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May 17th, 2008	Death	Victoria Day in Canada
May 17th, 2007	Event	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.
May 17th, 2007	Death	Lloyd Alexander, author (born in 1924)
May 17th, 2006	Event	The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef
May 17th, 2006	Death	Cy Feuer, American playwright (born in 1911)
May 17th, 2006	Death	Eric Forth, British Member of Parliament (born in 1944)
May 17th, 2006	Death	Captain Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (born in 1980)
May 17th, 2005	Death	Frank Gorshin, American actor (born in 1934)
May 17th, 2004	Event	Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
May 17th, 2004	Death	Jorgen Nash, Danish artist (born in 1920)

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