Page 9: Historical Events In May - 17

1978  John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies   

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

1979  Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation.   

1980  Major race riot in Miami FL - 16 killed, 300 injured.   

1980  Paul and Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live.   

1981  Hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80.   

1983  Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty   

1984  Mai Shanley, 21, (New Mexico), crowned 33rd Miss USA   

1985  Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska   

1985  Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas   

1986  "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart.   

1987  "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances   

1987  USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die.   

1987  Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88.   

1989  Longest Cab Ride Ever 14000 miles cost $16000!.   

1989  In this year, Napoli claims 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart   

1989  Nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa.   

1989  Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million   

1989  Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14000 miles cost $16000!.   

1990  Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2831.71   

1990  European court rules pension rights for both men and women.   

1991  Tim Berners-Lee announce the official launch of the inaugural website.   

1992  Bandleader Laurence Welk dies at age 89.   

1992  George Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87   

1993  Intel unveils their new Pentium processor.   

1993  Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled   

1994  In this year, Bakili Muluzi's UDF claims Malawi presidents/parliamentary election.   

1994  Alain Cuny, [René X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85   

1995  Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, singer, dies at 72   

1996  Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe.   

1996  Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), dies.   

1997  Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London.   

2005  Kuwaiti women granted right to vote.   

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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  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.   

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

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.   

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

1189  On May - 17 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 this day in history 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 May - 17.   

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

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)