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May 17
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'''
May 17''' is the 137th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). There are 228 days remaining.
Events
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1521 -
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
*
1590 -
Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
*
1642 -
Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de
Montréal.
*
1673 -
Louis Joliet and
Jacques Marquette begin exploring the
Mississippi River.
*
1775 -
American Revolutionary War: The
Continental Congress bans trade with
Canada.
*
1792 - The
New York Stock Exchange is formed.
*
1809 -
Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the
Papal States to the French Empire.
*
1814 - Occupation of
Monaco changes from
France French to
Austrian.
*1814 - The
Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince
Christian VIII of Denmark Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Constitutional assembly.
*
1846 - The
saxophone is patented by
Adolphe Sax.
*
1863 -
RosalÃa de Castro publishes ''Cantares Gallegos,'' her first book in the
Galician language.
*
1865 - The International Telegraph Union (the later
International Telecommunication Union) is established.
*
1875 -
Aristides (horse) Aristides wins the first
Kentucky Derby.
*
1900 -
Second Boer War:
United Kingdom British troops relieve
Siege of Mafeking Mafeking.
*
1902 - Archaeologist
Spyridon Stais finds the
Antikythera mechanism.
*
1915 - The last
The Liberal Party (UK) British Liberal Party government (
Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.
*
1919 - Committee of One Thousand forms to oppose
Winnipeg General Strike.
*
1933 -
Vidkun Quisling and
Johan Bernhard Hjort form
Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of
Norway.
*
1940 -
World War II:
Germany occupies
Brussels,
Belgium.
*1943 - The
United States Army contracts with the
University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the
ENIAC.
*
1954 - The
United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in ''
Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka, Kansas''.
*
1967 -
Six-Day War: President
Abdul Nasser of
Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in
Egypt.
*
1969 -
Venera program:
Soviet Union Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of
Venus (planet) Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
*
1970 -
Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from
Morocco on the
papyrus boat ''
Ra II'' to sail the
Atlantic Ocean.
*
1973 -
Watergate scandal: Hearings begin in the
United States Senate and are
television televised.
*
1974 - Police in
Los Angeles, California, raid the
Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including
Camilla Hall.
*1974 - Thirty-three people are killed by terrorist bombings in
Dublin and
Monaghan,
Ireland.
*
1980 - General
Chun Doo-hwan of
South Korea declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
*
1983 -
Lebanon,
Israel, and the
United States sign an
Israel-Lebanon peace treaty agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
*
1984 -
Charles, Prince of Wales Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the
National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the
British Royal Family Royal Family and the course of
modern architecture.
*
1987 -
Iran-Iraq War: The
USS Stark (FFG-31) is struck by a missile from an
Iraqi Mirage fighter killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
*
1992 - In
Thailand, the so-called
Black May begins. Thai police and protestors start attacking one another. By midnight, the current Thai
government declares a
state of emergency, and military troops, equipped with M-16 rifles, open fire.
*
1995 - After 18 years as the
mayor of
Paris,
Jacques Chirac takes office as
President of France President of
France.
*
1999 -
Ehud Barak is elected prime minister of
Israel.
*
2002 -
Nintendo GameCube is released in
Australia.
*
2004 -
Same-sex marriage becomes legal in
Massachusetts.
Births
*
1155 -
Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d.
1225)
*
1443 -
Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings
Edward IV of England and
Richard III of England (d.
1460)
*
1551 -
Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d.
1601)
*
1628 - Archduke
Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol (d.
1662)
*
1706 -
Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d.
1780)
*
1718 -
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d.
1778)
*
1743 -
Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d.
1784)
*
1749 -
Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (d.
1823)
*
1758 -
John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d.
1839)
*
1768 -
Caroline of Brunswick,
Princess of Wales (d.
1821)
*1768 -
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d.
1854)
*
1794 -
Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d.
1860)
*
1821 -
Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d.
1897)
*
1836 -
Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (d.
1900)
*
1844 -
Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d.
1918)
*
1866 -
Erik Satie, French composer (d.
1925)
*
1873 -
Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (d.
1935)
*1873 -
Dorothy Richardson, English writer (d.
1957)
*
1879 -
Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (d.
1926)
*
1886 -
Alfonso XIII of Spain (d.
1941)
*
1888 -
Tich Freeman, English cricketer (d.
1965)
*
1897 -
Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1981)
*
1898 -
Alfred Joseph Casson Canadian painter (d.
1992)
*
1900 -
Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Muslim cleric (d.
1989)
*
1901 -
Werner Egk, German composer (d.
1983)
*
1903 -
Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (d.
1991)
*
1904 -
Jean Gabin, French actor (d.
1976)
*
1906 -
Zinka Milanov, Croatian soprano (d.
1989)
*
1911 -
Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-born supermodel (d.
1992)
*1911 -
Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d.
1998)
*
1918 -
Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (d.
2005)
*
1919 -
Merle Miller, American biographer (d.
1986)
*
1921 -
Dennis Brain, English French horn player (d.
1957)
*
1935 -
Dennis Potter, English writer (d.
1994)
*
1936 -
Dennis Hopper, American actor and director
*
1937 -
Hazel R. O'Leary,
United States Secretary of Energy
*
1938 -
Jason Bernard, American actor (d.
1996)
*
1940 -
Alan Kay, American computer scientist
*
1942 -
Taj Mahal (musician) Taj Mahal, American singer and guitarist
*
1945 -
Tony Roche, Australian tennis player
*
1946 -
Udo Lindenberg, German musician
*1946 -
F. Paul Wilson, American novelist
*
1949 -
Bill Bruford, English drummer and songwriter
*
1950 -
Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian politician
*
1955 -
Bill Paxton, American actor
*
1956 -
Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
*1956 -
Bob Saget, American actor
*1956 -
Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist
*
1959 -
Paul Di'Anno, English singer (
Iron Maiden)
*1959 -
Jim Nantz, American broadcaster
*
1961 -
Enya, Irish singer and songwriter
*
1962 -
Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer
*
1965 -
Trent Reznor, American singer and songwriter (
Nine Inch Nails)
*
1971 -
Shaun Hart, Australian footballer
*1971 -
Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
*
1973 -
Josh Homme, American musician, singer and songwriter
*
1974 -
Andrea Corr, Irish singer (
The Corrs)
*
1975 -
Sasha Alexander, American actress
*1975 -
Jonti Picking, British cartoonist
*1975 -
Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer
*1975 -
Alex Wright, German professional wrestler
*
1981 -
Leon Osman, English footballer
*
1983 -
Channing Frye, American basketball player
*
1984 -
Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player
Deaths
*
1189 -
Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b.
1159)
*
1336 -
Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b.
1288)
*
1365 -
Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b.
1328)
*
1464 -
Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b.
1427)
*
1510 -
Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b.
1445)
*
1521 -
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician
*
1536 -
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat
*
1575 -
Matthew Parker,
Archbishop of Canterbury (b.
1504)
*
1626 -
Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b.
1570)
*
1643 -
Giovanni Picchi, Italian composer
*
1727 -
Catherine I of Russia
*
1729 -
Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b.
1675)
*
1765 -
Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b.
1713)
*
1797 -
Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b.
1719)
*
1801 -
William Heberden, English physician (b.
1710)
*
1809 -
Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b.
1722)
*
1829 -
John Jay, first
Chief Justice of the United States (b.
1745)
*
1838 -
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b.
1754)
*
1839 -
Archibald Alison (Scottish author) Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b.
1757)
*
1875 -
John C. Breckinridge,
Vice President of the United States (b.
1821)
*
1879 -
Asa Packer, Railroad magnate and founder of
Lehigh Valley Railroad (b.
1805)
*
1888 -
Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b.
1820)
*
1916 -
Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b.
1862)
*
1917 -
Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b.
1829)
*
1935 -
Paul Dukas, French composer (b.
1865)
*
1947 -
George William Forbes,
Prime Minister of New Zealand (b.
1869)
*
1985 -
Abe Burrows, songwriter, composer, and writer (b.
1910)
*
1987 -
Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist,
Nobel Prize in Economics Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1898)
*
1992 -
Lawrence Welk, American musician (b.
1903)
*
1996 -
Kevin Gilbert, American singer, composer and instrumentalist (b.
1966)
*
1999 -
Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (b.
1949)
*
2000 -
Donald Coggan, 101st
Archbishop of Canterbury (b.
1909)
*
2002 -
Dave Berg (cartoonist) Dave Berg, American cartoonist (b.
1920)
*2002 -
Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (b.
1940)
*2002 -
David Smith (wrestler) Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b.
1962)
*2002 -
Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b.
1927)
*
2003 -
Pop Ivy Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (b.
1916)
*
2004 -
Jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b.
1920)
*2004 -
Tony Randall, American actor (b.
1920)
*2004 -
Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (b.
1943)
*
2005 -
Frank Gorshin, American actor (b.
1934)
Holidays and observances
*''
DÃa das Letras Galegas'' ("Galician Literature Day") — holiday in
Galicia (Spain) Galicia, honouring the
Galician language
*
Norwegian Constitution Day
*
Feast day of the following
saints in the
Roman Catholic Church:
**
Paschal Baylon or '''Pascal Baylon'''
**
Solochon
**
Pamphamer
**
Pamphalon
**
Adrian of Alexandria
**
Saint Victor
*
Bahá'à Faith — Feast of 'Azaamat (Grandeur) — First day of the fourth month of the Bahá'à Calendar
External links
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BBC: On This Day
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historical anniversaries listing of all days
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