Page 8: Historical Events In May - 17

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

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  Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers on this day in history.   

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

1962  Marin County withdraws from BART district on May - 17.   

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 May - 17.   

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

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

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

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

1969  Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus on May - 17.   

1969  On May - 17 joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80   

1970  On May - 17 hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits   

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 this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London   

1973  On this day in history senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings   

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

1973  The Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open on May - 17.   

1973  US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO on May - 17.   

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

1975  On this day in history "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 this day in history.   

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

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  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 17.   

1464  Death of Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) on this day in history.   

1510  On May - 17 alessandro di Botticelli, painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65   

1521  Death of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) on May - 17.