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What happened in history on this day: May 17?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 17 in ...
- 1994 - Iran issues a 50 rial postage stamp for World Telecommunications Day, depicting a personal computer.
- 2000 - Number Nine Visual Technology ceases operations. The company sold most of its assets to S3 in 1999 duing bankruptcy reorganization.
- 2001 - The DVD+RW Alliance announces the addition of DVD+R write-once capabilities to the standard.
- 2002 - Indonesia issues a 1000 rupiah postage stamp for a telecommunications issue, depicting a computer screen and system tower.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- A personal computer appears in a newspaper business: system unit, monitor, and keyboard.
- A laptop computer with external mouse is shown in a house, hooked up to the Internet, showing a Web page receiving "hate Spam".
- 2009 - Morocco issues a 7.80-dirham postage stamp depicting a computer keyboard and monitor.
- 1925 - M.J. Winkler Productions debuts the Alice Comedy film Alice's Egg Plant in New York City at the Rivoli Theater.
- 1940 - The Donald Duck film Bill Posters is released to theaters. Goofy also appears.
- 1941 - An anonymous memo at the Disney studios informs the 1200 employees that only qualified "artists" would be eligible for representation and continued job security.
- 1962 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Bon Voyage to theaters. The film is based on the book by Marrijane and Joseph Hayes.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Disneyland Goes to the World's Fair.
- 1984 - The Disney board of directors votes its approval of the Arvida deal.
- 1986 - The Circle-Vision film American Journeys opens in Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland.
- 1987 - The Mickey's Christmas Chalet shop in Disneyland closes.
- 1991 - Disney's Port Orleans Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World. It has 1008 guest rooms. It includes Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory food court, Jackson Square Gifts and Desires shop, and Bonfamille's Cafe restaurant.
- 1991 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film What About Bob? to theatres.
- 1997 - The Mike Fink Keel Boats ride at Disneyland closes.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A car wash place is called "When you Wash Upon a Car", a reference to the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Disney's Pinocchio film.
- 2004 - The Artist's Palette restaurant opens at Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa at Walt Disney World.
- 2009 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA.
- A house carried by balloons floats across the sky, a reference to the 2009 Disney/Pixar film Up.
- A character says "I am afraid of xylophones. It's the music you hear when skeletons are dancing.", a reference to Disney's film The Skeleton Dance.
- 2013 - The Archive Shop opens in Mystic Point in Hong Kong Disneyland.
- 1954 - Chevrolet Engineering work order 19049 M.S. #1 cancels the 2-barrel V8 for Corvette, making the 4-barrel the base V8 engine for Corvette.
- 1981 - At the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Harrisburg, North Carolina, the Goody's 500 / CRC Chemicals Trans-Am Championship - Round 1 race is held.
- Finishing 1st is the Swiss Chalet #94 Corvette, driven by Eppie Wietzes.
- Finishing 10th is the Full-Time #99 Corvette, driven by Phil Currin.
- Finishing 11th is the All Canadian #70 Corvette, driven by Murray Edwards.
- Finishing 15th is the Pickett Racing #6 Corvette, driven by Greg Pickett.
- Finishing 16th is the Pickett Racing #3 Corvette, driven by Tony Brassfield.
- Finishing 21st is the Corvette America #46 Corvette, driven by Jack Broomall.
- Finishing 22nd is the Jepsen #60 Corvette, driven by John Brandt.
- In 29th place, but not finishing the race, is the Pickett Racing #9 Corvette, driven by Jerry Brassfield.
- In 30th place, but not finishing the race, is the Cardinal/Mann #5 Corvette, driven by Andy Porterfield.
- In 32nd place, but not finishing the race, is the FEMSA/Clausie #91 Corvette, driven by Steve Clausman.
- 2003 - At the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama, the Barber Park 200 Grand Sport race is held, round four of the Grand-Am Cup series.
- Finishing 2nd in GSI class and 2nd overall is the Powell Motorsport #02 Corvette, driven by Mike Weinberg and Andy Lally.
- Finishing 3rd in GSI class and 3rd overall is the Silverstone Racing Services #39 Corvette, driven by Chris Hall and Larry Huang.
- Finishing 4th in GSI class and 4th overall is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette, driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
- 2008 - At the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca the 2008 Rum Bum.com 250 at Laguna Seca race is held, round 5 of the Grand-American Road Racing Championship.
- Finishing 13th in GT class and 26th overall is Sahlen/Nonnamaker in the #42 Team Sahlen Corvette.
- Finishing 14th in GT class and 27th overall is Nonnamaker/Nonnamaker in the #43 Team Sahlen Corvette.
- 2009 - At the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca the Laguna Seca 250 Miles race is held, round 4 of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 14th in GT class and 28th overall is Sahlen/Nonnamaker in the #42 Team Sahlen Corvette.
- 1939 - Sweden, Norway, and Finland reject Germany's nonaggression pact offers.
- 1940 - The French 4th Armored Division under command of Colonel Charles de Gaulle attacks German tank forces at Montcornet, but have little impact on the German advance.
- 1940 - Twelve British Blenheim bombers attack advancing German columns near Gembloux. Eleven planes are shot down.
- 1940 - The Belgian Government moves the capital from Brussels to Ostend on the coast.
- 1940 - German forces break through the French land defence lines along a 62-mile front, from Maubeuge to Carignon, near Sedan.
- 1940 - German forces in Belgium continue westward in Belgium, advancing to Brussels, capturing the city by the evening.
- 1940 - German troops capture Louvain and Malines after heavy fighting.
- 1940 - The Swedish government forbids all sailors on foreign vessels to leave their ships while in Swedish ports.
- 1940 - In the Cairo Museum in Egypt, the gold sarcophagus of Tut-ankh-Amen and other treasures are moved to a secret underground bombproof vault.
- 1940 - German panzers reach the Serre River in France, then stop.
- 1940 - By nightfall, German 10th Panzer Division seizes a bridgehead across the Oise River near Moy, France, 70 miles west of Sedan.
- 1940 - (evening) General Maurice Gustave Gamelin gives the order of the day to the French armies, telling them "The fate of our country and that of our Allies and the destiny of the world depend on the battle now being fought.".
- 1940 - (evening) British Hampden bombers make their first attack on Hamburg, Germany, with 48 planes suffering no losses in attacking oil refineries and gasoline depots.
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 29, noting that the defence of Greek territory will be an Italian responsibility.
- 1943 - German submarine U-128 under commander Hermann Steinert is lost with 7 dead of 54 crew.
- 1943 - German submarine U-646 under commander Heinrich Wulff is lost with all hands (46 dead).
- 1943 - German submarine U-657 under commander Heinrich Göllnitz is lost with all hands (47 dead).
- 1944 - Dwight Eisenhower selects June 5 as tentative D-Day for Operation Overlord.
- 1944 - German paratroops at Cassino withdraw.
- 1945 - German submarine U-234 docks at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The two Japanese officers are not present, having committed suicide with burial at sea. Both dismantled ME-262 jet fighters are missing, as is the uranium oxide in gold-lined containers. In total, 70 tons of cargo is unaccounted for.
- 1989 - In New York, Tengen holds a reception for retailers, trade representatives, and press for the launch of the Tetris video game cartridge.
- 1990 - Lewis Galoob Toys seeks a court declaration that the Game Genie does not infringe on Nintendo's copyrights.
- 2001 - The Electronic Entertainment Expo is held in Los Angeles, California, over three days. Total attendance is 62,000. Microsoft unveils the Xbox video game system. Nintendo unveils the GameCube video game system.
- 2004 - J.C. Padilla scores 2,181,619,994,299,256,480 (2 quintillion) on Giga Wing 2 on the Dreamcast, setting a record for the highest score on any game.
- 2005 - Nintendo holds a press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The company reports that two billion software titles have been sold since Nintendo entered the video game industry. Nintendo announces its online strategy for the Nintendo DS: Wi-Fi Internet connectivity with partner GameSpy. The Game Boy Micro is unveiled, with lighted color display; size is 2 x 4 x 0.7 inches, weight is 2.8 ounces; this is the smallest cartridge-based video game system ever. Some details of the Revolution video game system: it features proprietary DVD-size disc and GameCube disc play, 512 MB flash memory, SecureDigital slot, wireless controllers, virtual console play of NES, SNES and Nintendo 64 games by download; a Wi-Fi network is planned.
- 2011 - Rockstar Games releases the L.A. Noire video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 1814 - Norway proclaims a new constitution, and elects Danish Governor Christian Frederick as King of Norway.
- 1928 - (to August 12) The 9th Olympic Games are held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Sweden wins 7 gold, 6 silver, and 12 bronze medals.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. When two kids believe they will be sold to be used as crash test dummies, one says "Oh please let it be Volvo", a reference to Volvo's excellent safety record.
- 1910 - A proclamation sets the designs for the 1c-50c coins, effective May 21, 1910.
- 1932 - An Order in Council prohibits the export of gold coins.
- 1926 - Congress authorizes Oregon Trail Memorial commemorative half dollar program, allowing up to 6 million coins be produced or until the law is repealed.
- 2007 - The US Mint releases the 2007 John Quincy Adams Presidential dollar to circulation.
- 1875 - First Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75.
- 1881 - 7th Kentucky Derby: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hindoo wins in 2:40.
- 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.
- 1903 - Cleveland Naps beat New York Highlanders 9-2 in Columbus, Ohio.
- 1905 - Waseda University of Tokyo defeats Los Angeles High School 5-3 in baseball.
- 1911 - 36th Preakness: Eddie Dugan aboard Watervale wins in 1:51.
- 1915 - 40th Preakness: Douglas Hoffman aboard Rhine Maiden wins in 1:58.
- 1915 - Chicago Cubs' George "Zip" Zabel relieves with two outs in first and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn Dodgers in longest relief job ever.
- 1924 - 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2.
- 1925 - Cleveland Indians' Tris Speaker gets his 3,000th hit.
- 1927 - Chicago Cubs beat Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings.
- 1928 - (to August 12) The Games of the IX Olympiad are held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1930 - 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6.
- 1939 - First sports telecast-Columbia versus Princeton-college baseball.
- 1941 - Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor Philadelphia Athletics' manager Connie Mack.
- 1952 - 78th Preakness: Conn McCreary aboard Blue Man wins in 1:57.4.
- 1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open.
- 1953 - New York Yankees and Cleveland Browns use record 41 players in a game.
- 1958 - 84th Preakness: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 1:57.2.
- 1959 - Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122.
- 1963 - Houston Colt .45s' Don Notterbart no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1.
- 1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational.
- 1964 - Philadelphia Phillies triple-play Houston Colt .45s.
- 1968 - Frank Howard belts record eighth homerun in 5th straight game.
- 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.
- 1970 - Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits.
- 1970 - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Golf Tournament.
- 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.
- 1972 - Tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London, England.
- 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 - Joe Ferguson hits the 6,000th Brooklyn Dodgers' homerun.
- 1974 - Bayern München wins 20th Europe Cup 1 at Brussels, Belgium.
- 1975 - 101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4.
- 1978 - Lee Lacy hits record third consecutive pinch-hit homerun.
- 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.
- 1981 - New York Islanders score five power play goals against Philadelphia Flyers in a playoff game.
- 1981 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic.
- 1983 - Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in four games.
- 1984 - Cincinnati Reds' Mario Soto throws four strikeouts in one inning.
- 1985 - The Texas Rangers fire manger Doug Rader and replace him with New York Mets' third base coach Bobby Valentine.
- 1986 - 112th Preakness: Alex Solis aboard Snow Chief wins in 1:54.8.
- 1987 - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic.
- 1989 - Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1990 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann.
- 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 - The Toronto Blue Jays reach the one-million mark in season attendance sooner than any baseball team in major league history.
- 1996 - Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wicket, Leicestershire vs Worcestershire.
- 1997 - 123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54.
- 1997 - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom.
- 1998 - 44th McDonald's LPGA Championship.
- 2003 - Arsenal beats Southampton 1-0 to win the FA Cup.
- 2006 - FC Barcelona beats Arsenal in the final of the UEFA Champions League played in Paris.
- 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 - 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.
- 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL Western Conference 2nd Round, game 1: Colorado Avalanche beats Saint Louis Blues by score 3-2, leading series 1-0.
- 2022 - At FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 2nd Round, game 1: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Florida Panthers by score 4-1, leading series 1-0.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Minnesota Twins by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Colorado Rockies by score 10-7.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Los Angeles Angels by score 10-5.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 7-0.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Boston Red Sox by score 13-4.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Seattle Mariners by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Baltimore Orioles by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Miami Marlins beats Wshington Nationals by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Detroit Tigers by score 8-1.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Cleveland Guardians by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: New York Mets beats Saint Louis Cardinals by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Saint Louis Cardinals beats New York Mets by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 7-6.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 12-3.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 1: Chicago White Sox beats 3-0 by score Kansas City Royals.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season doubleheader game 2: Kansas City Royals beats Chicago White Sox by score 2-1.
- 218 - Seventh recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1630 - Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi, first to see two belts on Jupiter surface.
- 1968 - European Space Research Organization launches first satellite.
- 1979 - -12 degrees F (-11 degrees C), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record).
- 1792 - 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street.
- 1862 - Battle of Princeton, West Virginia, ends; about 128 casualities.
- 1863 - Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi.
- 1864 - Battle of Adairsville, Georgia; USA forces Confederates to retreat.
- 1881 - Frederick Douglass is appointed recorder of deeds for Washington DC.
- 1883 - Buffalo Bill Cody's first wild west show premieres in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
- 1884 - Alaska becomes a US territory.
- 1909 - White firemen on Georgia railroad strike to protest hiring blacks.
- 1910 - US Congress establishes the Commission of Fine Arts.
- 1915 - National Baptist Convention chartered.
- 1932 - US Congress changes spelling of the name "Porto Rico" back to "Puerto Rico".
- 1938 - US Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy.
- 1938 - Radio quiz show Information Please! debuts on NBC Blue Network.
- 1944 - Chinese/US armed forces take Myitkyina Airport, Burma.
- 1945 - Two US P-47 Thunderbolts bomb Kiushu, Japan.
- 1946 - US President Harry Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike.
- 1954 - U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional.
- 1957 - Prayer Pilgrimage takes place; biggest American civil rights demonstration to date (District of Columbia).
- 1960 - First atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park, California, USA.
- 1961 - Fidel Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers.
- 1963 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1971 - Washington State bans sex discrimination.
- 1973 - US Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings.
- 1973 - US performs three nuclear tests at Rifle, Colorado.
- 1975 - Los Angeles police raid the secret headquarters of the Symbionese Liberation Army, killing six of the group's nine known members.
- 1979 - -12 degrees F (-11 degrees C), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record).
- 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.
- 1983 - Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
- 1984 - Mai Shanley, age 21 of New Mexico, crowned 33rd Miss USA.
- 1985 - Les Anderson catches record 97-pound 4-ounce Chinook Salmon, off Alaska.
- 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.
- 1991 - Disney's Port Orleans Resort hotel opens in Walt Disney World. It has 1008 guest rooms.
- 1995 - Shawn Nelson, 35, goes on a tank rampage in San Diego, California.
- 2004 - Massachusetts legalizes same-sex marriage in compliance with a ruling from the state's Supreme Judicial Court (Goodridge v. Department of Public Health).
- 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.
- 2017 - New Orleans removes statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, first unveiled in 1884.
- 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.
Other history:
- 1642 - Ville Marie (Montréal, Canada) is formed.
- 1884 - Alaska becomes a territory of the USA.
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