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History of 17 May
History of 17 May
1990 - Kelsey Grammer was sentenced to 30 days in jail for DWI.
1996 - U.S. President Clinton signed a measure requiring...
History of 16 May
History of 16 May
1991 - Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
1992 - The Endeavour space shuttle landed safely after...
History of 15 May
History of 15 May
1990 - Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" was sold for $82.5 million. The sale set a new world...
History of 14 May
History of 14 May
1992 - Former Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev addressed members of the U.S. Congress, appealing to them to pass a bill to...
History of 13 May
History of 13 May
1998 - India did a second round of nuclear tests. The first round had been done 2 days earlier. Within...
History of 12 May
History of 12 May
1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin dismissed Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov and named Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin as his successor.
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History of 9 May
History of 9 May
1994 - Nelson Mandela was chosen to be South Africa's first black president.
1996 - In video testimony to a...
History of 8 May
History of 8 May
1997 - Larry King received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1998 - A pipe burst leaving a...
History of 7 May
History of 7 May
1992 - A 203-year-old proposed constitutional amendment barring the U.S. Congress from giving itself a midterm pay raise was ratified as the...
History of 6 May
History of 6 May
1994 - The Channel Tunnel officially opened. The tunnel under the English Channel links England and France.
1994 - Former...
History of 5 May
History of 5 May
1991 - In New York, Carnegie Hall marked its 100th anniversary.
1997 - Dolores Hope received a star on the...
History of 4 May
History of 4 May
1994 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat signed a historic accord on Palestinian autonomy that...