About May 17
May 17, 2024 is the 138th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 228 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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 257 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.
- 1642 –Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Quebec.
- 1792 –The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
- 1805 –Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
- 1865 –The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
- 1869 –Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War.
- 1875 –Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
- 1902 –Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
- 1915 –The last British Liberal Party government (led by Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.
- 1933 –Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
- 1954 –The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
- 1969 –Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
- 1973 –Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
- 1974 –Dublin and Monaghan bombings: Thirty-three civilians are killed when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) explodes car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
- 1980 –General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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