It happened on this day, May 17
events:
1805 – Muhammad Ali Pasha takes power over Egypt and his reign is considered a pivotal stage in its history, as he modernized it after eliminating the Mamluks.
1896 – Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah seizes power in Kuwait after assassinating his two brothers, ruler Sheikh Muhammad bin Sabah Al-Sabah and Sheikh Jarrah bin Sabah Al-Sabah.
1939 – The British government publishes the White Paper which stipulates the independence of Palestine and the creation of a state including Arabs and Jews on its territory.
1940 – Nazi German forces enter the Belgian city of Brussels at the start of World War II.
1949 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Republic of Ireland, affirming that Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom.
1977 – Likud wins Israeli legislative elections and Menachem Begin becomes Prime Minister.
1983 – The Lebanese government reaches an agreement with Israel, whose army arrives in Beirut. This agreement determines the basis of relations between the two countries and is known as the Treaty of May 17.
1987 – Iraqi warplanes bomb a US frigate, killing 37 people, during the Iran-Iraq War.
1994 – Civil authorities in the Gaza Strip are transferred to the Palestinian National Authority after 27 years of occupation, as part of the Oslo Accord on self-government between Israel and the Liberation Organization. Palestine.
1995 – Jacques Chirac assumes the presidency of France, succeeding François Mitterrand.
2004 – A car bomb kills the head of the Iraqi Interim Governing Council, Izz al-Din Salim.
2009 – Announcement of the final results of the Kuwaiti National Assembly elections, including the first time four women became members of Parliament: Masouma Al-Mubarak, Aseel Al-Awadi, Rula Dashti and Salwa Al-Jassar.
2015 – Start of the Riyadh Conference for dialogue between Yemeni political parties, led by Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi.
✴️ Fall of the city of Ramadi, center of the Anbar governorate in Iraq, into the hands of the Islamic State.
2016 – Christian Kern is appointed Austrian Federal Chancellor, one week after the resignation of Werner Faymann.
2019 – The Ibiza Affair took place, a corruption scandal that shook the Austrian political scene after a video was leaked revealing that Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and Freedom Party MP Johann Godinus had offered to confirm government contracts while speaking to a woman who claimed to be the niece of a Russian oligarch during a 2017 meeting in Spain that led to the collapse of the Austrian coalition in power in the country, in addition to calls for early elections.
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Births:
1749 – Edward Jenner, English physician.
1886 – King Alfonso III, King of Spain.
1897 – Odd Hassell, Norwegian chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1969.
1905 – Abdullah Al-Nouri, Kuwaiti Sunni religious scholar.
1929 – Branko Zebić, Yugoslav footballer.
1937 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director.
1940 – Adel Imam, Egyptian actor.
1946 – Najah Safkouni, Syrian actor.
1950 – Janez Drnovsic, president of Slovenia.
1955 – Bill Paxton, American actor.
1961 – Enya, Irish singer.
1966 – Qusay Saddam Hussein, Iraqi soldier and politician.
**Henrik Larsen, Danish footballer and coach.
1971 – Princess Máxima, wife of the Crown Prince of the Netherlands, Prince Willem-Alexander.
1974 – Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor.
1977 – Al-Laith Al-Mufti, Syrian actor.
1981 – Leon Osman, English footballer.
1984 – Alison Wolford, American actress.
1993 – Wahida Faizi, Afghan journalist.
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Death:
1510 – Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter.
1882 – François Chabas, French Egyptologist.
1896 – Sheikh Muhammad bin Sabah Al-Sabah, sixth ruler of Kuwait.
** Sheikh Jarrah bin Sabah Al-Sabah, partner of Sheikh Mohammed bin Sabah Al-Sabah in the leadership of Kuwait.
1948 – Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar.
1987 – Gunnar Myrdl, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974.
2004 – Izz al-Din Salim, president of the Iraqi Governing Council.
2011 – Frank Upton, English footballer and manager.
2012 – Warda Al-Jazairia, Algerian singer.
** Donna Summer, American singer and songwriter.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ World Telecommunications Day.
⬅️ International Day Against Homophobia.
⬅️ Constitution Day in Norway and Nauru.
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