Top Historical Events That Happened on May 17 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

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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