Difference between revisions of "May 17"

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*[[1802]]: the [[Philolexian Society]] is founded
 
*[[1802]]: the [[Philolexian Society]] is founded
 
*[[1939]]: a Columbia-[[Princeton]] baseball game at [[Baker Field]] is the first sporting event covered live on television
 
*[[1939]]: a Columbia-[[Princeton]] baseball game at [[Baker Field]] is the first sporting event covered live on television
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*[[1968]]: Neighborhood activists occupy a Columbia-owned building in a protest over evictions. Sympathetic students stage a sit-in; over 100 (over 50 students) are arrested.
  
 
{{succession|preceded=[[May 16]]|succeeded=[[May 18]]|office=Days of the Year|years=May 17}}
 
{{succession|preceded=[[May 16]]|succeeded=[[May 18]]|office=Days of the Year|years=May 17}}
  
 
[[Category:Days]]
 
[[Category:Days]]

Latest revision as of 16:08, 23 April 2008

On May 17...

  • 1802: the Philolexian Society is founded
  • 1939: a Columbia-Princeton baseball game at Baker Field is the first sporting event covered live on television
  • 1968: Neighborhood activists occupy a Columbia-owned building in a protest over evictions. Sympathetic students stage a sit-in; over 100 (over 50 students) are arrested.
Preceded by
May 16
Days of the Year 
May 17
Succeeded by
May 18