* Astronomy

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RE: May 17th

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The 2003 Sri Lanka cyclone produced the worst flooding in the country in 56 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Sri_Lanka_cyclone

The Great Irish Famine (The first official commemoration in 2009)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Famine_Commemoration_Day

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Galician Literature Day is a public holiday observed in Galicia, Spain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_Literature_Day

On 17 May 1737, the foundation stone of the Radcliffe Camera was laid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcliffe_Camera

The Antikythera mechanism was discovered on 17 May 1902
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4471598/antikythera-mechanism/

The Ra II expedition set sail to cross the Atlantic Ocean on the 17th May, 1970.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42881100/ra-ii/

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ESRO-2B or Iris (International Radiation Investigation Satellite) was launched on May 17, 1968
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESRO_2B

The Soviet Venera 6 spacecraft began its descent into the atmosphere of Venus on the 17th May, 1969.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35920982/venera-6-spacecraft/

The GPS IIF-2 satellite was launched on the 17th May 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_Block_IIF

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Joseph Michael "Joe" Acaba (born May 17, 1967) is an educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Michael_Acaba

Julius Sumner Miller (May 17, 1909 - April 14, 1987) was an American physicist and television personality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Sumner_Miller

Remo Ruffini (born May 17, 1942) is President of the International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remo_Ruffini

Raymond Hide (17 May 1929 - 6 September 2016) was a British physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Hide

Bernard M. Oliver (1916 - 1995) was a scientist who made contributions in many fields
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_M._Oliver

Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (17 May 1836 - 16 August 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockyer,_Sir_Joseph_Norman

Karl Johann Nikolaus Stumpff (May 17, 1895 - November 10, 1970) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Stumpff

Frederick Hanley Seares (May 17, 1873 - July 20, 1964) was an American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Hanley_Seares

Mary Adela Blagg (17 May 1858 - 14 April 1944) was an English astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Adela_Blagg

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The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American science-fiction disaster film
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49187273/the-day-after-tomorrow/

SETI@home ("SETI at home") was released to the public on May 17, 1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SETI@home

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NGC 4611 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 17th May 1881.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57588785/ngc-4611/

NGC 5466 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 17th May 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t12259951/ngc-5466/

NGC 5662 was discovered by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille on the 17th May 1751.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57588743/ngc-5662/

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The Type I supernova 1986I, that reached magnitude 14 was discovered on the 17th May 1986
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989AJ.....97..186P

On May 17, 2006, HD 69830 was discovered to have three Neptune-mass planets,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_69830#Planets

Italian astronomer Niccolò Zucchi may have been the first to see the belts on the planet Jupiter on May 17, 1630
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Zucchi

Asteroid (266) Aline was discovered by Johann Palisa on May 17, 1887 in Vienna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/266_Aline

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Meteorites

The Castel Berardenga (Stone) meteorite fell in Toscana, Italy, on the 17th May, 1791.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49187169/castel-berardenga-meteorite/

The Perth (LL5) meteorite fell in Scotland, UK, on the 17th May, 1830.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49187188/perth-meteorite/

The Hungen (H6) meteorite fell in Hessen, Germany, on the 17th May, 1877.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49187193/hungen-meteorite/

The Gnadenfrei (H6) meteorite fell in Walbrzych, Poland, on the 17th May, 1879.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49187195/gnadenfrei-meteorite/

The Sterlitamak (Iron) meteorite fell in Respublika Bashkortostan, Russia, on the 17th May, 1990.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t8608776/sterlitamak-crater/