Friday May 17, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.

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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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

Muhammad Ali becomes Wāli of Egypt.
Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean.
Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army’s headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world’s largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds), in response to the Appalachian Observer’s Freedom of Information Act request.
The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.

Who were born on ?

Edward Jenner, English medical researcher (d. 1823)
Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (d. 1902)
Alan Kay, American computer scientist
Simon Hughes, British politician
Paul Di'Anno, English singer (Iron Maiden)
Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter
Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor
Christian Bolaños, Costa Rican footballer
Derek Hough, American dancer and singer
Zach Daniels, American professional wrestler

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