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May 17: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

May 17th marks the 137th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 138th in case of leap years). There are 228 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Trent Reznor (1965), Enya (1961) and Craig Ferguson (1962). Holidays and observances around the world include: UN Global Road Safety Week, 17-23 May (biennial) [WHO] and World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
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Holidays

Saint Solochon
Norwegian Constitution Day or Syttende Mai.
Dfa das Letras Galegas ("Galician Literature Day") ? holiday in Galicia, honouring the Galician language.
Saint Paschal Baylon or Pascal Baylon
Saint Montanus
Saint Dietmar
Saint Pamphamer
International Day Against Homophobia aka IDAHO
Saint Pamphalon
Saint Adrian of Alexandria
Bahá'f Faith ? Feast of 'Azaamat (Grandeur) ? First day of the fourth month of the Bahá'f Calendar.
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Events

2019 Canada-United States Relations, Mexico-United States Relations: The United States lifted tariffs on steel from Canada and Mexico.
2018 International military intervention against ISIL. Denmark announces partial withdrawal of its special forces in Iraq after the fall of ISIL.
2017 Bundu dia Kongo supporters free their leader and 50 others with an attack on Makala prison in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
2016 Iraqi civil War (2014-present: 17 May 2016 Baghdad Bombings: At least 69% are killed and 230 others injured by a series bombings targeting Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, Iraq. Some of these attacks are claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq or Syria.
2015 Three people are killed and at least 18 injured in a suicide attack by Taliban outside Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan.
2014 To combat Boko Haram, Nigeria, Niger Cameroon and Benin join forces.
2013 Iraqi insurgency after the U.S. withdrawal: A series of bombings in Sunni areas of Iraq have resulted in at least 90 deaths and more than 200 injuries.
2012 Conflict in 2012 East DR Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo's military has been bombarding positions that it believes are being held by rebels, who have been fighting the army in the country's eastern for several weeks.
2011 Historic first visit by Queen Elizabeth II to the Republic of Ireland. This was the first visit by a British monarch in Ireland since 1911's visit of George V to Queen Mary.
2010 The New Bus for London's Design is now revealed.
2009 Al-Shabaab seizes Jowhar (Somalia) from the Transitional Federal Government.
2008 The 133rd Preakness Stakes takes place in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Kent Desormeaux rode the 3-year-old Big Brown, who won by 5 1/4 lengths.
2007 In a test run agreed between the governments, trains from North Korea and South Korea crossed the 38th Parallel. This marks the first crossing of the Demilitarized Zone by trains since 1953.
2006 As an artificial reef, the USS Oriskany aircraft carrier is submerged in the Gulf of Mexico.
2005 Kuwaiti women have the right to vote
2004 Massachusetts legalizes same-sex marriages in accordance with a ruling by the state's Supreme Judicial Court ("Goodridge v. Department of Public Health").
2003 Pen Hadow is the first person to solo walk from Canada to North Pole without any help.
2002 In Ireland, the Fianna Fail/Progressive Democrats coalition was re-elected. This is the first time that a government has been reelected since 1969.
2000 13 people were injured by a bomb at Glorietta Mall, Makati City Philippines.
1997 Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London
1996 Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe.
1995 Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego, California.
1994 Malawi holds its first multi-party elections.
1992 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King.
1991 Lupita Jones, 23, of MTxico, crowned 40th Miss Universe.
1990 Dow Jones Average hits a record 2,831.71
1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa
1987 Stardust closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances
1986 Chicken Song by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart
1985 Les Anderson catches record 97-pound 4-ounce Chinook Salmon, off Alaska.
1984 Cincinnati Reds' Mario Soto throws four strikeouts in one inning.
1983 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty
1981 Inacent Black closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 14 performances
1980 Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours
1979 Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation
1978 Lee Lacy hits record third consecutive pinch-hit homerun.
1977 Menahem Begin's Likoed-party wins election in Israel.
1976 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and M Learned
1975 Funky Gibbon by The Goodies hits #79
1974 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 15th String quartet
1973 Nash at Nine opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 21 performances
1972 Tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London, England.
1971 Washington State bans sex discrimination.
1970 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Golf Tournament.
1969 My Wife, My Dog, My Cat, by Maskman and The Agents hits #92
1968 European Space Research Organization launches first satellite.
1967 Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
1966 KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational.
1963 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site.
1962 Marin County withdraws from BART district
1961 Fidel Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers.
1960 First atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park, California, USA.
1959 Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122.
1958 84th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2.
1957 School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education
1955 Dutch Government of Drees resigns.
1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 separate but equal Plessy Vs Ferguson decision
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open.
1952 78th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4.
1950 Celal Bayar becomes the third president of Turkey.
1949 British government recognizes Republic of Ireland.
1948 Soviet Union recognizes Israel.
1947 Street Scene closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 148 performances
1946 US President Harry Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike.
1945 Two US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu, Japan.
1944 Operation Straightline: Allies land in the Netherlands New-Guinea
1943 The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC.
1942 Dutch SS vows loyalty to Adolf Hitler.
1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France
1939 The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
1938 Radio quiz show Information Please! debuts on NBC Blue Network.
1933 Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling -- the national-socialist party of Norway.
1932 US Congress changes the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico".
1930 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6.
1928 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam
1927 Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings
1926 German Government of Wilhelm Marx takes power.
1925 Cleveland Indians' Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit.
1924 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2.
1923 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC)
1921 President Harding opens (via telephone) first Valencia Orange Show.
1919 The British War Department orders use of National Star Insignia on all airplanes.
1916 British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), first introduced.
1915 Last liberal British Government of Asquith falls.
1914 The Protocol of Corfu is signed recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
1911 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51.
1910 Canada sets the designs for the 1- through 50-cent coins.
1909 White firemen on Georgia railroad strike to protest hiring blacks.
1905 Waseda University of Tokyo defeats Los Angeles High School 5-3 in baseball.
1903 Cleveland Indians beat the New York Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio
1902 Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1900 Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
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Music charts

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Top #1 songs in the USA

2017 DJ Khaled Featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne - I'm The One
2016 Drake Featuring WizKid & Kyla - One Dance
2015 Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth - See You Again
2014 John Legend - All Of Me
2013 Macklemore - Can't Hold Us
2012 Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
2011 Adele - Rolling In The Deep
2010 Eminem - Not Afraid
2009 The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
2008 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2007 Maroon5 - Makes Me Wonder
2006 Rihanna - SOS
2005 Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
2004 Usher - Yeah!
2003 Sean Paul - Get Busy
2002 Ashanti - Foolish
2001 Janet - All For You
2000 Santana - Maria, Maria
1999 Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
1998 Next - Too Close
1997 The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
1996 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha Crossroads
1995 Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
1994 All-4-One - I Swear
1993 Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes
1992 Kris Kross - Jump
1991 Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
1990 Madonna - Vogue
1989 Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
1988 Gloria Estefan - Anything For You
1987 U2 - With Or Without You
1986 Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All
1985 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
1984 Lionel Richie - Hello
1983 David Bowie - Let's Dance
1982 Paul McCartney - Ebony And Ivory
1981 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
1980 Blondie - Call Me
1979 Peaches & Herb - Reunited
1978 Wings - With A Little Luck
1977 Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
1976 The Sylvers - Boogie Fever
1975 Tony Orlando and Dawn - He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)
1974 Ray Stevens - The Streak
1973 Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
1972 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
1971 Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
1970 The Guess Who - American Woman
1969 The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)
1968 Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up
1967 The Young Rascals - Groovin'
1966 The Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday
1965 The Beatles - Ticket To Ride
1964 Mary Wells - My Guy
1963 Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy
1962 The Shirelles - Soldier Boy
1961 Del Shannon - Runaway
1960 Elvis Presley - Stuck On You
1959 Dave Baby Cortez - The Happy Organ
1958 David Seville - Witch Doctor
1957 Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
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