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What happened in history on this day: May 17?
On May 17 in ...
- 218 - Seventh recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 352 - Liberius begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Julius I.
- 884 - Saint Adrian III begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1050 - Guido van Arezzo Italian music theorist, dies.
- 1444 - Birth of Sandro Botticelli Italian painter (Birth of Venus).
- 1451 - Birth of Engelbert II earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg.
- 1490 - Birth of Albert in Ansbach, Germany; last grand master of the Teutonic Knights, lord of East Prussia, founded the University of Königsberg in 1544.
- 1510 - Sandro Botticelli [Alessandro di Mariano del Filpepi], painter (Birth of Venus, Portrait of a Young Man with a Medal), dies at about age 65.
- 1525 - Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels.
- 1527 - Pánfilo de Narvaéz departs to explore Florida.
- 1536 - Anne Boleyn's four "lovers" executed.
- 1544 - Scottish Earl Matthew van Lennox signs secret treaty with Henry VIII.
- 1551 - Birth of Martinus A del Rio Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist.
- 1568 - Birth of Christoph Thomas Walliser composer.
- 1575 - Matthew Parker archbishop of Canterbury (1559-75), dies at age 68.
- 1576 - Birth of Ferdinand van Apshoven the Older, Flemish painter, baptized.
- 1579 - Artois/Henegouwen/French-Flanders sign Treaty/Peace of Parma recognizing Spanish duke van Parma as land guardian.
- 1591 - Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at age 51.
- 1606 - Forges Dimitri czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered.
- 1620 - First merry-go-round seen at a fair (Philippapolis, Turkey).
- 1630 - Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, first to see two belts on Jupiter surface.
- 1648 - Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria.
- 1672 - Frontenac becomes Governor of New France (Canada).
- 1673 - Birth of Jozef LD von Königsegg Austria, military minister of Austrian Netherlands.
- 1673 - Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi.
- 1678 - King Charles II and Louis XIV sign secret treaty.
- 1691 - Birth of Antoine Court French reformed theologist.
- 1695 - Cornelis de Heem painter, dies.
- 1712 - Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands".
- 1727 - Catherine I Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies.
- 1729 - Samuel Clarke theologian, dies.
- 1733 - England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions.
- 1741 - Birth of John Penn US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence).
- 1742 - Frederick great (Emperor of Prussia) beats Austrians.
- 1744 - French army takes Austrian Netherlands.
- 1749 - Birth of Edward Jenner England, physician, discovered vaccination.
- 1750 - Tax revolt in Gorinchem.
- 1768 - Birth of Caroline Brunswick, Queen Consort of King George IV.
- 1787 - English slave ship Sisters, sailing from Africa to Cuba, capsizes.
- 1792 - 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street.
- 1794 - Hard frost in southern New England.
- 1796 - Birth of Martinus J Niewindt; bishop of Curaçao (christen slaves).
- 1803 - John Hawkins and Richard French patent the Reaping Machine.
- 1804 - Birth of Ottho G Heldring; Dutch vicar/reformer (Heldring Institutions).
- 1809 - Papal States annexed by France.
- 1812 - Birth of Joseph Warren Revere; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1880).
- 1814 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
- 1814 - Norwegian constitution passed by constituent assembly at Eidsvoll.
- 1836 - Birth of Joseph Norman Lockyer; discovered Helium/founded Nature magazine.
- 1838 - Charles-Maurice, duke of Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop, dies at age 84.
- 1846 - Birth of Edmund Bishop; English secretary of Thomas Carlyle.
- 1851 - Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde, journalist (Treason), dies at age 31.
- 1853 - Johan Rudolphe Thorbecke's liberals win second Dutch Parliamentary election.
- 1862 - Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends; about 128 casualities.
- 1864 - Battle of Adairsville, Georgia; USA forces Confederates to retreat.
- 1866 - Birth of Erik Alfred Satie Honfleur in France; composer (Mémoirs d'un Ambésique).
- 1871 - Birth of Henricus P Bremmer; art historian (Modern Kunstwerken).
- 1873 - Birth of Henri Barbusse in Asnieres, France; novelist (Le Feu).
- 1875 - First Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75.
- 1877 - Edwin T Holmes installs first telephone switchboard burglar alarm.
- 1878 - Birth of Conway Tearle; US actor (Klondike Annie, Should Ladies Behave?).
- 1881 - 7th Kentucky Derby: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hindoo wins in 2:40.
- 1883 - Buffalo Bill Cody's first wild west show premieres in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
- 1883 - Lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies.
- 1884 - Alaska becomes a US territory.
- 1886 - Birth of Alfonso XIII Borbón; proclaimed King of Spain (rules 1902-31), with mother Queen Maria Christina appointed regent.
- 1888 - Birth of A P "Tich" Freeman' cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent and England).
- 1889 - Birth of Alfonso Reyes; Mexican poet/historian/diplomat (Higenia Cruel).
- 1889 - Birth of Marcel Moyse in Saint-Amour, France; flutist (20 Exercises et études).
- 1890 - Comic Cuts, first weekly comic paper, published in London, created by Alfred Harmsworth.
- 1892 - György Klapka, Hungarian general/parliament leader, dies at age 72.
- 1894 - 19th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Assignee wins in 1:49.25.
- 1895 - W G Grace completes his 100th 100 in cricket versus Somerset at Bristol, England.
- 1899 - Birth of Ralf Harolde in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off).
- 1900 - Birth of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; Iran's spiritual leader (1979-89).
- 1900 - British troops relieve Mafeking (Cape Colony).
- 1901 - Birth of Werner Egk in Auchsesheim, Germany; composer (Die Zaubergeige).
- 1903 - Birth of Douglas Packard; British Lieutenant General.
- 1904 - Birth of Jean Gabin [Alexis Moncorgé]; actor (Stormy Waters, French Can Can).
- 1906 - Birth of Eric Mensforth; president (Westland Aircraft).
- 1907 - Birth of Charles Cawley; British chief scientist/minister of power.
- 1907 - Birth of Horace McMahon in South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA; actor (Martin Kane Private Eye).
- 1907 - Birth of Ilona Schacherer Elek in Budapest, Hungary; fencer (Olympics-gold-1936, 1948).
- 1908 - Birth of Zinka Milanov in Zagreb, Yugoslavia; soprano (Ljublama Opera 1927).
- 1909 - Birth of Magda Schneider; actress (Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight).
- 1910 - US Congress establishes the Commission of Fine Arts.
- 1911 - 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51.
- 1911 - Birth of Knut Anders Haukfield; SOE Operative.
- 1911 - Birth of Maureen O'Sullivan in Boyle, Ireland; actress (Tarzan, Pride and Prejudice).
- 1912 - Birth of Archibald Cox; first Watergate special prosecutor.
- 1912 - Birth of Clarence "Ace" Parker; NFL quarterback (Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Yankees).
- 1913 - Birth of Alec Ogilvie; CEO (Powell Duffryn).
- 1914 - Peter Leyten, bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at age 79.
- 1915 - 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58.
- 1915 - Last liberal British Government of Herbert Asquith falls.
- 1918 - Birth of Birgit Nilsson in Karup, Sweden; operatic soprano (Elektra, Salome).
- 1920 - First De Havilland double-decker flight (London) lands in Schiphol.
- 1920 - First flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij).
- 1920 - Birth of Harriet Van Horne in Syracuse, New York, USA; columnist/panelist (Leave it to Girls).
- 1920 - Birth of Lydia Wideman in Finland; 10km cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1952).
- 1920 - Maitland Hathorn, cricket player (325 runs in 12 Tests South Africa 1901-11), dies.
- 1921 - Belgiium and Luxembourg sign customs union.
- 1921 - Birth of Dennis Brain in London, England; french-hornist ("Serenade").
- 1923 - Birth of Miles Wingate; deputy master (Trinity House).
- 1923 - Birth of Peter Mennin[i] in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA; composer (Moby Dick).
- 1924 - 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2.
- 1924 - Birth of Lord Tombs; CEO (Rolls Royce).
- 1925 - Cleveland Indians' Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit.
- 1926 - Birth of Cicely Berry; voice director (Royal Shakespeare Company).
- 1926 - Birth of David Young; Lieutenant-General/CEO (Cairn Tech).
- 1926 - Birth of Geoffrey Caston; vice chancellor (University of South Pacific).
- 1926 - Birth of Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Airilet.
- 1926 - Birth of Tenniel Evans; reverend, actor (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper).
- 1926 - Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton, China.
- 1926 - German Government of Wilhelm Marx takes power.
- 1926 - Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies.
- 1927 - Birth of Ronald Halstead; deputy CEO (British Steel).
- 1928 - (to August 12) The Games of the IX Olympiad are held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1928 - Birth of Ian Griggs; bishop (Ludlow).
- 1930 - 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6.
- 1930 - Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at age 61.
- 1932 - Birth of Arthur Jones; principal (Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester).
- 1932 - Birth of Colin Hope; CEO (T/N).
- 1932 - Birth of Peter Burge; cricket player (dashing Australian batsman of 1950s and 1960s).
- 1932 - Birth of Rodric Braithwaite; British ambassador to USSR.
- 1932 - US Congress changes spelling of the name "Porto Rico" back to "Puerto Rico".
- 1932 - Canada prohibits export of gold coins.
- 1934 - Birth of Ronald Wayne; co-founded Apple Computer Corporation.
- 1934 - Birth of Earl Morrall; NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions, New York Giants, Indianapolis Colts).
- 1935 - Birth of Dennis Christopher George Potter; playwright (Karaoke, Midnight Movie).
- 1935 - Paul A Dukas, French composer/tutor of Messiaen (Velléda), dies at age 69.
- 1936 - Birth of Dennis Hopper in Dodge City, Kansas, USA; actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider).
- 1937 - Juan Negrin succeeds Largo Caballero as Spain's premier.
- 1938 - Birth of Don Dolan in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Guy Lewis - General Hospital).
- 1938 - Birth of Jason Bernard; actor (Judge - Liar Liar).
- 1938 - Birth of Pervis Jackson; rocker (Spinners).
- 1938 - Birth of Trinus Riemersma; Dutch-Frisian writer (Conquest of Leeuwarden).
- 1938 - US Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy.
- 1938 - Radio quiz show Information Please! debuts on NBC Blue Network.
- 1939 - First sports telecast-Columbia versus Princeton-college baseball.
- 1939 - Empress of Australia arrives at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec, Canada, where King George VI and Queen Elizabeth become first reigning monarchs to set foot upon the North American continent.
- 1939 - Birth of Hugh Dykes; British Member of Parliament.
- 1939 - Birth of Wim de Bie; CEO (Simplistic Covenant).
- 1939 - Sweden, Norway, and Finland reject Germany's nonaggression pact offers.
- 1940 - German forces in Belgium continue westward in Belgium, advancing to Brussels, capturing the city by the evening.
- 1941 - Birth of Miriam Margolyes; actress (Will Be).
- 1941 - Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor Philadelphia Athletics' manager Connie Mack.
- 1942 - Birth of Taj Mahal in New York City, New York, USA; singer/songwriter ("The Real Thing").
- 1942 - Dutch SS vows loyalty to Adolf Hitler.
- 1943 - Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at age 65.
- 1944 - Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java.
- 1944 - Birth of Arif Butt; cricket player (pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65).
- 1944 - Birth of Canon P B Price; General Secretary, USPG.
- 1944 - Birth of Jesse Winchester in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; singer/songwriter ("Learn to Love it").
- 1944 - Chinese/US armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma.
- 1944 - General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th.
- 1944 - Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea.
- 1945 - Two US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu, Japan.
- 1945 - Birth of D A S Pennefather; Major-General/Commandant (General Royal Marines).
- 1945 - Birth of George Miller; American politician (Representative-Democrat-California, 1975-).
- 1945 - Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder of first Zen Institute of America, dies.
- 1946 - Birth of Sinaida Turchina in USSR; team handball (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1946 - KVP Labor/Communists win first post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections.
- 1946 - US President Harry Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike.
- 1947 - Birth of John Traicos; cricket player (in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93).
- 1948 - Birth of Bill Bruford in Sevenoaks, Kent, England; drummer (Yes, King Crimson, Genesis).
- 1948 - Israel liberates Acre, Nebi Yusha and Telel-Kadi.
- 1948 - Soviet Union recognizes Israel.
- 1949 - Birth of Timothy Cordy; British director (Town/Country Planning Association).
- 1949 - British government recognizes Republic of Ireland.
- 1950 - Birth of A A Johnson; British Member of Parliament.
- 1950 - Birth of Christian Lacroix; French couturier (Chic Frills).
- 1950 - Birth of Keith Bradley; British Member of Parliament.
- 1951 - Birth of I R Evans; CEO (Hyder, Welsh Water).
- 1951 - Birth of Simon Hughes; British Member of Parliament.
- 1952 - 78th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4.
- 1953 - Birth of George Johnson in Los Angeles, California, USA; rocker (Brothers Johnson).
- 1953 - Birth of Kathleen Sullivan in Pasadena, California, USA; newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show).
- 1953 - Birth of Nicholas Bacon; premier baronet of England.
- 1953 - Birth of Yoko Shimada in Kumamota, Japan; author (Kir Royal), actress (Shogun).
- 1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open.
- 1953 - New York Yankees and Cleveland Browns use record 41 players in a game.
- 1954 - Birth of John Iles; dolby supervisor (Elephant Man, Richard III).
- 1954 - U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional.
- 1955 - Alan Fairfax, cricket player (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies.
- 1955 - Birth of Bill Paxton; actor (Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies).
- 1955 - Dutch Government of Drees resigns.
- 1955 - Leslie Hylton, cricket player (West Indies quickie 1939), hung for murder.
- 1956 - Birth of "Sugar" Ray [Charles] Leonard in Palmer Park, Maryland, USA; welter/middle/light-heavyweight boxing champion (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1956 - Birth of Bob Saget in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian/actor (Danny - Full House, America's Funniest Home Videos).
- 1956 - Birth of Sue Carpenter; TV presenter/journalist.
- 1957 - Prayer Pilgrimage takes place; biggest American civil rights demonstration to date (District of Columbia).
- 1958 - 84th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2.
- 1958 - Birth of Vincent Henar in Surinam; bassist (Fra Fra Sound).
- 1958 - Emergency crisis proclaimed in Algeria.
- 1959 - Birth of Paul Di'Anno in Chingford, London, England; rocker (Iron Maiden - "Run To The Hills").
- 1959 - Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122.
- 1960 - First atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park, California, USA.
- 1960 - Birth of Fiona Hutchison in Miami, Florida, USA; actress (One Life to Live, Guiding Light).
- 1961 - Birth of Enya [Eithne Ní Bhraonáin] in Gweedore, Ireland; vocalist (Watermark).
- 1961 - Fidel Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers.
- 1961 - Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at age 81.
- 1962 - Birth of Scott Case; NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1962 - Birth of Tracey Bryn; rocker (Voice of the Beehive - "Let it Bee").
- 1963 - Birth of Brigitte Nielsen; actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV, Domino).
- 1963 - Birth of Jon Koncak; NBA center (Orlando Magic).
- 1963 - Bruno Sammartino beats Buddy Rogers in New York, to become WWF champion.
- 1963 - Houston Colt .45s' Don Notterbart no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1.
- 1963 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational.
- 1964 - Otto V Kuusinen, President of Karelo-Finnish Soviet Republic (1940-56), dies 82.
- 1964 - Philadelphia Phillies triple-play Houston Colt .45s.
- 1965 - Birth of Paige Turco in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Dinah - Guiding Light).
- 1965 - Birth of Trent Reznor; musician (9 Inch Nails).
- 1966 - Birth of Danny Manning; NBA forward/center (Phoenix Suns).
- 1966 - Birth of Mark Schmocker in Interlaken, Switzerland; US team handball goalie (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Cameron Bancroft; actor (Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1967 - Birth of Debbie Dutch in Titusville, New Jersey, USA; actress (Hell's Paradox).
- 1968 - Birth of Tim Grunhard; NFL center (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1968 - European Space Research Organization launches first satellite.
- 1968 - Frank Howard belts record eighth homerun in 5th straight game.
- 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1969 - 95th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Majestic Prince wins in 1:55.6.
- 1969 - Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh agree to go from NFC to the AFC in the NFL.
- 1969 - Birth of Aaron Ruffin; Canadian Football League defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
- 1969 - Birth of Craig Erickson; NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts, Miami Dolphins).
- 1969 - Birth of Ujesh Ranchod; cricket player (Zimbabwe off-spinner 1993).
- 1969 - Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at age 80.
- 1970 - Birth of Alan Wetmore; Canadian Football League fullback (Montreal Alouettes).
- 1970 - Birth of Derrick Deese; NFL guard (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1970 - Birth of Hubert Davis; NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks).
- 1970 - Birth of Jim Cummins in Dearborn, Michigan, USA; NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks).
- 1970 - Birth of Jodie Rogers in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of John Karelse; soccer player (NAC).
- 1970 - Birth of Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (New Kids on the Block - "Hangin' Tough").
- 1970 - Birth of Stefania Croce in Bergamo, Italy; golfer (95 State Farm Rail Classic-11).
- 1970 - Birth of Todd Mundt; NBA center (Atlanta Hawks).
- 1970 - Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits.
- 1970 - Nigel Martin Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at age 61.
- 1970 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Golf Tournament.
- 1970 - Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra.
- 1971 - Birth of Bill Lindsay in Big Fork, Montana, USA; NHL left wing (Florida Panthers).
- 1971 - Three Cleveland Indians' players collide trying to catch a short pop fly over second base, allowing Tom McCraw one of the shortest home runs in baseball history.
- 1971 - Birth of Mark Williams; NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1971 - Washington State bans sex discrimination.
- 1972 - Birth of Elena Wagner in Sofia, Bulgaria; tennis star (1996 ITF/Redbridge-Great Britain).
- 1972 - Birth of John Burrough; NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1972 - Netherlands and People's Republic of China exchange ambassadors.
- 1972 - Tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London, England.
- 1973 - Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at age 91.
- 1973 - California Angels' outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green homerun during a 5-4 loss to the Oakland Athletics.
- 1973 - Birth of Jay Riemersma; tight end (Buffalo Bills).
- 1973 - Joe Ferguson hits the 6,000th Brooklyn Dodgers' homerun.
- 1973 - US Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings.
- 1973 - US performs three nuclear tests at Rifle, Colorado.
- 1974 - Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels, Belgium.
- 1974 - Birth of Marcia Turner in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Miss America (Massachusetts-Top 10-1996).
- 1974 - Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at age 49.
- 1975 - Los Angeles police raid the secret headquarters of the Symbionese Liberation Army, killing six of the group's nine known members.
- 1975 - 101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4.
- 1975 - NBC pays US$5 million for rights to show Gone with the Wind one time.
- 1976 - Birth of Anna Windsor in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Daniel Komen in Nyaru, Kenya; 5km runner.
- 1976 - Birth of Peter Devine in New York City, New York; fencer-foil (Olympics-1996).
- 1976 - In Uzbekistan, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. Six killed and 10,000 homeless in Gazli area.
- 1976 - In Los Angeles, California, the 28th Annual Emmy Awards (primetime programming) are presented, hosted by Mary Tyler Moore and John Denver.
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special: Anthony Hopkins for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
- Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series: Edward Asner for Rich Man, Poor Man
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Peter Falk for the Columbo series
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Jack Albertson for Chico and the Man
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series: Hal Holbrook for Lincoln
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special: Susan Clark for Babe
- Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series: Kathryn Walker for episode John Adams, Lawyer of The Adams Chronicles
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Michael Learned for The Waltons
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series: Rosemary Harris for Notorious Woman
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Anthony Zerbe for Harry O
- Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music: Chevy Chase for Saturday Night Live
- Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Special: Ed Flanders for A Moon for the Misbegotten
- Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Ted Knight for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Series: Gordon Jackson for episode The Beastly Hun of Upstairs, Downstairs
- Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Betty White for Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Series: Fionnula Flanagan for Rich Man, Poor Man
- Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music: Vicki Lawrence for The Carol Burnett Show
- Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Ellen Corby for The Waltons
- Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Special: Rosemary Murphy for Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork: Leonard Chumbley, Walter Edel, John Feher, and Steve Zink for The Adams Chronicles
- Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Gene Reynolds for episode Welcome to Korea of M*A*S*H
- Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: David Greene for Rich Man, Poor Man
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction: Seiji Ozawa for Central Park in the Dark/A Hero's Life
- Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series: Dave Wilson for Saturday Night Live
- Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction: Bill Klages, Lon Stucky for Mitzi and a Hundred Guys and John Freschi for Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's
- Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy: Daniel Petrie for Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special: Dwight Hemion for Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay
- Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay: James Costigan for Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series: Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster, and Alan Zweibel for Saturday Night Live
- Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: Sherman Yellen for episode John Adams, Lawyer of The Adams Chronicles
- Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special: Jane Wagner, Lorne Michaels, Ann Elder, Christopher Guest, Earl Pomerantz, Jim Rusk, Lily Tomlin, Rod Warren, and George Yanok for The Lily Tomlin Special
- Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation: David W. Rintels for Fear on Trial
- Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: David Lloyd for episode Chuckles Bites The Dust of Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming for a Special: Paul Lohmann, Edward R. Brown for Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming for a Series: Harry L. Wolf for episode Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow of Baretta
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - Single Episode of a Comedy, Drama or Limited Series: Tom H. John, John A. Wendell, and Wes Laws for Beacon Hill
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - Single Episode of a Comedy-Variety or Music Series or a Comedy-Variety or Music Special: Raymond Klausen, Robert Checchi for Cher
- Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Special: Joe I. Tompkins for Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for Music-Variety: Bob Mackie for Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's
- Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama or Comedy Series: Jane Robinson and Jill Silverside for episode Recovery of Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing: Don J. Bassman, Donald F. Johnson for Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Achievement in Tape Sound Mixing: Dave Williams for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Series - For a Single Episode of a Comedy Series: Stanford Tischler and Fred W. Berger for episode Welcome to Korea of M*A*S*H
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Series - For a Single Episode of a Drama or Limited Series: Samuel E. Beetley and Ken Zemke for episode The Quality of Mercy of Medical Story
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Special: Michael Kahn for Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Series: Girish Bhargava, Manford Schorn for The Adams Chronicles
- Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Special: Nick Giordano for Alice Cooper: The Nightmare
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing - For a Single Episode of a Regular or Limited Series: Doug Grindstaff, Al Kajita, Marvin I. Kosberg, Hans Newman, Leon Selditz, Richard Friedman, Stan Gilbert, Hank Salerno, Larry Singer, and William Andrews for episode The Quality of Mercy of Medical Story
- Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing - For a Special Program: Charles L. Campbell, Lawrence E. Neiman, Colin C. Mouat, Larry Carow, Donald L. Warner Junior, John W. Singleton, Thomas McMullen, Joe Divitale, Carl Kress, John Kline, and John Hanley for The Night That Panicked America
- Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series: Saturday Night Live
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series: Alex North for Rich Man, Poor Man
- Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music: Gypsy in My Soul
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Musical Material: Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch, and Arthur Malvin for Cinderella Gets It On of The Carol Burnett Show
- Outstanding Classical Music Program: Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic of Great Performances
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special: Jerry Goldsmith for Babe
- Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy: Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences: Norman Sunshine for Addie and the King of Hearts
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Daytime Programming: Rene Lagler, Richard Harvey for Dinah!
- Outstanding Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Children's Special: Huckleberry Finn and You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown
- Outstanding Drama Series: Police Story
- Outstanding Achievement in Make-Up: Del Armstrong and Michael Westmore for Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Limited Series: Upstairs, Downstairs
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement: Bicentennial Minutes, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts: Don Sahlin, Kermit Love, Caroly Wilcox, John Lovelady, and Rollin Krewson for Sesame Street and Jean Burt Reilly and Billy Laughridge for Eleanor and Franklin
- Outstanding Edited Sports Series: ABC's Wide World of Sports
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming: Bud Nolan and Jim Cookman for Bound for Freedom
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming: Joseph J.H. Vadala for A Determining Force
- Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Tony Charmoli for Gypsy in My Soul
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - Dramatic Special or Feature Length Film Made for TV: Jan Scott and Antony Mondello for Eleanor and Franklin
- Special Award - Outstanding Achievement in Engineering: Eastman Kodak - For the development of Eastman Ektachrome Video News and Sony Corporation - For the U-matic video cassette concept
- Citation - Outstanding Achievement in Engineering: Tektronix - For leadership in development of of equipment verifying television transmission performance in the vertical interval.
- 1977 - Birth of Jere Michael in Aspen, Colorado; figure skater (1994 National Junior champion).
- 1977 - Menahem Begin's Likoed-party wins election in Israel.
- 1978 - John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies.
- 1978 - Lee Lacy hits record third consecutive pinch-hit homerun.
- 1979 - -12 degrees F (-11 degrees C), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record).
- 1979 - Philadelphia Phillies beat Chicago Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 homeruns.
- 1980 - 106th Preakness: Angel Cordero Junior aboard Codex wins in 1:54.2.
- 1980 - Joseph M "Joop" Lücker, Dutch editor-in-chief (Volkskrant), dies at age 65.
- 1980 - A Miami, Florida court acquits four white police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, provoking three days of race riots - 16 killed, 300 injured.
- 1980 - (Vivekananda Selva) Kumar Anandan sets record of balancing on one foot for 33 hours.
- 1981 - New York Islanders score five power play goals against Philadelphia Flyers in a playoff game.
- 1981 - Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, first US woman free balloon pilot, dies.
- 1981 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic.
- 1982 - Birth of Dylan Macallister; Australian Footballer (Central Coast Mariners).
- 1983 - Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
- 1983 - Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in four games.
- 1984 - Cincinnati Reds' Mario Soto throws four strikeouts in one inning.
- 1984 - Mai Shanley, age 21 of New Mexico, crowned 33rd Miss USA.
- 1984 - Death of Gordon Sinclair at age 83 after a heart attack; journalist (Toronto Star, "Let's Be Personal" on CFRB), panelist (Front Page Challenge).
- 1985 - The character of Bobby Ewing (played by Patrick Duffy) is killed off on the season finale of TV show Dallas, aired on CBS-TV.
- 1985 - Hugh Burden, actor (The House in Nightmare Park), dies at age 72.
- 1985 - Les Anderson catches record 97-pound 4-ounce Chinook Salmon, off Alaska.
- 1985 - The Texas Rangers fire manger Doug Rader and replace him with New York Mets' third base coach Bobby Valentine.
- 1986 - Chicken Song by Spitting Image hits #1 on the United Kingdom pop chart.
- 1986 - 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8.
- 1987 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic.
- 1987 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist (Nobel Prize 1974), dies at age 88 (born 1898).
- 1987 - Iraqi Mirage F-1 fighter-bomber fires two Exocet missiles into USS Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 US sailors, wounding 2. Iraqi government claims it was a mistake.
- 1989 - Longest taxicab ride ever: 14,000 miles, cost $16,000.
- 1989 - Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1990 - European court rules pension rights for both men and women.
- 1990 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann.
- 1990 - The World Health Organization removes homosexuality from its list of diseases.
- 1991 - Lupita Jones, 23, of México, crowned 40th Miss Universe.
- 1991 - Disney's Port Orleans Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World. It has 1008 guest rooms.
- 1992 - 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King.
- 1992 - Montreal Expos' Gary Carter is third to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone and Fisk).
- 1992 - Death of Lawrence Welk at age 89 from pneumonia; bandleader (The Lawrence Welk Show TV show, "Calcutta" (1961)).
- 1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays reach the one-million mark in season attendance sooner than any baseball team in major league history.
- 1994 - Alain Cuny [René X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at age 85.
- 1994 - Andrew Brown, film producer, dies at age 55.
- 1994 - Bakili Muluzi's UDF wins Malawi presidents/parliamentary election.
- 1994 - Malawi holds its first multiparty elections.
- 1995 - Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego, California.
- 1996 - Alicia Machado, 18, of Venezuela crowned 45th Miss Universe.
- 1996 - Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wicket, Leicestershire vs Worcestershire.
- 1996 - Rusi Modi, cricket player (736 runs ten post-war Tests for India), dies.
- 1996 - Scott Evans Brayton, American racing car driver, dies at age 37 (born 1959).
- 1996 - Willi Daume, Olympic organiser, dies at age 82.
- 1996 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson dies of a heart attack while performing at Yokohama's Blues Cafe at age 61.
- 1997 - 123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54.
- 1997 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom.
- 1997 - Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa.
- 1998 - 44th McDonald's LPGA Championship.
- 1999 - Death of Henry Jones at age 86 of complications from injuries suffered in a fall; character actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Kraft TV Theatre, Playhouse 90, Studio One, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Mrs. Columbo, Gun Shy).
- 1999 - Ehud Barak is elected prime minister of Israel.
- 2000 - FOX airs the final episode, number 296, of TV show Beverly Hills 90210.
- 2000 - Death of Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1909).
- 2003 - Arsenal beats Southampton 1-0 to win the FA Cup.
- 2004 - Ezzedine Salim, holder of the rotating leadership of the Iraqi Governing Council, is killed in a bomb blast in Baghdad.
- 2004 - Massachusetts legalizes same-sex marriage in compliance with a ruling from the state's Supreme Judicial Court (Goodridge v. Department of Public Health).
- 2004 - Death of Tony Randall AKA Leonard Rosenberg at age 84 of pneumonia following heart surgery; actor (Reggie - I Love a Mystery radio show, Mr. Peepers TV show, The Odd Couple, The Tony Randall Show, Love Sidney).
- 2005 - Kuwaiti women are granted the right to vote.
- 2006 - FC Barcelona beats Arsenal in the final of the UEFA Champions League played in Paris.
- 2007 - Alex Salmond officially becomes First Minister of Scotland after taking over from Jack McConnell.
- 2007 - The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and the Moscow Patriarchate re-unite after eighty years of schism.
- 2007 - Death of Lloyd Alexander, American author (born 1924).
- 2008 - In Kuwait, elections for parliament are held. Sunni and Shia Islamists win nearly half of the 50 seatsm a gain from 2006's election.
- 2008 - In two southern Indian states, poisonous illegally-brewed alcohol results in the deaths of about 150, with a further 135 people in hospital.
- 2008 - Portsmouth defeats Cardiff City 1-0 to win the FA Cup at Wembley, England. This is the first cup win for Portsmouth since 1939.
- 2008 - President Leonel Fernandez wins re-election (53 percent) in the Dominican Republic.
- 2008 - In Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes is held. The undefeated 3-year-old Big Brown wins by 5 1/4 lengths, ridden by Kent Desormeaux.
- 2008 - In Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, the runoff of the men's world hockey tournament (IIHF) is held. Finland defeats Sweden 4-0 for the bronze medal.
- 2009 - In Pau, France, round 4 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Rob Huff; race 2 is won by Alain Menu.
- 2009 - In Le Mans, France, round 4 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Jorge Lorenzo.
- 2009 - Dalia Grybauskaite is elected Lithuania's first female president, with 68 percent of votes.
- 2013 - Death of Jorge Rafael Videla, 42nd President of Argentina (born 1925).
- 2017 - Death of Todor Veselinovic, Serbian footballer and coach (born 1930).
- 2019 - The parliament of the Republic of China (Taiwan) becomes the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage.
- 2020 - Death of José Cutileiro, 8th Secretary General of the Western Europe Union (born 1934).
- 2021 - Discovery, Inc. agrees to buy media conglomerate WarnerMedia and all of its subsidiaries from AT&T for US$43 billion.
- 2022 - According to Johns Hopkins University, the Covid-19 death toll in America reaches 1 million.
- 2022 - Death of Vangelis of heart failure in Paris, France at age 79; composer (score to Chariots of Fire film (1981), Oscar winner).
- 2022 - Death of Kristine Gebbie at age 78; American health policy expert (AIDS).
- 2022 - Death of Marnie Schulenburg of breast cancer complications at age 37; actor (One Life to Live TV show, As the World Turns TV show).
- 2023 - The board of the International Monetary Fund signs off on a US$3 billion bail-out of loans and grants to Ghana.
- 2023 - President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador dissolves the National Assembly. New elections to parliament and the presidency will take place within 97 days.
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