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May 17May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). There are 228 days remaining. ==Events== *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 - Norway gets its own Constitution_of_Norway . * 1814 - Occupation of Monaco changes from France to Austrian. *1846 - The saxophone is patented by Adolphe Sax. *1863 - Rosalía 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) wins the first Kentucky Derby. *1900 - Boer War: United Kingdom troops relieve Siege of Mafeking. *1902 - Archaeologist Spyridon Stais finds the Antikythera mechanism. *1915 - The last The Liberal Party (UK) 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 - World War II: Surviving RAF Operation Chastise return. * 1943 - The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC. *1944 - Type IX U-boat: ''U-884'' is launched. *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 Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus (planet), 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. *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 agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. *1984 - Charles, Prince of Wales 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 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 of France. *1999 - Ehud Barak is elected prime minister of Israel. *2003 - Mozilla Firefox. Browser renamed from ''Phoenix'' to ''Firebird''. *2004 - Same-sex marriage becomes legal in Massachusetts. *2005 - Clarence Richard Silva of Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland is appointed fifth Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii. ==Births== *1628 - Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria, Regent of the Tyrol and Further Austria *1743 - Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (d. 1784) *1749 - Edward Jenner, inventor of the vaccine (d. 1823) *1758 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector (d. 1839) *1768 - Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales (d. 1821) *1794 - Anna Brownell Jameson, British writer (d. 1860) *1821 - Sebastian Kneipp, naturopathy (d. 1897) *1836 - Wilhelm Steinitz, chess player (d. 1900) *1842 - August Thyssen, industrialist (d. 1926) *1844 - Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918) *1866 - Erik Satie, France composer (d. 1925) *1873 - Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (d. 1935) * 1873 - Dorothy Richardson, English feminist writer (d. 1957) *1879 - Simon Petlyura, Ukraine independence fighter (d. 1926) *1886 - Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941) *1888 - Tich Freeman, record-breaking Kent leg-spinner (d. 1965) *1898 - Alfred Joseph Casson painter (d. 1992) *1900 - Ruhollah Khomeini, (d. 1981) *1901 - Werner Egk, composer (d. 1983) *1903 - Cool Papa Bell, baseball player (d. 1991) *1904 - Jean Gabin, actor (d. 1976) *1906 - Zinka Milanov, Croatian opera soprano (d. 1989) *1911 - Maureen O'Sullivan, actress (d. 1998) *1918 - Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano *1919 - Merle Miller, Presidential biographer (d. 1986) *1921 - Dennis Brain, English French horn player (d. 1957) *1922 - Antje Weisgerber, actress *1924 - Hannes Messemer, actor (d. 1991) *1935 - Dennis Potter, writer (d. 1994) *1936 - Dennis Hopper, actor, director *1937 - Hazel R. O'Leary, United States Secretary of Energy *1942 - Taj Mahal (musician), singer, guitarist *1945 - Tony Roche, Australian tennis player *1946 - Udo Lindenberg, musician *1948 - Bill Bruford, drummer, songwriter *1950 - Janez Drnovsek, Slovene politician *1955 - Bill Paxton, actor *1956 - Sugar Ray Leonard, boxing * 1956 - Bob Saget, actor *1959 - Paul Di'Anno, singer * 1959 - Jim Nantz, broadcaster *1961 - Enya, singer, songwriter *1962 - Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer *1965 - Trent Reznor, singer, songwriter ("Nine Inch Nails") *1966 - Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003) *1971 - Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, wife of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands *1971 - Shaun Hart, Australian rules footballer *1974 - Andrea Corr, singer ("The Corrs") *1975 - Sasha Alexander, American actress *1975 - Jonti Picking, internet cartoonist *1975 - Laura Voutilainen, Finland singer ==Deaths== *1510 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445) *1575 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1504) *1727 - Catherine I of Russia (b. 1683 or 1684) *1729 - Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675) *1765 - Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713) *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), Scottish author (b. 1757) *1860 - Martin Kukučín (Slovak writer), Slovak author (b. 1757) *1875 - John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821) *1917 - Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) *1935 - Paul Dukas, French composer (b.1865) *1946 - William Jefferson Blythe III, father of U.S. President Bill Clinton (b. 1918) *1947 - George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) *1985 - Abe Burrows, songwriter, composer, and writer *1992 - Lawrence Welk, American musician (b. 1903) *2000 - Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909) *2002 - Dave Berg, cartoonist (b. 1920) *2002 - Sharon Sheeley, songwriter (b. 1940) *2002 - David Smith (wrestler), professional wrestler (b. 1962) *2004 - Tony Randall, actor (b. 1920) *2004 - Jørgen Nash, artist (b. 1920) *2004 - Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council *2005 - Frank Gorshin, actor (b. 1934) ==Holidays and observances== *''Día das Letras Galegas'' ("Galician Literature Day") — holiday in Galicia (Spain), honouring the Galician language *Norwegian Constitution Day — ''Syttende Mai'' * 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'í Faith — Feast of 'Azaamat (Grandeur) — First day of the fourth month of the Bahá'í Calendar == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/17 BBC: On This Day] ---- May 16 - May 18 - April 17 - June 17 – historical anniversaries li:17 mei th:17 พฤษภาคม May 17--User:Maveric149 23:40, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:May 17 selected anniversaries - Template talk:May 17 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:May_17_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Mav, Please explain how the following are of minor historical value #1809 - Napoleon orders the annexation of the papal states to the French empire #1949 - Berlin Blockade is lifted by the Soviet Union #1949 - Canadian government recognises State of Israel #1973 - The Watergate scandal hearings are television User:Kingturtle 01:02 19 May 2003 (UTC) #I couldn't confirm this at all after 10 minutes of searching. #The blockade was lifted on May 12 (already listed there) #Minor historical value ''unless'' Canada was the first nation to recognize Israel #Minor historical value that I strongly suspect is wrong since I updated a day page in March (I think) which stated that televised hearings began. It is also vague ; literally all that it is saying is that hearings are on TV. So what? They were on TV for months. Where was your source for all the events you added? I've found out the hard way that a good quarter to a third of the events listed on "this day in history" websites are somewhat to completely wrong or otherwise minor trivia. --User:Maveric149 ---- #Napolean...see [http://www.bartleby.com/67/1026.html] & [http://www.napoleonseries.org/reference/diplomatic/annexations.cfm], and it is significant #You are correct. I was wrong. My source was Timeline of United States diplomatic history...which said it happened May 17. I have just changed it to read May 12. #Truman was the first to recognize Israel. I can see your point #The senate hearings began May 17, and they were televised from the start. [http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/06/13/sights.sounds/watergate/hearings.html] & [http://pbsvideodb.pbs.org/programs/chapter.asp?item_id=5602&chap_id=4], and this event is significant. My source for the things I add to the date-articles is Wikipedia. I click on What Links to that day and started poking around. Sometimes, I have learned, I am misled by wrong information (see ''Timeline of United States diplomatic history'' above), but I also find some cool items like Antikythera mechanism. User:Kingturtle 01:53 19 May 2003 (UTC) Fair enough - I partially stand corrected. It just takes one hell of a lot of time to confirm each and every entry so I do sometime delete false positives. I just don't want to spread false information around when I update every year page and most of the subject pages from information contained on these pages. --User:Maveric149 I am glad we can have these discussions in mature manners. User:Kingturtle 03:09 19 May 2003 (UTC) Saxophone's patent date must have been duplicated to May 17 and June 22. One should be fixed. --User:PuzzletChung What about my Aunty Ami is that not important why isnt her birth date added???? == owen howells? == 1988 birth, british intellectual - someone having a laugh? See other meanings of words starting from letter: MMA | MB | MC | MD | ME | MF | MG | MH | MI | MJ | MK | ML | MN | MO | MP | MR | MS | MT | MU | MW | MX | MY | MZ |Words begining with May_17: May_17 May_17 May_17.jpeg May_17th May_17th_Declaration May_17th_Statement May_17_(Eastern_Orthodox_Liturgics) May_17_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics) May_17_(Orthodox_Liturgics) May_17_Declaration May_17_selected_anniversaries May_17_selected_anniversaries May_17_Statement May_17_Statement |
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