Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 17
May 17, 2024 is the 138th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 228 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 17
- 1590 –Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
- 1863 –Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
- 1933 –Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
- 1943 –The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School to develop the ENIAC.
- 1974 –Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army’s headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
- 1980 –General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
- 1983 –Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
- 1984 –Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a “monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend,” sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture.
- 1992 –Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, many disappearances, hundreds of injuries, and over 3,500 arrests.
- 2004 –Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
Who were born on May 17?
- 1836 –Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)
- 1845 –Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (d. 1902)
- 1898 –Alfred Joseph Casson, Canadian painter (d. 1992)
- 1909 –Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist (d. 1987)
- 1913 –Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver (d. 2007)
- 1940 –Alan Kay, American computer scientist
- 1948 –Dick Gaughan, Scottish musician, singer and songwriter
- 1951 –Simon Hughes, British politician
- 1971 –Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
- 1996 –Ryan Ochoa, American teen actor
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