January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Day of death May 17, 1975
The temperature on May 17, 1975 was between 11.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 4 » Vietnam War: A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, killing 172 people.
April 28 » General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
August 15 » Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
September 22 » Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
October 16 » Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, Portuguese Timor.
October 30 » Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
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