History Events on May 17
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History Events on May 17
The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
#Same-sex_marriage
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.
#United_States_Department_of_Energy
The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
#The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz
The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
#World_Health_Organization
Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War.
#Empire_of_Japan
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612-1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
#Paul_de_Chomedey,_Sieur_de_Maisonneuve
The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
#Protocol_of_Corfu
Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
#Rosalía_de_Castro
The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
#USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)
Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
#Lebanon
Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
#Los_Angeles_Police_Department
Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
#Vidkun_Quisling
A plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.
#2014_Lao_People's_Liberation_Army_Air_Force_An-74_crash
The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
#International_Telecommunication_Union
The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
#New_York_Stock_Exchange
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History Events on May 17
The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
#Same-sex_marriage
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.
#United_States_Department_of_Energy
The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
#The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz
The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
#World_Health_Organization
Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War.
#Empire_of_Japan
Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve (1612-1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
#Paul_de_Chomedey,_Sieur_de_Maisonneuve
The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
#Protocol_of_Corfu
Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
#Rosalía_de_Castro
The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
#USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)
Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
#Lebanon
Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
#Los_Angeles_Police_Department
Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
#Vidkun_Quisling
A plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.
#2014_Lao_People's_Liberation_Army_Air_Force_An-74_crash
The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
#International_Telecommunication_Union
The New York Stock Exchange is formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.
#New_York_Stock_Exchange
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