May 17th (2014) was a Saturday. It's the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 228 days left to the end of the year.
May 17th Famous Deaths for 2014
» Miss Beazley (dog) called Miss Beazley, American dog of George W. Bush (b. 2004)
» Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
» Clarence Ellis (computer scientist) known as Clarence Ellis, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
» C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (b. 1922)
» Bob Odom, American soldier and politician (b. 1935)