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May 17, 1998 44th McDonald's LPGA Championship May 17, 1997 123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54 May 17, 1997 Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London May 17, 1997 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom May 17, 1996 Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe May 17, 1996 Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics vs. Worcs May 17, 1994 Bakili Muluzi's UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election May 17, 1993 Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled May 17, 1992 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King May 17, 1992 Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone and Fisk) May 17, 1991 Lupita Jones, 23, of Mexico, crowned 40th Miss Universe May 17, 1990 Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI May 17, 1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71 May 17, 1990 European court rules pension rights for both men and women May 17, 1990 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann May 17, 1989 Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000! May 17, 1989 Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart May 17, 1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa May 17, 1989 Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" auctioned for $825M May 17, 1987 "Stardust" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 102 performances May 17, 1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic May 17, 1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die May 17, 1986 "Chicken Song" by Spitting Image hit #1 on the U.K. pop chart May 17, 1986 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8 May 17, 1985 Les Anderson, catches record 97 lb 4 oz Chinook Salmon, off Alaska May 17, 1984 Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning May 17, 1984 Mai Shanley, 21, (NM), crowned 33rd Miss USA May 17, 1983 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty May 17, 1983 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games May 17, 1981 "Inacent Black" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 14 performances May 17, 1981 Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff May 17, 1981 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic May 17, 1980 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero, Jr. aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2 May 17, 1980 Kumar Anandan balanced on one foot for 33 hours May 17, 1980 Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured May 17, 1980 Paul and Linda McCartney appear on Saturday Night Live May 17, 1979 12 degrees F, on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record) May 17, 1979 Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation May 17, 1979 Phillies beat Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 HRs May 17, 1978 Lee Lacy hits record 3rd consecutive pinch-hit home run May 17, 1977 Menahem Begins Likoed-party wins election in Israel May 17, 1976 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and M Learned May 17, 1976 Earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed May 17, 1975 "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79 May 17, 1975 101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4 May 17, 1975 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love" May 17, 1975 Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches May 17, 1975 NBC paid $5M for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time May 17, 1974 Bayern Munchen wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels May 17, 1974 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 15th String quartet May 17, 1973 "Nash at Nine" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 21 performances May 17, 1973 Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run May 17, 1973 Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings May 17, 1973 Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Love" May 17, 1973 U.S. performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle, Colorado May 17, 1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's May 17, 1972 Netherlands and China PR exchange ambassadors May 17, 1972 Tottenham Hotspur wins 1st UEFA Cup in London May 17, 1971 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Godspell," premieres off-Broadway May 17, 1971 Washington State bans sex discrimination May 17, 1970 Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits May 17, 1970 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Golf Tournament May 17, 1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atlantic on reed raft May 17, 1969 "My Wife, My Dog, My Cat," by Maskman and The Agents hits #92 May 17, 1969 95th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Majestic Prince wins in 1:55.6 May 17, 1969 Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh agree to go from NFC to AFC in NFL May 17, 1969 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus May 17, 1968 European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite May 17, 1968 Frank Howard belts record 8th HR in 5th straight game May 17, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site May 17, 1967 Dylan's 1965 U.K. Tour is released as film "Don't Look Back" May 17, 1966 KFDO (now KVIJ) TV channel 8 in Sayre, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting May 17, 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational May 17, 1963 Bruno Sammartino beats Buddy Rogers in New York, to become WWF champ May 17, 1963 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site May 17, 1962 Marin County withdraws from BART district May 17, 1961 Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers May 17, 1960 1st atomic reactor system patents, J W Flora of Canoga Park, California May 17, 1959 Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122 May 17, 1958 84th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2 May 17, 1958 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria May 17, 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (DC) May 17, 1955 Dutch Government of Drees resigns May 17, 1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision May 17, 1954 School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education May 17, 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open May 17, 1953 Yanks and Browns use record 41 players in a game May 17, 1952 78th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4 May 17, 1949 British government recognizes Republic of Ireland May 17, 1948 Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha and Telel-Kadi May 17, 1948 Soviet Union recognized Israel May 17, 1947 "Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 148 performances May 17, 1946 KVP Labor/Communists win 1st post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections May 17, 1946 President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike May 17, 1945 2 U.S. P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu May 17, 1944 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java May 17, 1944 Chinese/U.S. armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma May 17, 1944 General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th May 17, 1944 Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea May 17, 1942 Dutch SS vows loyalty to Hitler May 17, 1941 Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack May 17, 1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France May 17, 1940 Nazi's bombs Middelburg/B IJzerdrat begins illegal defiance May 17, 1939 1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball May 17, 1938 Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy May 17, 1938 Radio quiz show "Information Please!" debuts on NBC Blue Network May 17, 1937 Juan Negrin succeeds Largo Caballero as Spain's premier May 17, 1932 Congress changes name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico" May 17, 1930 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6 May 17, 1928 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam May 17, 1927 Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings May 17, 1926 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton May 17, 1926 German government of Marx takes power May 17, 1925 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit May 17, 1924 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2 May 17, 1923 Fire during closing day ceremonies at Grover Cleveland School (SC) May 17, 1921 Belgian-Luxembourg sign customs union May 17, 1921 President Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange Show May 17, 1920 1st De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol May 17, 1920 1st flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij) May 17, 1916 British Summer Time (Daylight Savings), 1st introduced May 17, 1915 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58 May 17, 1915 Cubs George "Zip" Zabel relieves with 2 outs in 1st and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn in longest relief job ever May 17, 1915 Last liberal British government of Asquith falls May 17, 1915 National Baptist Convention chartered May 17, 1911 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51 May 17, 1910 Canada sets the designs for the 1 cent -50 cent coins May 17, 1909 White firemen on Georgia RR strike to protest hiring blacks May 17, 1906 Switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic May 17, 1905 Waseda University of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball May 17, 1904 Maurice Ravel's "Sheherazade," premieres in Paris May 17, 1903 Cleveland Indians beat New York Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus Ohio May 17, 1900 British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony) May 17, 1899 Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid England May 17, 1898 Camp Merritt forms in Presidio May 17, 1895 W G Grace completes his 100th 100 vs. Somerset at Bristol May 17, 1894 19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49 May 17, 1890 Clyde Fitch's "Beau Brummel," premieres in New York City May 17, 1890 Comic Cuts, 1st weekly comic paper, published in London May 17, 1890 Pietro Costanzi's opera "Rustic Chivalry," premieres in Rome May 17, 1884 Alaska becomes a U.S. territory May 17, 1883 Buffalo Bill Cody's 1st wild west show premieres in Omaha May 17, 1881 7th Kentucky Derby: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hindoo wins in 2:40 May 17, 1881 Frederick Douglass appointed recorder of deeds for Washington D.C. May 17, 1881 Revised version of New Testament May 17, 1877 Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm May 17, 1876 7th U.S. Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft. Lincoln May 17, 1875 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75 May 17, 1872 Bohemian Club incorporated May 17, 1871 Indians fighter Gen Sherman escapes in ambulance vs Comanches May 17, 1864 Battle of Adairsville Georgia, Union forces Confederates to retreat May 17, 1863 Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi May 17, 1862 Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends, about 128 casualities May 17, 1853 Thorbeckes liberals win 2nd-Parliamentary election May 17, 1849 Fire destroy Centrum in St. Louis Missouri May 17, 1848 Premier earl Schimmelpenninck resigns May 17, 1846 Saxophone is patents by Antoine Joseph Sax May 17, 1845 Rubber band patents May 17, 1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day) May 17, 1814 Norwegian constitution passed by constitutent assembly at Eidsvoll May 17, 1809 Papal States annexed by France May 17, 1804 Lewis and Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase May 17, 1803 John Hawkins and Richard French patent the Reaping Machine May 17, 1794 Hard frost in southern New England May 17, 1792 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street May 17, 1787 English slave ship Sisters, from Africa to Cuba, capsizes May 17, 1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War) May 17, 1750 Tax revolt in Gorinchem May 17, 1744 French army takes Austrian Netherlands May 17, 1742 Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians May 17, 1733 England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions May 17, 1712 Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands" May 17, 1678 King Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty May 17, 1673 Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi May 17, 1672 Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada) May 17, 1648 Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria May 17, 1631 Earl Johann Tilly attacks Maagdenburg May 17, 1630 Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, 1st to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface May 17, 1620 1st merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey) May 17, 1579 Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian May 17, 1544 Scot earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII May 17, 1536 Anne Boleyns 4 "lovers" executed May 17, 1527 Panfilo de Narvaez departs to explore Florida May 17, 1525 Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels May 17, 884 St. Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope May 17, 352 Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I May 17, 218 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |