What happend on 17th May

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1973

Watergate scandal: Hearings begin in the United States Senate and are televised.

1970

Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean.

1969

Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.

1967

Six-Day War: President Abdul Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.

1954

The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

1944

Type IX U-boat: U-884 is launched.

1943

World War II: Surviving RAF Dam Busters return.

1940

World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.

1933

Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.

1919

Committee of One Thousand forms to oppose Winnipeg General Strike.