Page 8: Historical Events In May - 17

1957  Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54 on May - 17.   

1958  Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria on May - 17.   

1960  The first atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA on May - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1962  On May - 17 marin County withdraws from BART district   

1963  US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site on May - 17.   

1964  On May - 17 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  On May - 17 john Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65   

1968  European Space Research Organization launches first satellite on this day in history.   

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

1969  On May - 17 russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus   

1969  Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1970  Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors   

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  The Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open on this day in history.   

1973  US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO on this day in history.   

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  On May - 17 charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49   

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

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

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

1975  NBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time on May - 17.   

1976  28th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win on May - 17.   

1976  Earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed on May - 17.   

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  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 May - 17 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 May - 17 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  On this day in history 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  On May - 17 death of thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427)   

1510  Alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 on May - 17.   

1521  On May - 17 death of edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478)