Page 8: Historical Events In May - 17

1957  On May - 17 shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54   

1958  On this day in history emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria   

1960  The first atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers   

1961  On May - 17 frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81   

1962  On this day in history marin County withdraws from BART district   

1963  On this day in history uS performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  On this day in history otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82   

1967  Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back" on May - 17.   

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

1968  On this day in history european Space Research Organization launches first satellite   

1968  US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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  Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits on May - 17.   

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

1970  On May - 17 nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61   

1971  On this day in history washington State bans sex discrimination   

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

1972  On May - 17 tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London   

1973  On this day in history 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  On this day in history uS performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO   

1973  On this day in history alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91   

1974  On this day in history bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels   

1974  Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49 on May - 17.   

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

1975  10cc releases "I'm Not in Love" on this day in history.   

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  28th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win on May - 17.   

1976  On this day in history 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  Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England was born on May - 17.   

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  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  On this day in history birth of martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601)   

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on May - 17.   

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

1189  On May - 17 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1510  On this day in history alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  On this day in history death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)