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May 17: Day of the Week
May 17, 2024 is the 138th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 228 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac 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.
May 17 Historical Event(s)
1775
American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Quebec.
1792
The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
1814
The Constitution of Norway is signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik is elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
1902
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1933
Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
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.
1980
General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
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.
2006
The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
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.
Who were born on May 17?
1749
Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (d. 1823)
1844
Julius Wellhausen, German biblical scholar (d. 1918)
1868
Horace Elgin Dodge, American automobile manufacturer (d. 1920)
1891
Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and resistance leader during World War II (d. 1957)
1952
Howard Hampton, Canadian politician
1959
Jim Nantz, American broadcaster
1970
Hubert Davis, American basketball player
1974
Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor
1981
Lim Jeong Hee, Korean singer
1989
Zach Daniels, American professional wrestler
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