100 years anniversary |
17 May 1925
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Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit
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17 May 1925
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event
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Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit
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75 years anniversary |
17 May 1950
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birth
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A A Johnson: MP
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17 May 1950
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birth
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Christian Lacroix: French couturier (Chic Frills)
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17 May 1950
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birth
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Keith Bradley: MP
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17 May 1950
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death
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Eduardo Fabini: Composer, dies at 67
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17 May 1950
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birth
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Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer (d. 1991) |
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17 May 1950
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birth
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Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley, English accountant and politician |
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17 May 1950
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birth
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Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (d. 2008) |
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17 May 1950
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birth
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Alan Johnson, English politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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17 May 1950
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birth
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Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (d. 2014) |
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17 May 1950
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birth
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A A Johnson MP
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17 May 1950
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birth
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Christian Lacroix French couturier (Chic Frills)
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17 May 1950
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birth
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Keith Bradley MP
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17 May 1950
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death
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Eduardo Fabini composer, dies at 67
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50 years anniversary |
17 May 1975
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event
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"Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79
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17 May 1975
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event
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101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4
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17 May 1975
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event
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Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
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17 May 1975
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event
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NBC paid $5M for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time
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17 May 1975
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birth
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Cheick Kongo, French mixed martial artist and kick-boxer |
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17 May 1975
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birth
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Jonti Picking, English voice actor, singer, and animator |
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17 May 1975
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birth
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Kostas Sommer, German-Greek actor and producer |
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17 May 1975
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birth
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Laura Voutilainen, Finnish singer |
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17 May 1975
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birth
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Alex Wright, German-English wrestler and promoter |
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17 May 1975
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music
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Elton John was awarded a Platinum Record for sales of a million copies of the LP 'Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy', the first album ever to be certified Platinum on the day of its release.
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17 May 1975
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music
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Led Zeppelin played the first of five sold-out nights to 17,000 fans at Earls Court Arena, London England. The set list included: Rock And Roll, The Song Remains The Same, The Rain Song, Kashmir, No Quarter, Going To California, Dazed And Confused, Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, and Black Dog. Tickets cost £1 ($1.70) - £2.50 ($4.25).
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17 May 1975
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event
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"Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79
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17 May 1975
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event
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101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4
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17 May 1975
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event
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10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"
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17 May 1975
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event
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Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches
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17 May 1975
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event
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NBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time
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25 years anniversary |
17 May 2000
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death
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Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909) |
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17 May 2000
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event
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Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen |
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20 years anniversary |
17 May 2005
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death
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Frank Gorshin, American actor and singer (b. 1934) |
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17 May 2005
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music
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Akon was at No.1 on the UK singles with Lonely, Gwen Stefani held the US No.1 spot with Hollaback Girl and Snoop Dogg and Justin Timberlake were at No.1 on the Australian chart with Signs.
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15 years anniversary |
17 May 2010
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death
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Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1924) |
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17 May 2010
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death
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Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (b. 1929) |
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10 years anniversary |
17 May 2015
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death
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Chinx, American rapper (b. 1983) |
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17 May 2015
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death
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Claude Carliez, French fencer and stuntman (b. 1925) |
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17 May 2015
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death
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Margaret Dunning, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1910) |
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17 May 2015
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death
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Gerald Steadman Smith, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1929) |
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17 May 2015
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event
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At least 9 people are killed and 18 injured, some by law enforcement and others in gunfire exchanges, in a shootout between rival biker gangs in Waco, Texas. |
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