Historical Events
- "Nash at Nine" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 21 performances
- Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's
- Five British Army soldiers are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby-trap bomb in Omagh, County Tyrone
- Joe Ferguson, hits the 6,000th Dodger home run
#1 in the Charts
Stevie Wonder releases the music single "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life", goes to #1 and wins him a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
- US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle Colorado
- US Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings into the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C.
Famous Birthdays
- Jay Riemersma, tight end (Buffalo Bills)
- Jenny Scheinman, American jazz and session violinist (Bill Frisell; Allison Miller), and singer, born in San Francisco, California
- Josh Homme, American musician and songwriter
- Matthew McGrory, American actor (d. 2005)
- Sasha Alexander, American television actress
- Steve Barakatt, Canadian pianist and composer, born in Quebec City, Canada
Famous Deaths
- Alexander J. Kropholler, Dutch architect and writer, dies at 91
About May 17, 1973
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 50 years, 4 months and 6 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Generation X
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Taurus
Music Charts
#1 Song: You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
#1 Song: See My Baby Jive - Wizzard
