Page 8: Historical Events In May - 17

1957  Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1958  On May - 17 emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria   

1960  On this day in history the first atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA   

1961  On May - 17 castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers   

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  US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 17 otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82   

1967  On this day in history dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back"   

1967  On this day in history john Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65   

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

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

1969  Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus on this day in history.   

1969  Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits   

1970  Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra on May - 17.   

1970  Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 on May - 17.   

1971  On May - 17 washington State bans sex discrimination   

1972  On May - 17 netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors   

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

1973  Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings on this day in history.   

1973  Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life" on this day in history.   

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

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  NBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time on May - 17.   

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

1976  Earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed on May - 17.   

1976  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 on May - 17.   

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1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

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  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

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

1395  On May - 17 death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

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.