Page 5: Historical Events In May - 17

1896  On May - 17 brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer   

1898  On May - 17 camp Merritt forms in Presidio [see 0503]   

1899  On May - 17 victoria & Albert Museum foundation laid England   

1899  On May - 17 ralf Harolde, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off)   

1900  On this day in history british troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony)   

1900  On May - 17 mafeking in South Africa relieved   

1900  On this day in history nicolai Berezowsky, composer   

1901  On May - 17 werner Egk, Auchsesheim Germany, composer (Die Zaubergeige)   

1902  On this day in history greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.   

1902  John Vincent, composer on May - 17.   

1903  Cleve Indians beat NY Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio on this day in history.   

1903  On May - 17 douglas Packard, British Lt General   

1904  Maurice Ravel's "Shéhérazade," premieres in Paris on May - 17.   

1905  On May - 17 waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball   

1905  John Patrick, screenwriter on May - 17.   

1906  On May - 17 switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic   

1906  On this day in history eric Mensforth, president (Westland Aircraft)   

1907  Charles Cawley, British chief scientist/minister of power on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history sigismund Toduta, composer   

1909  White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks on May - 17.   

1909  Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant on this day in history.   

1910  Canada sets the designs for its 1 cent to fifty cent coins on this day in history.   

1910  On May - 17 canada sets the designs for the 1-50 cent coins   

1911  The birth of Maureen O'Sullivan, American film actress on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51   

1911  Knut Anders Haukfield, SOE Operative on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 17 archibald Cox, special prosecutor (Watergate)   

1913  Alec Ogilvie, CEO (Powell Duffryn) on this day in history.   

1914  Guido Masanetz, composer on this day in history.   

1914  On May - 17 peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79   

1915  Last liberal British Government of Asquith falls on May - 17.   

1915  National Baptist Convention chartered on May - 17.   

1915  On this day in history 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58   

1915  On May - 17 joseph D Craggs, electrical engineer   

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1155  On this day in history birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

1443  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

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

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 May - 17.   

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

1050  On May - 17 guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies   

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

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on May - 17.   

1365  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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)