17th of May 2026
17th of May 2026 is the 137th day of the year.
This day in history:
1756: The Seven Years' War Starts - ...more
1895: W.G. Grace Scores his Hundredth Hundred - ...more
1900: Relief of Mafeking - ...more
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British quote for the day:
The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes. - John Stuart Mill.
Born today:
Robert Surtees - 1803, Sir Norman Lockyer - 1836, Dorothy Richardson - 1873, H H Price - 1899, Dennis Potter - 1935, Jimmy Boyle - 1944, Paul Whitehouse - 1958, Craig Ferguson - 1962, Christine Ohuruogu - 1984.
Died today:
Matthew Parker - 1575, Samuel Clarke - 1729, Randy Turpin - 1966, Norman Vaughan - 2002.
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