Page 9: Historical Events In May - 17

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

1976  28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win on this day in history.   

1977  On May - 17 menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel   

1978  On this day in history john Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies   

1979  -12ºF (-11ºC), on top of Mauna Kea HI (state record) on May - 17.   

1979  Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 17 major race riot in Miami FL - 16 killed, 300 injured   

1980  Paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live on May - 17.   

1981  On this day in history hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80   

1983  On May - 17 israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty   

1984  On this day in history mai Shanley, 21, (New Mexico), crowned 33rd Miss USA   

1985  Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska on this day in history.   

1985  Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas on May - 17.   

1986  On May - 17 "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart   

1987  "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances on May - 17.   

1987  On May - 17 uSS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die   

1987  Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88 on May - 17.   

1989  Longest Cab Ride Ever 14,000 miles cost $16,000! on May - 17.   

1989  Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart on May - 17.   

1989  On May - 17 nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa   

1989  On this day in history vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million   

1989  Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000! on May - 17.   

1990  Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history dow Jones average hits a record 2,831.71   

1990  On this day in history european court rules pension rights for both men & women   

1991  Lupita Jones, 23, of México, crowned 40th Miss Universe on May - 17.   

1991  On May - 17 tim Berners-Lee announce the official launch of the first website   

1992  Bandleader Laurence Welk dies at age 89 on this day in history.   

1992  On May - 17 george Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87   

1993  Intel unveils their new Pentium processor on this day in history.   

1993  On May - 17 intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled   

1994  Bakili Muluzi's UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1994  Alain Cuny, [René X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85 on May - 17.   

1995  On May - 17 nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, singer, dies at 72   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.   

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  On May - 17 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  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

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

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

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  On May - 17 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 this day in history.   

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

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)