What Happened On 17th May 2004 In History

Historical Events for 17th May, 2004

• » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts First same-sex marriages or Massachusetts.

May 17th Famous Deaths for 2004

• » Gunnar Graps, Estonian singer (Magnetic Band and Gunnar Graps Group) (b. 1951)
• » Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920)
• » Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
• » Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
• » Vladislav Terzyul, Siberian mountaineer (b. 1953)

May 17th Holidays in History

• » Public holidays in Malaysia or Birthday of the Raja (Perlis)
• » Christian feast day:
• » Paschal Baylon
• » William Hobart Hare (Episcopal Church (USA))
• » Restituta
• » May 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• » Constitution Day (Nauru)
• » Norwegian Constitution Day called Constitution Day (Norway)
• » Earliest date on which Trinity Sunday can fall, while June 20 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. (Western Christianity)
• » Galician Literature Day or 'Día das Letras Galegas' (Galicia (Spain) known as Galicia)
• » International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia aka IDAHO
• » Liberation Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• » Great Famine (Ireland) e.g National Famine Memorial Day (Ireland)
• » Navy Day Argentina or Navy Day (Argentina)

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