What Happened On 17th May 2013 In History

Historical Events for 17th May, 2013

• » Two Metro-North Railroad named Metro-North commuter trains Fairfield train crash known as collide near Bridgeport, Connecticut injuring at least 72 people.

May 17th Famous Deaths for 2013

• » Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (b. 1973)
• » Penne Hackforth-Jones, American-Australian actress (b. 1949)
• » Peter Schulz, German politician, List of mayors of Hamburg known as Mayor of Hamburg (b. 1930)
• » Albert Seedman, American police officer (b. 1918)
• » Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1931)
• » Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 42nd President of Argentina (b. 1925)

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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