Page 10: Historical Events In May - 17

1996  Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe on May - 17.   

1996  On this day in history rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), dies   

1997  Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London on this day in history.   

2005  Kuwaiti women granted right to vote on May - 17.   

2006  FC Barcelona beat Arsenal in the final of the UEFA Champions League played in Paris on May - 17.   

2007  Alex Salmond officially became First Minister of Scotland after taking over from Jack McConnell on May - 17.   

2007  On May - 17 hong Kong media regulator receives more than thousand complaints about the Bible being too sexual.   

2007  The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-united after eighty years of schism on May - 17.   

2013  90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq on this day in history.   

2014  Atlético Madrid win the 2013–14 La Liga on May - 17.   

2018  Gina Haspel confirmed as the first female director of the CIA by the US Senate on May - 17.   

2018  On this day in history ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo spreads to the city of Mbandaka   

2018  On this day in history michigan State University will pay $500 million in claims to 300 survivors of sexual abuse involving Larry Nassar. Largest sexual abuse case in sports history.   

2019  Taiwan's parliament becomes the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage on this day in history.   

2019  Ibiza affair: A corruption scandal involving the Vice-Chancellor of Austria Heinz-Christian Strache and deputy leader of the Freedom Party Johann Gudenus offering to fix state contracts with a woman posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch at a 2017 meeting in Spain leads to the collapse of the coalition government and calls for snap elections.May 18 - 2019 Australian federal election: Scott Morrison's Liberal/National Coalition Government is narrowly re-elected, defeating the Labor Party led by Bill Shorten on May - 17.   

2020  Israel swears in a new government led by both Benny Gantz, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after 510 days on May - 17.   

2020  Michael Jordan 's autographed Air Nike 1s trainers from 1985 sell for a record $560,000 in an online auction on this day in history.   

2020  Barack Obama criticizes the US government's handling of the pandemic during an online address to graduates, saying officials "aren't even pretending to be in charge" on this day in history.   

2021  On this day in history discovery, Inc. agrees to buy media conglomerate WarnerMedia and all of its subsidiaries, from AT&T for US$43 billion. The merger is set to be complete the following year.   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.   

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

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

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

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on this day in history.   

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  Death of Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm on this day in history.   

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

1510  On May - 17 alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on May - 17.