Interesting Facts about May 17th

Tauruses born on May 17 enjoy the pursuit of excellence. They are intelligent though not showy about what they know; for this reason they may not be perceived as especially brilliant by others. And that's fine, since they are not concerned with how their actions are perceived by others.

Source .Jill M. Phillips

1792: A number of merchants and brokers agreed to establish what is now known as the New York Stock Exchange.

1865: Thomas Cook begins conducted tours to the continent - the first overseas 'package holiday'.

1875: The first running of the Kentucky Derby took place at Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY.The race was won by Aristides rode by Jockey Oliver Lewis.

1902: Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.It is believed to have been built about 150-100 BC, 13 hundred years before mechanical astronomical clocks appeared in Europe

1932: The U.S. Congress changed the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico."

1939: The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the first-ever televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.

1973: Televised.Hearings begin in the United States Senate regarding the Watergate scandal

1974: Terrorist bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland. Thirty-three people are killed. The loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force later admitted carrying out the bombings

1978: Charlie Chaplin's stolen body found . His body had been missing since his grave was robbed 11 weeks earlier ( right picture)

1987 An Iraqi fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. warship USS Stark killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. ( right picture)

2004: Massachusetts became the first US state to sanction gay marriage on this date. Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples received licenses and were married.

2007: For the first time since 1953 trains crossed the Demilitarized Zone from North and South Korea.

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as that saint's feast day. Today is feast day for the following saints:

St. Adrio
St. Thethmar
St. Cathan
St. Heradius
St. Madern
St. Maiduif
St. Restituta
St. Paschal Baylon