Page 8: Historical Events In May - 17

1957  Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1958  Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  On this day in history frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81   

1962  Marin County withdraws from BART district on this day in history.   

1963  On May - 17 uS performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site   

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

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

1967  On May - 17 john Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65   

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

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

1969  On this day in history russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus   

1969  On this day in history joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80   

1970  On this day in history 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  On this day in history netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors   

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

1973  Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings on May - 17.   

1973  On May - 17 stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life"   

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 May - 17 bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels   

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

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

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

1975  On this day in history mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches   

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  On this day in history 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   

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

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 this day in history.   

1451  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg   

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

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

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

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer   

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

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on May - 17.   

1336  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)   

1365  On May - 17 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  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on May - 17.   

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