17 May: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (138th day of leap years), with 228 days remaining until the end of the year.

Significant events

1792 – The New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest securities market, was founded. The New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street on Manhattan Island, USA, together with the London Stock Exchange in Europe and the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Asia, forms the center of the global stock market.

1814: The Norwegian Constitution is formally signed and the Norwegian National Assembly elects Crown Prince Christian Frederick of Denmark as King of Norway.

1846: Adolf Sachs patents the invention of the saxophone.

1861: The first color photograph in history is exhibited at the Royal College of Scotland.

1865: France, Germany and 20 other countries signed the International Telegraph Convention in Paris, and the International Telegraph Union was established.

1927: Northern Expedition: Xia Douyin mutinied in Yichang, Hubei Province. [1]

1928 – The Ninth Olympic Games open

1948 – The Battle of Linfen ends

1949 - Chiang Kai-shek robs gold and silver to Taiwan

1949 - The Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army liberates three towns in Wuhan: Hankou, Wuchang and Hanyang.

1954 – The U.S. Supreme Court announces the abolition of the black-and-white campus system

1968 – More than 10 million workers in France begin a nationwide strike that lasts more than a month.

1969 – First World Telecommunications Day

1970 - Double-corpse murder occurs in Dragon Tiger Hill, Bofulin, Hong Kong.

1973 – A U.S. Senate panel begins hearings on Watergate

1975 - France successfully tests a double star with one stone

1977 – Beking becomes Prime Minister of Israel

1980 - The Black Riot Movement breaks out in Miami, USA

1986 – The first historic contact after 37 years of separation of the Straits

1987 - China's first polar research ship returned to Qingdao

1990 - China's large-scale survey of sexual civilization is successful

1992: Thailand's political situation took a sharp turn for the worse, with hundreds of thousands of people taking part in rallies against military interference in politics, the military suppressed by force, triggering large-scale street bloodshed, killing the fewest ten demonstrators, and finally mediating by the Thai king to defuse the conflict. The events of May had a profound impact on Thai politics, and since then the Thai political system has freed itself from military control and ushered in a new era of democratically elected government.

1990 – The World Health Organization (WHO) officially removes homosexuals from the psychiatric list.

1995 – The Boeing 777 is officially put into operation

1995 - Mr. Xiu Laigui takes over the Tonghua Pharmaceutical Research Institute, the predecessor of the Amendment Pharmaceutical Group, and the factory of the Amendment Pharmaceutical Group is established.

1995 – Chirac, who was elected president of France, drives in a sedan to the Elysee Palace, ready to attend the handover ceremony between the old and new presidents there. Chirac was elected seventh President of the French Fifth Republic on May 7 of that year, ending the 14-year presidency of the French Socialists. Chirac was re-elected president in May 2002.

In 1996, the Central Radio officially launched "News Investigation", which is different from the public opinion supervision of "Focus Interview", this program is an in-depth investigation program.

1997 - Today, fast chess, which Nie Weiping calls the weakness of Chinese chess players, has finally made a breakthrough. Yu Bin won the 9th "Asian Cup" fast chess championship, making Chinese players occupy a place in the world Go fast chess territory. In the past 8 sessions, Japan accounted for six, South Korea won two, and China was zero.

1997 – Yanni presents the first performance of her trip to Beijing at the Capital Gymnasium

1997 - The forces led by Kabila, leader of the League of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo-Zaire, seized power and renamed Zaire the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2000 – The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives pass bills granting China PNTR status

2000 – Macao Chief Executive Ho Hau Wah visits Portugal and signs the Agreement between the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the Portuguese Republic on Mutual Encouragement and Protection of Investments, together with the Portuguese Foreign Minister, Jaime Gamma.

2002 – 17 May means Article 175, and the Reichstag successfully passes a supplementary bill, the Abolition of the National Socialism Act, which revokes the convictions of homosexuals and wehrmacht deserters during the Nazi Era.

2004 – Massachusetts officially becomes the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage.

2007 – French President Nicolas Sarkozy appoints François Fillon as Prime Minister of France.

2007 – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization intervenes after the Estonian government accuses Russia of launching the first state-to-state cyberwar in history.

2008 – Taiwan Aid Team finds five signs of life at Beichuan Middle School

In 2008, the TVB large-scale evening party of "Unity of Purpose to Fight Earthquakes and Disaster Relief" was held, and Run Run Shaw donated 1 million yuan on the spot.

2009 - The Chinese badminton team lifted the Sudirman Cup for the seventh time, achieving three consecutive championships.

In 2010, the new bar owner of WOW Bar took office in a mystery, causing a burst of bar incidents

2010 – The same-sex marriage bill passed by the Portuguese Parliament comes into force, making Portugal the eighth country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage.

On 17 May 2010, a Pamir Air Afghanistan airliner crashed in the Golband district of Parwan Province, Afghanistan, with a total of 43 crew members, including five crew members and 38 passengers. Rescuers have found the remains of 15 victims. It is estimated that all the crew members were killed.

Birth characters

1749 – Edward Chenner, founder of cowpox vaccination, English physician.

1886 – Alfonso XIII, King of Bourbon Spain.

1904 – Jean Gabben, Famous French actor

1921 – Li Tianji, famous film screenwriter and actor.

1923 – Zou Chenglu, famous Chinese biochemist.

1936 – Dennis Hopper, Hollywood film actor and director.

1947 – Tsang Yuk-shing, first chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Alliance for the Advancement of Hong Kong.

1953 - Yoko Shimada, Japanese actress

1953 – Gérard Kwazik, French film director.

1955 – Bill Paxton, American actor and director

1956 – Shug Ray Leonard, one of the four kings of professional boxing in the 1980s.

1961 – Irish singer Enya is born.

1962 – Craig Ferguson, American actor

1964 – David Eigenberg, American actor

1965 – Trent Renault, American actor

1966 – Kerry Johnson, American actor

1966 – Hill Hubble, American actor, producer.

1970 - Maki Sakai, Japanese actress

1970 – Zhou Mingzeng, Taiwanese entertainer

1971 – Miao Feilin, former Asian Television contract actress.

1973 – Sasha Alexander, American actress

1974 - Born in 1974, former Italian international Tomasi, he played for Tianjin Teda in the Chinese Super League.

1974 – Sendersy Ramamosi, American actor

1976 – Lee Hom, a famous entertainer, is born.

1976 - Mainland male singer Li Chen was born.

1976 – Britney Daniel, American actress

- 1976 - Born of Japanese idol and V6 member of the Janis group, Akihiko Inohara.

1979 – Wang Liren, actor, model and host.

1982 – NBA San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker is born.

1983 - Deng Jiajia, a new generation of comedy divas.

1984 – Yoshinori Isaki, captain of the four-player dance group FLAME. ,,,,

1984 – Yono is the vice captain of the four-player dance group FLAME.

1987 - Wang Hao, the leader of the MIC male team of the Asian singing and dancing group, was born.

1988 - Nikki Reed, a famous American actress, is born.

1990 - Lin Yuyao, one of the 2010 new crushes of the Taiwanese variety show "I Love Black Stick Hall".

1991 – Kaori Kobayashi, Team B member of the Japanese girl group AKB48.

Deceased characters

1510 – Death of Sandro Botticelli, painter of the early Renaissance in Europe.

In 1606 – the impostor emperor in Russian history – Pseudo-Demitry was executed

1727 – Catherine I (also known as Catherine I), Empress of the Russian Empire.

1938 - Cao Kun falls ill and dies

1966 - Deng Tuo, a famous journalist, essayist, historian, poet and calligrapher in China, died at the age of 54.

1975 – Ye Qifang, renowned translator and professor of journalism.

1984 - Cheng Fangwu, a famous educator, literary activist and important representative of the new cultural movement in China, died in Beijing at the age of 87. His major translations include the Communist Manifesto and the Critique of the Gotha Programme.

1984 - Cheng Fangwu, educator and important representative of the new cultural movement.

1997 - Liang Shengwei, vice president of Beijing China-Japan Friendship Hospital, died of illness at the age of 58.

2006 – S. Foyle, 95, American composer

2007 – Lo Kwok-chau, former jockey and trainer at the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

2010 – Ding Xiongquan, 80 years old, a well-known Chinese painter in the United States, is known as the "flower picking thief" by the art world.

—Kadia Sawa Dhiphong, one of the leaders of the Thai Red Shirt Movement and a former general in the Thai Army, was shot and killed by the Thai military.

Festive customs

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

Brief introduction

17 May marks the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union in 1865. In 1973, this day was designated world telecommunications day. Since the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005 and the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in 2006, 17 May has been designated as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

International Day of No More Homophobia

This stems from the World Health Organization (WHO)'s removal of "homosexuality" from the psychiatric list on May 17, 1990. It is hoped to awaken the world's attention to the fear of homosexuality, all the physical and mental violence and unfair treatment due to sexual orientation and gender identity. Since there are many countries around the world where homosexuals are treated unfairly, the International Day against Homophobia allows others to know that homosexuals can live healthy and happy lives, thus making people no longer fear homosexuals.

Norwegian National Day

May 17 is Norway's National Day, in celebration of the birth of the Basic Law in 1814. It also celebrates Norway's independence from Swedish rule.

Party history records

On May 17, 1927, Ye Ting led his troops to defeat the Xia Douyin rebels

On May 17, 1927, Xia Douyin, commander of the Independent 14th Division of the Wuhan National Revolutionary Army, mutinied in Yichang and attacked Wuhan. At this time, the main force of the Wuhan National Government was fighting fiercely with the Feng army in Henan and could not return to help. Ye Ting, then commander of the Wuchang garrison, led his troops to counterattack according to the orders of the CPC Central Committee and the Nationalist government, and quickly defeated the Xia Douyin rebels.

May 17, 1975 Mao Zedong issued instructions on the report of the Central Military Commission on He Cheng's appointment

On May 17, 1975, Mao Zedong issued a directive to the Central Military Commission's report on He Cheng's appointment: "He Cheng is not guilty, of course, he should be assigned to work." All the slanders and untruths of the past should be pushed back. On July 2, Mao Zedong said in a directive: "Zhou Yang's case seems to be lenient, assigned work, and the sick can be raised and cured." Before and after this, according to the spirit of Mao Zedong's instructions, under the impetus of Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping and others, a number of veteran cadres were released from prison for medical treatment or assigned jobs.

On May 17, 1980, Liu Shaoqi's memorial service was solemnly held in Beijing

On May 17, 1980, Liu Shaoqi's memorial service was solemnly held in Beijing. In his eulogy, Deng Xiaoping pointed out: Comrade Liu Shaoqi fought all his life for the cause of communism. He is a well-tested and outstanding party and state leader who is loved by the whole party and the people of all nationalities throughout the country. During the "Cultural Revolution, Lin Biao, Jiang Qing, and their gang deliberately framed and brutally persecuted Comrade Liu Shaoqi for the counter-revolutionary purpose of plotting to usurp the party and seize power, taking advantage of our party's shortcomings and mistakes. On November 12, 1969, Comrade Liu Shaoqi died of illness in Kaifeng, Henan. This is a huge loss for our Party and our people. After careful investigation and study, and on the basis of conclusive evidence, at the Fifth Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party, the Party Central Committee completely overthrew all kinds of charges imposed on Comrade Liu Shaoqi, and solemnly rehabilitated Zhaoxue and restored his reputation.

From May 17 to 19, 2010, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council held a forum on Xinjiang work in Beijing

From May 17 to 19, 2010, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council held a forum on Xinjiang work in Beijing. The meeting comprehensively summed up the achievements and experiences in Xinjiang's development and stability work since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, profoundly analyzed the situation and tasks facing Xinjiang's work, further clarified the guiding ideology, main tasks, and work requirements for doing a good job in Xinjiang's work at present and for a period of time to come, and made strategic arrangements for promoting Xinjiang's leapfrog development and long-term peace and stability. Hu Jintao delivered an important speech at the meeting, stressing that doing a good job in Xinjiang's work under the new situation is an inevitable requirement for improving the living standards of the masses of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and achieving the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way; it is a strategic choice for deeply implementing the strategy of large-scale development of the western region, cultivating new economic growth points, and expanding the space for China's economic development; it is an important plan for China to implement the strategy of mutual benefit and win-win opening up and develop an all-round pattern of opening up to the outside world; and it is an urgent requirement for strengthening ethnic unity, safeguarding the reunification of the motherland, and ensuring long-term peace and stability in the frontier areas.