Page 8: Historical Events In May - 17

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

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 May - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1967  On May - 17 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 this day in history european Space Research Organization launches first satellite   

1968  On this day in history uS performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site   

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  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 this day in history.   

1970  On May - 17 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  On May - 17 tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London   

1973  On May - 17 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49   

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

1975  10cc releases "I'm Not in Love" on this day in history.   

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

1975  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 May - 17.   

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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  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.   

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  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.   

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

1568  Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1050  On May - 17 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  Death of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) on May - 17.   

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

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