Page 8: Historical Events In May - 17

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

1958  On May - 17 emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria   

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

1961  On May - 17 castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers   

1961  Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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  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 May - 17.   

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

1968  On May - 17 uS performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site   

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 this day in history nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61   

1971  On May - 17 washington State bans sex discrimination   

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

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  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  Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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

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

1975  On May - 17 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  28th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson & Michael Learned win on May - 17.   

1976  Earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

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

1189  Death of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) on this day in history.   

1336  Death of Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) on this day in history.   

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

1510  On May - 17 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)