About May 17
May 17, 2025 is the 137th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 228 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 276 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 17
- 1521 –Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason.
- 1590 –Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
- 1673 –Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
- 1792 –The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
- 1809 –Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
- 1814 –The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
- 1914 –The Protocol of Corfu is signed recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
- 1940 –World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
- 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.
- 1943 –World War II: the Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams.
- 1954 –The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
- 1967 –Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
- 1969 –Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
- 1974 –Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army’s headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1990 –The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
- 1994 –Malawi holds its first multi-party elections.
- 1997 –Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 2006 –The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
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