May 17 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

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   

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   

2006  FC Barcelona beat Arsenal in the final of the UEFA Champions League played in Paris.   

2007  Alex Salmond officially became inaugural Minister of Scotland after taking over from Jack McConnell.   

2007  Hong Kong media regulator receives more than thousand complaints about the Bible being too sexual.   

2007  The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-united after eighty years of schism   

2013  90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq.   

2014  Atlético Madrid win the 2013–14 La Liga   

2018  Gina Haspel confirmed as the inaugural female director of the CIA by the US Senate.   

2018  Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo spreads to the city of Mbandaka   

2018  In this year, Michigan State University will pay $500 million in claims to 300 survivors of sexual abuse involving Larry Nassar. Largest sexual abuse case in sports history.   

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1155  Jien: Japanese poet and historian   

1443  Edmund: Earl of rutland, brother of kings edward iv of england and richard iii of england   

1444  Sandro botticelli: Italian painter (birth of venus)   

1451  Engelbert ii: Earl of nassau-dillenburg-dietz/viceroy of luxembourg   

1490  Albrecht von hohenzollern: 1st duke of prussia   

1551  Martinus a del rio: Spanish/south neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin delrio: Flemish theologian and occultist   

1568  Christoph thomas walliser: Composer   

1050  Guido van arezzo: Italian music theorist,   

1189  Death of Minamoto no yoshitsune: Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  Emperor go-fushimi of japan: Emperor go-fushimi of japan (b. 1288)   

1365  Death of Louis vi the roman: Duke of bavaria and elector of brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  Constantine dragas: Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  Death of Thomas de ros: 10th baron de ros, english politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Death of Alessandro di botticelli: Painter (birth of venus),   

1521  Death of Edward stafford: 3rd duke of buckingham, english politician (b. 1478)