Also on May 17
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Constitution Day (NO) · Galician Literature Day (ES) · Grunnlovsdag (NO)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Sivan ראש חודש סיון roshchodesh
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2014 — A plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people. ↗
- 2007 — Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains... ↗
- 2006 — The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef. ↗
- 2004 — The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts. ↗
- 2000 — Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1991 — Johanna Konta, Australian-English tennis player
- 1990 — Fabian Giefer, German footballer
- 1990 — Charlie Gubb, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 — Katrina Hart, English runner
- 1990 — Guido Pella, Argentine tennis player
🏀 Sports on this Date
- NHL: Buffalo Sabres @ Montreal Canadiens — 00:00 Scheduled
- MLS: Sporting Kansas City @ Austin FC — 00:30 Scheduled
- MLS: Vancouver Whitecaps @ Houston Dynamo FC — 00:30 Scheduled
- MLS: LA Galaxy @ Seattle Sounders FC — 01:15 Scheduled
- MLS: Colorado Rapids @ Real Salt Lake — 01:30 Scheduled
- MLS: FC Cincinnati @ San Diego FC — 01:30 Scheduled