  The Bureau of Aeronautics authorized CGAS Floyd Bennett Field to collaborate with the Sperry Gyroscope Company in making an automatic pilot installation in a HNS-1 helicopter on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On this day in history 2 US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On this day in history jan van Geenen, resistance fighter, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  KVP Labor/Communists win first post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike on May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On May - 17 israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha & Telel-Kadi  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On May - 17 soviet Union recognized Israel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On this day in history british government recognizes Republic of Ireland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  On this day in history eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  Karl Heinrich David, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1953  On May - 17 eric De Lamarter, composer, dies at 73  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1954  Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  On May - 17 dutch Government of Drees resigns  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  Alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  Canadian National opens a 40 mile diversion of its Montréal to Toronto main line required in the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (District of Columbia) on this day in history.  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  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  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia  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  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.  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 May - 17.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on this day in history.  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  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.  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 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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