56731 | May.17 | Death | 2014 – C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (b. 1922) |
56732 | May.17 | Death | 2014 – Bob Odom, American soldier and politician (b. 1935) |
56733 | May.17 | Death | 2014 – Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (b. 1944) |
56734 | May.17 | Death | 2014 – Thongbanh Sengaphone, Laotian politician (b. 1953) |
56735 | May.17 | Death | 2015 – Chinx, American rapper (b. 1983) |
56736 | May.17 | Death | 2015 – Claude Carliez, French fencer and stuntman (b. 1925) |
56737 | May.17 | Death | 2015 – Margaret Dunning, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1910) |
56738 | May.17 | Death | 2015 – Gerald Steadman Smith, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1929) |
56739 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Birthday of the Raja (Perlis) |
56740 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Giulia SalzanoPaschal BaylonWilliam Hobart Hare (Episcopal Church (USA))RestitutaMay 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
56741 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Children's Day (Norway) |
56742 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Constitution Day (Nauru) |
56743 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Constitution Day (Norway) |
56744 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Earliest date on which Trinity Sunday can fall, while June 20 is the latest celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. (Western Christianity) |
56745 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Feast of ‘Aẓamat (Bahá'í Faith) |
56746 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Galician Literature Day or Día das Letras Galegas (Galicia) |
56747 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | National Day Against Homophobia (Canada) |
56748 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia aka IDAHO |
56749 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Liberation Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
56750 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | Navy Day (Argentina) |
56751 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | World Hypertension Day |
56752 | May.17 | Holiday and observance | World Information Society Day (International) |
56753 | May.18 | Event | 332 – Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. |
56754 | May.18 | Event | 1096 – First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany |
56755 | May.18 | Event | 1152 – Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. |
56756 | May.18 | Event | 1268 – The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch. |
56757 | May.18 | Event | 1291 – Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land |
56758 | May.18 | Event | 1302 – Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia. |
56759 | May.18 | Event | 1388 – During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu led a Chinese army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan. |
56760 | May.18 | Event | 1499 – Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela. |