Historical Events In May - 17

1957  Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on May - 17.   

1958  On May - 17 emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria   

1960  On May - 17 the first atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA   

1961  Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers on this day in history.   

1961  Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 on May - 17.   

1962  On May - 17 marin County withdraws from BART district   

1963  US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site on May - 17.   

1964  Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82 on May - 17.   

1967  Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back" on this day in history.   

1967  John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65 on May - 17.   

1968  On May - 17 european Space Research Organization launches first satellite   

1968  US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site on May - 17.   

1969  Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus on this day in history.   

1969  Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 on May - 17.   

1970  On May - 17 hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits   

1970  Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra on May - 17.   

1970  On this day in history nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61   

1971  Washington State bans sex discrimination on May - 17.   

1972  Netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors on May - 17.   

1972  Tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London on May - 17.   

1973  On May - 17 senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings   

1973  Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life" on this day in history.   

1973  On May - 17 the Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open   

1973  US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO on this day in history.   

1973  Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1974  Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels on this day in history.   

1974  On May - 17 charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49   

1975  "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79 on May - 17.   

1975  10cc releases "I'm Not in Love" on May - 17.   

1975  Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches on this day in history.   

1975  On May - 17 nBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time   

1976  On this day in history 28th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win   

1976  On May - 17 earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed   

1976  In Uzbek SSR a 7.1 quake killed 6 and 10,000 homeless in Gazli area. Damage reported in parts of Uzbek, Tadzhik, and Turkham SSR on May - 17.   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.   

1443  On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.   

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  On this day in history birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1050  On this day in history guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

1189  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159)   

1336  On May - 17 death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on May - 17.   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1521  On May - 17 death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)