Historical Events In May - 17

1957  Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on May - 17.   

1958  On May - 17 emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria   

1960  The first atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers   

1961  On this day in history frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81   

1962  On May - 17 marin County withdraws from BART district   

1963  On May - 17 uS performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82 on May - 17.   

1967  On May - 17 dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back"   

1967  On May - 17 john Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65   

1968  European Space Research Organization launches first satellite on this day in history.   

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  Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits on May - 17.   

1970  On this day in history 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  On this day in history netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors   

1972  On May - 17 tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London   

1973  On this day in history senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings   

1973  On May - 17 stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life"   

1973  On this day in history the Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open   

1973  On May - 17 uS performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO   

1973  On May - 17 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  "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79 on this day in history.   

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

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

1975  On May - 17 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on May - 17.   

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1551  On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

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

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 17.   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.   

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

1510  On this day in history alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on May - 17.