Page 8: Historical Events In May - 17

1957  On this day in history shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54   

1958  On May - 17 emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria   

1960  On May - 17 the first atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA   

1961  Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers on this day in history.   

1961  Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 on May - 17.   

1962  On this day in history marin County withdraws from BART district   

1963  On this day in history uS performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  On this day in history otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82   

1967  Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back" on May - 17.   

1967  John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65 on May - 17.   

1968  On May - 17 european Space Research Organization launches first satellite   

1968  US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site on May - 17.   

1969  On this day in history russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus   

1969  Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 on May - 17.   

1970  On May - 17 hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits   

1970  On May - 17 thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra   

1970  Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1971  Washington State bans sex discrimination on May - 17.   

1972  Netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors on this day in history.   

1972  Tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 17 senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings   

1973  Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life" on May - 17.   

1973  The Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open on May - 17.   

1973  US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91   

1974  Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels on this day in history.   

1974  Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 17 "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79   

1975  On this day in history 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"   

1975  Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches on May - 17.   

1975  On this day in history nBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time   

1976  28th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win on May - 17.   

1976  On this day in history earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed   

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   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

1443  On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.   

1451  On May - 17 birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1050  On this day in history guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on this day in history.   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on this day in history.   

1365  On this day in history death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on May - 17.   

1464  On this day in history death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)