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What happend on 17. May in History
In our data base we found 331 events happened on 17. May:
• 290: Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 236) [category: Deaths]
• 1155: Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) [category: Births]
• 1189: Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) [category: Deaths]
• 1336: Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) [category: Deaths]
• 1365: Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) [category: Deaths]
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• 1395: Constantine Dragaš, Serbian ruler (b. 1355) [category: Deaths]
• 1443: Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1460) [category: Births]
• 1464: Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1427) [category: Deaths]
• 1510: Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445) [category: Deaths]
• 1521: Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1478) [category: Deaths]
• 1521: Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. [category: Events]
• 1536: Francis Weston, English courtier and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (b. 1511) [category: Deaths]
• 1536: George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat (b. 1504) [category: Deaths]
• 1536: Henry Norris, English courtier and Groom of the Stool (b. 1482) [category: Deaths]
• 1536: Mark Smeaton, English courtier and musician (b. 1512) [category: Deaths]
• 1536: William Brereton, English courtier and Groom of the Privy Chamber [category: Deaths]
• 1536: George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford and four other men are executed for treason. [category: Events]
• 1551: Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) [category: Births]
• 1551: Shin Saimdang, Korean writer, artist, and poet (b. 1504) [category: Deaths]
• 1571: William White, English composer (d. 1634) [category: Births]
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• 1575: Matthew Parker, English theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1504) [category: Deaths]
• 1590: Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1626: Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570) [category: Deaths]
• 1628: Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (d. 1662) [category: Births]
• 1642: Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal. [category: Events]
• 1643: Giovanni Picchi, Italian composer (b. 1571/1572) [category: Deaths]
• 1673: Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River. [category: Events]
• 1682: Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) [category: Births]
• 1706: Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (d. 1780) [category: Births]
• 1718: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778) [category: Births]
• 1727: Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1729: Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1732: Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1817) [category: Births]
• 1732: Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, English musician and composer (d. 1781) [category: Births]
• 1743: Seth Warner, American soldier (d. 1784) [category: Births]
• 1749: Edward Jenner, English physician and scientist (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1758: Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English fossil collector (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1765: Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: Caroline of Brunswick (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1768: Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (d. 1854) [category: Births]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Quebec. [category: Events]
• 1792: The New York Stock Exchange is formed. [category: Events]
• 1794: Anna Brownell Jameson, English writer (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1797: Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1807: John Gunby, American soldier (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1808: Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire. [category: Events]
• 1809: Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1814: Occupation of Monaco changes from French to Austrian. [category: Events]
• 1814: The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. [category: Events]
• 1821: Sebastian Kneipp, German naturopathist (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1822: Armand Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766) [category: Deaths]
• 1829: John Jay, American statesman and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1836: Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1838: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French diplomat (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 1838: René Caillié, French explorer (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: Julius Wellhausen, German scholar (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1845: Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1849: A large fire nearly burns St. Louis, Missouri to the ground. [category: Events]
• 1860: Martin Kukučín, Slovak writer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1863: Léon Gérin, Canadian civil servant and sociologist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1863: Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language. [category: Events]
• 1864: Louis Richardet, Swiss sports shooter (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1865: The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris. [category: Events]
• 1866: Erik Satie, French composer (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1868: Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturer, co-founder of Dodge (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1868: Isami Kondo, Japanese Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War. [category: Events]
• 1873: Dorothy Richardson, English writer (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1873: Henri Barbusse, French novelist and journalist (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1874: George Sheldon, American diver (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1875: John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1875: Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby. [category: Events]
• 1879: Asa Packer, American railroad magnate, founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1886: John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Tich Freeman, English cricketer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1888: Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Dorothy Gibson, American actress and survivor of RMS Titanic (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1891: Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1891: Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1895: Mary Josephine Ray, Canadian super-centenarian (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1895: Saul Adler Israeli expert on Parasitology (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1897: Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1898: Alfred Joseph Casson, Canadian painter (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1900: Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking. [category: Events]
• 1901: Werner Egk, German composer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1902: Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer. [category: Events]
• 1903: Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1904: Jean Gabin, French actor (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1906: Zinka Milanov, Croatian soprano (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1909: Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1911: Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish model (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1911: Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1911: Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Ace Parker, American baseball and football player [category: Births]
• 1912: Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1913: Hans Ruesch, Swiss race car driver (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1914: Robert N. Thompson, Canadian politician (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1914: The Protocol of Corfu is signed recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty. [category: Events]
• 1915: The last British Liberal Party government (led by Herbert Henry Asquith) falls. [category: Events]
• 1916: Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: A. C. Lyles, American film producer [category: Births]
• 1918: Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1919: Antonio Aguilar, Mexican actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1919: Merle Miller, American biographer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1919: Guido von List, German author (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1921: Dennis Brain, English-French horn player (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1926: Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1927: Harold Geiger, American aviation pioneer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader of Heaven's Gate (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1933: Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway. [category: Events]
• 1934: Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel, German politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Ronald Wayne, American computer scientist and author, co-founder of Apple Inc. [category: Births]
• 1935: Dennis Potter, English writer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1935: Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, scholar, and teacher (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1936: Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek politician (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Hazel R. O'Leary, American politician, 7th United States Secretary of Energy [category: Births]
• 1938: Jason Bernard, American actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1938: Pervis Jackson, American singer (The Spinners) (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1938: Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Gary Paulsen, American author [category: Births]
• 1939: The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City. [category: Events]
• 1940: Alan Kay, American computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1940: Reynato Puno, Filipino Supreme Court Chief Justice [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: the old city centre of the Dutch town of Middelburg is bombed by the German Luftwaffe, to force the surrender of the Dutch armies in Zeeland. [category: Events]
• 1941: Ben Nelson, American politician, 40th Governor of Nebraska & Senator [category: Births]
• 1941: David Cope, American composer and author [category: Births]
• 1941: Grace Zabriskie, American actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Taj Mahal, American singer-songwriter and musician (Rising Sons) [category: Births]
• 1943: Johnny Warren, Australian footballer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1943: The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: the Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams. [category: Events]
• 1944: Jesse Winchester, singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1945: Tony Roche, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1946: F. Paul Wilson, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1946: Udo Lindenberg, German singer, musician, and composer (Passport) [category: Births]
• 1947: Andrew Latimer, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Camel) [category: Births]
• 1947: George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Dick Gaughan, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer (The Boys of the Lough) [category: Births]
• 1949: Bill Bruford, English drummer and songwriter (Yes, King Crimson, UK, Earthworks, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Bruford Levin Upper Extremities, and National Health) [category: Births]
• 1950: Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1950: Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian politician (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1950: Valeria Novodvorskaya, Russian politician, dissident, founder and chairwoman of the Democratic Union party [category: Births]
• 1951: Simon Hughes, English politician [category: Births]
• 1951: William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, English general (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Howard Hampton, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Kathleen Sullivan, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1953: Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer and musician (Sumo and Hurlingham Reggae Band) [category: Births]
• 1954: The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. [category: Events]
• 1955: Bill Paxton, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1955: David Townsend, American singer-songwriter and musician (Surface) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1956: Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host [category: Births]
• 1956: Dave Sim, Canadian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1956: Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer and actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1958: Paul Di'Anno, English singer-songwriter (Iron Maiden and Gogmagog) [category: Births]
• 1959: Jim Nantz, American broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1959: Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and coach [category: Births]
• 1960: Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter [category: Births]
• 1961: Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer (Clannad) [category: Births]
• 1962: Craig Ferguson, Scottish comedian, actor, and television host [category: Births]
• 1962: Jane Moore, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1962: Lise Lyng Falkenberg, Danish writer [category: Births]
• 1963: Jon Koncak, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Page McConnell, American musician and songwriter (Phish, Vida Blue, and Phil Lesh and Friends) [category: Births]
• 1963: John Wilce, American physician and football coach (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: David Eigenberg, American actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1964: Stratos Apostolakis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Nandor Fodor, Hungarian psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Jeremy Vine, English journalist and presenter [category: Births]
• 1965: Paige Turco, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Trent Reznor, American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and producer (Nine Inch Nails, How to Destroy Angels, and Tapeworm) [category: Births]
• 1966: Danny Manning, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Hill Harper, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Mark Kratzmann, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1966: Qusay Hussein, Son of Saddam Hussein [category: Births]
• 1966: Randy Turpin, English boxer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Mohamed Nasheed, Maldivian politician 4th President of the Maldives [category: Births]
• 1967: Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1969: Alan Doyle, Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, and actor (Great Big Sea) [category: Births]
• 1969: Tabatha Coffey, Australian hairstylist [category: Births]
• 1969: Thom Filicia, American interior designer [category: Births]
• 1969: Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure. [category: Events]
• 1970: Angelica Agurbash, Belarusian singer, actress, and model [category: Births]
• 1970: Hubert Davis, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Jordan Knight, American singer-songwriter (New Kids on the Block) [category: Births]
• 1970: Matt Lindland, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1970: René Vilbre, Estonian film director [category: Births]
• 1970: Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean. [category: Events]
• 1971: Princess Máxima of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1971: Shaun Hart, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Roman Genn, Russian artist [category: Births]
• 1973: Josh Homme, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1973: Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1973: Sasha Alexander, American actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Steve Barakatt, Canadian singer, composer, producer, and pianist [category: Births]
• 1973: Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate. [category: Events]
• 1974: Andrea Corr, Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (The Corrs) [category: Births]
• 1974: Eddie Lewis, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Wiki González, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Ernest Nash, German archaeologist (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall. [category: Events]
• 1974: Thirty-three civilians are killed and over 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) explodes car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. It is the highest number of casualties in any one day during The Troubles. [category: Events]
• 1975: Alex Wright, German-English wrestler [category: Births]
• 1975: Cheick Kongo, French martial artist [category: Births]
• 1975: Jonti Picking, English cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1975: Kostas Sommer, Greek actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer [category: Births]
• 1976: José Guillén, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Leehom Wang, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and director [category: Births]
• 1977: Charles E. Rosendahl, American vice admiral (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Carlos Peña, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: John Foster, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Magdalena Zděnovcová, Czech tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Paddy Kenny, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: David Jarolím, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Wayne Thomas, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Dallas Taylor, American singer-songwriter and musician (Underoath and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster) [category: Births]
• 1980: Davor Džalto, Serbian-Croatian historian [category: Births]
• 1980: General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations. [category: Events]
• 1980: On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in the town of Chuschi, Ayacucho, starting the Internal conflict in Peru. [category: Events]
• 1981: Beñat Albizuri, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1981: Giannis Taralidis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Leon Osman, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Lim Jeong Hee, Korean singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1981: Shiri Maimon, Israeli singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Matt Cassel, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Reiko Nakamura, Japanese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1982: Tony Parker, French-American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Channing Frye, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Chris Henry, American football player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1983: DJ Yonny, American DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Nicky Hofs, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. [category: Events]
• 1983: The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request. [category: Events]
• 1984: Christian Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player [category: Births]
• 1984: Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend," sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture. [category: Events]
• 1985: Christine Nesbitt, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1985: Derek Hough, American dancer, singer, and actor (Ballas Hough Band) [category: Births]
• 1985: Emil Sitoci, Dutch wrestler [category: Births]
• 1985: Greg Van Avermaet, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1985: Matt Ryan, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Abe Burrows, American author, composer, and director (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Tahj Mowry, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Aleandro Rosi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norwegian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1987: Ott Lepland, Estonian singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. [category: Events]
• 1988: Jennison Myrie-Williams, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Nikki Reed, American actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Soccer, American dog actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1989: Kris Bernal, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Tessa Virtue, Canadian ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1990: Fabian Giefer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Katrina Hart, English runner [category: Births]
• 1990: Leven Rambin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases. [category: Events]
• 1991: Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Johanna Konta, British tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: Lawrence Welk, American musician and bandleader (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, many disappearances, hundreds of injuries, and over 3,500 arrests. [category: Events]
• 1994: Julie Anne San Jose, Filipino singer, musician, and actress (SugarPop) [category: Births]
• 1994: Malawi holds its first multi-party elections. [category: Events]
• 1995: Hector "Toe" Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Ryan Ochoa, American actor [category: Births]
• 1996: Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American singer and musician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. [category: Events]
• 1999: Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian producer and musician (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Donald Coggan, English 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and musician (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Dave Berg, American cartoonist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Pop Ivy, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician, author, educator, and theorist, leader of the Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. [category: Events]
• 2005: Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Eric Forth, English politician (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef. [category: Events]
• 2007: Lloyd Alexander, American author (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: T. K. Doraiswamy, Indian poet and author (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953. [category: Events]
• 2009: Jung Seung-hye, South Korean film producer (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and teacher (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gideon Ezra, Israeli politician (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Herbert Breslin, American publicist and music executive (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Patrick Mafisango, Rwandan footballer (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ron Shock, American comedian (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sophia Brown, English reality show contestant on Big Brother (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Warda Al-Jazairia, French-Algerian singer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• _: Birthday of the Raja (Perlis) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Nauru) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Norway) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest date on which Trinity Sunday can fall, while June 20 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of ‘Aẓamat (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Galician Literature Day or Día das Letras Galegas (Galicia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia aka IDAHO [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Famine Memorial Day (Ireland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Navy Day (Argentina) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Paschal Baylon [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Restituta [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Information Society Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]