May 17

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on May 17. From 1900 until now. May 17 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Trent Reznor (1965), Enya (1961) and Craig Ferguson (1962). Several movies were released around May 17 over the years, such as A Face in the Crowd in 1957 directed by Elia Kazan and The Miracle Worker in 1962 directed by Arthur Penn.
But much more happened on May 17 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

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

2019 Canada–United States relations, Mexico–United States relations: The United States lifts tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico. (NPR)
2018 International military intervention against ISIL: Denmark announces the partial withdrawal of its special forces from Iraq following the collapse of ISIL in the country. (Channel News Asia)
2017 Bundu dia Kongo followers free their leader and 50 other inmates with an attack on the Makala jail of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Al Jazeera) (Pulse Nigeria)
2016 Iraqi civil war (2014–present): 17 May 2016 Baghdad bombings: At least 69 people are killed and 230 injured in a series of bomb attacks targeting Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, Iraq. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claims responsibility for some of the attacks. (NY Times) (Reuters) (Press TV)
2015 A suicide attack by the Taliban kills three and injures at least eighteen outside Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan. (BBC News)
2014 Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Benin, and Chad join together to combat Boko Haram. (The Guardian)(The New York Times)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: A string of bombings, most of them in Sunni areas of Iraq, kill at least 90 people and injured more than 200 others. (Times of India)
2012 2012 East DR Congo conflict: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s military has been shelling positions it believes are held by rebels who have been fighting the army for weeks in the country's east. (AJE)
2011 Queen Elizabeth II's historic first visit to the Republic of Ireland. The first visit of a British monarch to Ireland since the visit of George V and Queen Mary in 1911.
2010 The design for the New Bus for London is revealed. (BBC)
2009 Al-Shabaab captures Jowhar, Somalia, from the Transitional Federal Government. (BBC)
2008 In Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes is held. The undefeated 3-year-old Big Brown wins by 5 1/4 lengths, ridden by Kent Desormeaux.
2007 Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.
2006 The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
2005 Kuwaiti women are granted the right to vote.
2004 Massachusetts legalizes same-sex marriage in compliance with a ruling from the state's Supreme Judicial Court (Goodridge v. Department of Public Health).
2003 Pen Hadow becomes the first person to walk alone, without any outside help, from Canada to the North Pole.
2002 In Ireland, The Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats coalition is re-elected. It is the first government to be re-elected since 1969.
2000 A bomb in Glorietta Mall in Makati City, Philippines injures 13.
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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