Page 8: Historical Events In May - 17

1957  On this day in history shalva Azmayparashvili, composer, dies at 54   

1958  Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria on May - 17.   

1960  On this day in history 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 this day in history uS performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  On May - 17 otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82   

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

1967  John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1968  European Space Research Organization launches first satellite on May - 17.   

1968  US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site on May - 17.   

1969  Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus on this day in history.   

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

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

1970  On May - 17 thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra   

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

1971  Washington State bans sex discrimination on May - 17.   

1972  On May - 17 netherlands & China People's Republic exchange ambassadors   

1972  Tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London on May - 17.   

1973  Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings on this day in history.   

1973  Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life" on May - 17.   

1973  The Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open on this day in history.   

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

1973  Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 on May - 17.   

1974  Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels on this day in history.   

1974  Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79   

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

1975  Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches on this day in history.   

1975  NBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time on this day in history.   

1976  28th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win on this day in history.   

1976  On May - 17 earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed   

1976  On May - 17 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  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.   

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

1444  On May - 17 birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.   

1490  On May - 17 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  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on May - 17.   

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

1050  Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies on May - 17.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on this day in history.