Page 9: Historical Events In May - 17

1976  On this day in history earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed   

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

1977  Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel on May - 17.   

1978  On this day in history john Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies   

1979  -12ºF (-11ºC), on top of Mauna Kea HI (state record) on May - 17.   

1979  On May - 17 emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation   

1980  Major race riot in Miami FL - 16 killed, 300 injured on this day in history.   

1980  On May - 17 paul & Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live   

1981  On May - 17 hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80   

1983  Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 17 mai Shanley, 21, (New Mexico), crowned 33rd Miss USA   

1985  On this day in history les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska   

1985  On May - 17 bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas   

1986  "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the UK pop chart on this day in history.   

1987  "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances on May - 17.   

1987  On this day in history uSS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die   

1987  Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88 on May - 17.   

1989  Longest Cab Ride Ever 14,000 miles cost $16,000! on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart   

1989  Nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa on May - 17.   

1989  On May - 17 vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million   

1989  Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000! on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 17 cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI   

1990  On May - 17 dow Jones average hits a record 2,831.71   

1990  On May - 17 european court rules pension rights for both men & women   

1991  Lupita Jones, 23, of México, crowned 40th Miss Universe on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 17 tim Berners-Lee announce the official launch of the first website   

1992  On this day in history bandleader Laurence Welk dies at age 89   

1992  On this day in history george Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87   

1993  On May - 17 intel unveils their new Pentium processor   

1993  Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled on May - 17.   

1994  Bakili Muluzi's UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election on May - 17.   

1994  Alain Cuny, [René X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85 on May - 17.   

1995  Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, singer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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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  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on May - 17.   

1451  On this day in history 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 May - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1365  On May - 17 death of louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)   

1395  On this day in history death of constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm   

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.