What Happened On 17th May 2012 In History

May 17th Famous Deaths for 2012

• » Warda Al-Jazairia, French-Lebanese singer (b. 1939)
• » Herbert Breslin, American publicist and manager (b. 1924)
• » Gideon Ezra, Israeli politician (b. 1937)
• » Patrick Mafisango, Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980)
• » Ron Shock, American comedian (b. 1942)
• » Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)

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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