Historical Events In May - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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