Ephemeris of May 17: What happened in the world on a day like today?

In a may 17thbut from 1990, the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses.

OTHER EVENTS

1814.- Norway becomes independent of Denmark.

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1861.- In Englandthe Postal Savings Bankthe first entity of its kind in the world.

1863.- The city of Puebla (Mexico) surrenders to the French troops of Maximilian Iafter two months of heroic resistance in which it suffered eight assaults.

1865.- It is signed in Paris an agreement establishing the International Telegraph Union.

1902.- Alfonso XIII begins his reign after reaching the age of majority and swearing the Spanish constitution.

1936.- Coup in Bolivia made by david bullwhich overthrows its president, Luis Tejada Sorzano.

1943.- World War II: the RAFBritish Air Force, bomb the industrial heart of Germany by destroying three dams in the ruhr valley.

1946.- marshal romanian dictator Ion Antonescu He is sentenced to death for attacking the USSR as an ally of hitler.

1959.- The government of Fidel Castro enacts in Cuba the Agrarian Reform Law.

1973.- He Senate Watergate Committee begins its nationally televised hearings.

1980.- First attack by the Peruvian terrorist group Sendero Luminoso: a commando attacks a local in the town of chuchi (region of ayacucho) that housed ballot boxes and ballot papers.

1992.- He Pope John Paul II beatifies Josemaría Escriváfounder of Opus Dei.

1993.- He Santiago’s road It is declared European cultural heritage by the Ministers of Culture of the EU.

1994.- The first democratic elections are held in malawian.

1997.- Laurent Kabila proclaims himself head of state and renames Zaire as Democratic Republic of Congo.

2000.- The scientists Luc Montagnier and robert gallo are awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research due to the isolation of AIDS virus.

2004.- At least 104 inmates die, in the prison of San Pedro Sulain Hondurasdue to a fire.

2005.- The anti-Castro Luis Posada Carriles is detained in Miamiaccused by Venezuela and Cuba to be a international terrorist.

.- He Bolivian Parliament enacts the controversial Hydrocarbons Lawqualified as “confiscatory” by some companies.

2006.- The Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar He wins Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts.

2007.- Paul Wolfowitz announces his resignation – effective June 30 – as president of the world Bank for a scandal of favoritism towards his girlfriend and employee of the agency.

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2011.- Queen Elizabeth II of England visits Ireland in the first visit by a British monarch since the country’s independence.

2017.- the independentist oscar lopez call unit Puerto Ricoafter being released after three decades in prison.

2019.- taiwan becomes the first country to Asia in legalizing the Gay marriage.

.- The president of USA, donald trumpconfirms the end of tariffs on steel and aluminum Mexico and Canada.

.- sony and Microsoft announce an alliance to develop video game on the internet, a sector in which they will compete with the colossi Google and Manzana.

2020.- Accused of corruption, Benjamin Netanyahu assumes his fifth term as Prime Minister of Israel.

2021.- More than 5,000 Moroccan immigrants enter the Spanish city of Ceutadue to the inactivity of Moroccoin a day of unprecedented migratory pressure.

BIRTHS

1936.- Dennis HopperAmerican filmmaker.

[1945- Tony RocheAustralian tennis player.

1961.- enyaIrish singer.

1971.- Maxima Zorreguietaqueen consort of the Netherlands (wife of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands), of Argentine origin.

DEATHS

1510.- Alessandro BotticelliItalian painter.

1727.- Catherine I of Russiawife of Pedro I the Great.

1838.- Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-PerigordFrench politician and diplomat.

1987.- Karl Gunnar MyrdalSwedish economist.

2004.- Tony RandallAmerican actor.

2009.- Mario BenedettiUruguayan writer.

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2012.- Donna SummerAmerican singer.

2013.- Jorge Rafael Videlaformer Argentine dictator.

2022.- VangelisGreek composer.

Source: Elcomercio

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