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  The first atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA on May - 17.   

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 May - 17.   

1964  On this day in history 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  European Space Research Organization launches first satellite on May - 17.   

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 May - 17 joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80   

1970  Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits on May - 17.   

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

1970  On May - 17 nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61   

1971  On this day in history washington State bans sex discrimination   

1972  Netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors on May - 17.   

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

1973  Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings on May - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1973  Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1974  Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels on May - 17.   

1974  Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49 on May - 17.   

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

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

1975  On May - 17 mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 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  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On May - 17 death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

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

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

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

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on May - 17.   

1510  On May - 17 alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  On May - 17 death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)