Page 8: 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  On this day in history 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 May - 17.   

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

1962  Marin County withdraws from BART district on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history european Space Research Organization launches first satellite   

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

1969  On May - 17 russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus   

1969  On this day in history joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80   

1970  Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra   

1970  On this day in history nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61   

1971  On May - 17 washington State bans sex discrimination   

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

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

1973  On May - 17 the Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open   

1973  On this day in history 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  On this day in history charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49   

1975  On this day in history "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79   

1975  10cc releases "I'm Not in Love" on May - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1976  Earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed on this day in history.   

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  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.   

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

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

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

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.   

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

1464  On May - 17 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 May - 17.   

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