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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, 2006	Event	The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef
May 17th, 2004	Event	Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
May 17th, 2000	Event	In the Philippines an explosion rocks Glorietta 2 injuring 13 persons, mostly teenagers. According to local authorities, the homemade bomb was placed in front of a toilet beside a video arcade.
May 17th, 1997	Event	Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa.
May 17th, 1995	Event	After 18 years as the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac takes office as President of France.
May 17th, 1994	Event	Malawi holds its first multiparty elections.
May 17th, 1992	Event	In Thailand, the so-called Black May begins. Thai police and protesters start attacking one another. By midnight, the current Thai government declares a state of emergency, and military troops open fire.
May 17th, 1990	Event	the WHO takes Homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses.
May 17th, 1987	Event	An Iraqi fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. warship USS Stark (FFG-31), killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.

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