The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts. Date: May 17, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)

The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef. Date: May 17, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: May 17, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On…

Pamir Airways Flight 112 crashes in Afghanistan's Shakardara District, killing 44. Date: May 17, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)

A military plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people. Date: May 17, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria. Date: May 16, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later. Date: May 16, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This…

A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight. Date: May 16, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)

In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. Date: May 16, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)

The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris. Date: May 16, 1925 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1925 📅 On This Day (Today)