EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
May 17
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Day 136 of 2026 | Week 20 | 223 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
A military plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.
Pamir Airways Flight 112 crashes in Afghanistan's Shakardara District, killing 44.
Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.
The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
Troops of Laurent-Désiré Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage.
Malawi holds its first multi-party elections.
Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
French swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke
English actress (Francesca Bridgerton in "Bridgerton"; Enola Holmes 2
American actress (The Hunger Games; Gone)
American model
American actress (Thirteen
Norwegian cyclist (Norwegian National Road Race Champions 2012)
American Latin and ballroom dancer (Dancing with the Stars)
Costa Rican footballer
American screenwriter
American golfer (World Matchplay 2012; Ryder Cup 2014)
French basketball guard (NBA C'ship 2003
Israeli singer ("Hasheket Shenish'ar") and television personality (HaKochav HaBa)
American Christian metal singer (Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Serbian art historian
French professional tennis player
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