May 17th, 2023

What happened on this date?

Notable events that occurred on May 17th, 2023.

• Researchers say that there is a 66% chance that the earth will pass the 1.5 C global warming threshold by 2027.
• A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle says that the couple were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi.
• Montana bans the app TikTok.
• A judge orders biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes to surrender to custody to serve an 11-year prison sentence for wire fraud and defrauding investors.

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

• 21 days have passed since May 17th, 2023.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 20 of 2023.
• Leap Year: 2023 is not a leap year.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1684278000.

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Around this time.

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around May 17th, 2023.

• April 18th, 2023: Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems agree a last-minute settlement for $787.5m in a "vote-rigging" defamation case.
• April 19th, 2023: Ukraine receives Patriot missiles from the United States.
• April 19th, 2023: Oklahoma county commissioner Mark Jennings resigns after being recorded talking about lynching Black residents.
• April 19th, 2023: At least 85 people are killed after a stampede occurs at a charity event in Yemen.
• April 19th, 2023: K-pop singer Moon Bin commits suicide at the age of 25.
• April 19th, 2023: Microsoft announces that it will be dropping Twitter from its advertising platform.
• April 19th, 2023: Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft for allegedly training their ChatGPT AI with Twitter data.
• April 20th, 2023: Twitter begins to remove legacy blue ticks from accounts.
• April 20th, 2023: Involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin are dropped.
• April 20th, 2023: SpaceX's Starship explodes shortly after taking off.
• April 20th, 2023: MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen apologizes for her "leave pity city" speech.
• April 20th, 2023: BuzzFeed announces that it is closing its news department.
• April 21st, 2023: The horror film "Evil Dead Rise" is released.
• April 22nd, 2023: Football: Wrexham win promotion to the Football League after 15 years.
• April 23rd, 2023: Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection.
• April 23rd, 2023: UK politics: Diane Abbott is suspended as a Labour MP after claiming that Jewish people do not face racism.
• April 24th, 2023: It is announced that Tucker Carlson is leaving Fox News.
• April 24th, 2023: Don Lemon announces that he has been fired by CNN.
• April 24th, 2023: An arrest warrant is issued for Jackass star Bam Margera following a physical confrontation in Pennsylvania.
• April 25th, 2023: US President Joe Biden confirms that he is running for reelection in 2024.
• April 25th, 2023: Singer and activist, Harry Belafonte, dies at the age of 96.
• April 25th, 2023: The Taliban kills the ISIS leader that orchestrated the 2021 Afghanistan airport attack.
• April 26th, 2023: Microsoft's takeover of Activision is blocked by a British regulator.
• April 27th, 2023: Talk show host Jerry Springer dies at the age of 79.
• April 28th, 2023: Five people, including an 8-year-old boy, are shot dead at a house in Cleveland, Texas.
• April 28th, 2023: It is reported that 110 members of the Malindi cult have been found dead in Kenya following a mass starvation incident.
• April 29th, 2023: Ukrainian drones strike a Russian fuel depot in Crimea.
• May 1st, 2023: The White House estimates that 100,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine.
• May 1st, 2023: The police find seven bodies on the land of a registered sex offender in Henryetta, Oklahoma.
• May 1st, 2023: First Republic Bank is seized by financial regulators and sold to JPMorgan.
• May 2nd, 2023: The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike begins.
• May 2nd, 2023: The first-person shooter game "Redfall" is released.
• May 3rd, 2023: The Kremlin claims that it was attacked by two drones overnight.
• May 3rd, 2023: A student shoots nine people dead at the Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Belgrade, Serbia.
• May 4th, 2023: Eight people are killed in Serbia's second mass shooting in one week.
• May 4th, 2023: A court rules that Ed Sheeran's song "Thinking Out Loud" did not copy Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On".
• May 4th, 2023: GameStop announces that it is pulling out of Ireland.
• May 4th, 2023: UK politics: The Conservative Party loses more than 1,000 council seats in the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.
• May 5th, 2023: The film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" is released.
• May 5th, 2023: The WHO officially declares an end to Covid-19 global health emergency.
• May 5th, 2023: Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin threatens to pull his troops out of Bakhmut due to ammo shortages.
• May 6th, 2023: The coronation of King Charles III takes place.
• May 6th, 2023: Eight people are killed in a mass shooting at a mall in Allen, Texas.
• May 8th, 2023: Sum 41 announce that they are splitting up after 27 years together.
• May 9th, 2023: A civil trial jury in New York finds that Donald Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll.
• May 10th, 2023: US congressman George Santos is charged with fraud and money laundering.
• May 10th, 2023: Former US President Donald Trump appears on CNN Town Hall.
• May 11th, 2023: Ukrainian forces make gains around the city of Bakhmut.
• May 11th, 2023: Elon Musk announces that he will be stepping down as the CEO of Twitter.
• May 11th, 2023: The United States accuses South Africa of supplying Russia with weapons.
• May 12th, 2023: Lori Vallow Daybell is found guilty of murdering her two children and her husband's former wife.
• May 12th, 2023: Elon Musk announces that Linda Yaccarino will become the new CEO of Twitter.
• May 13th, 2023: Sweden win the 2023 Eurovision with the song "Tattoo" by Loreen.
• May 14th, 2023: Famous American poker player Doyle Brunson dies at the age of 89.
• May 15th, 2023: Vice Media files for bankruptcy.
• May 15th, 2023: Argentina raises interest rates to 97% in an effort to tackle inflation.
• May 16th, 2023: US Congresswoman Lauren Boebert files for divorce from her husband.
• May 16th, 2023: Hungary blocks a payment from the EU that provides off-budget military support for Ukraine.
• May 16th, 2023: At least six people are killed after a fire breaks out at a hostel in Wellington, New Zealand.
• May 16th, 2023: Ukraine claims that it shot down two Russian hypersonic missiles.
• This date: May 17th, 2023
• May 18th, 2023: A man is arrested after driving his car through a gate in the Vatican.
• May 18th, 2023: Legendary NFL running back Jim Brown dies at the age of 87.
• May 19th, 2023: The film "Fast X", starring Vin Diesel and Jason Statham, is released in movie theaters.
• May 19th, 2023: The brother of TV presenter Phillip Schofield is jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing a child.
• May 20th, 2023: British presenter Phillip Schofield steps down from ITV's "This Morning" show with "immediate effect".
• May 20th, 2023: Manchester City win the Premier League title after Arsenal are beaten 1-0 by Nottingham Forest.
• May 20th, 2023: The US says it will allow its Western allies to supply Ukraine with fighter jets such as the F-16.
• May 20th, 2023: Russia claims that it has captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
• May 20th, 2023: Boxing: Katie Taylor's unbeaten run comes to an end after she is defeated by Chantelle Cameron.
• May 21st, 2023: 10 people are killed during a shootout at a car rally in Baja California, Mexico.
• May 21st, 2023: Vinicius Junior is racially abused during a La Liga game between Real Madrid and Valencia.
• May 22nd, 2023: Facebook's parent company, Meta, is fined €1.2 billion by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) for transferring European user data to the United States.
• May 22nd, 2023: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong tests positive for COVID-19.
• May 22nd, 2023: The Portuguese police announce plans to search a reservoir as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
• May 22nd, 2023: Bryan Kohberger refuses to enter a plea over the University of Idaho murders.
• May 22nd, 2023: A group of anti-Putin Russian nationals called the "Freedom of Russia Legion" launches an incursion in the Belgorod border region of Russia.
• May 22nd, 2023: A 19-year-old man named Sai Varshith Kandula is arrested on multiple charges after crashing a U-Haul van into barriers near the White House.
• May 23rd, 2023: It is announced that entertainer and convicted sex offender Rolf Harris has died at the age of 93.
• May 23rd, 2023: The police search for the remains of Madeleine McCann at the Barragem do Arade reservoir in the Algarve, Portugal.
• May 23rd, 2023: Target removes some of its LGBTQ+ merchandise from stores following threats to workers.
• May 24th, 2023: Singer Tina Turner dies at the age of 83.
• May 24th, 2023: Rapper Fetty Wap is sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking.
• May 24th, 2023: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis launches his 2024 presidential campaign.
• May 25th, 2023: The video game "The Lord of the Rings: Gollum" is released.
• May 26th, 2023: Disney's fantasy film "The Little Mermaid" is released.
• May 26th, 2023: Former "This Morning" host Phillip Schofield resigns from ITV after admitting that he had a "legal but unwise" relationship with a younger man.
• May 26th, 2023: Singer Celine Dion cancels the rest of her tour due to her ongoing battle with a neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS).
• May 26th, 2023: A man is arrested for opening the emergency door of an Asiana Airlines flight during a landing in South Korea.
• May 26th, 2023: Britney Spears tells fans that she has reconnected with her estranged mother.
• May 27th, 2023: The Texas House of Representatives impeaches state Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations of bribery and abuse of public trust.
• May 27th, 2023: Twitter exits the European Union's voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation.
• May 27th, 2023: Soccer: Borussia Dortmund loses the Bundesliga title on the final day of the season after only managing a 2-2 draw against Mainz 05.
• May 28th, 2023: The series finale of Succession is aired.
• May 28th, 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secures another five years in power after defeating challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a run-off election.
• May 28th, 2023: Soccer: Leicester City are relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the season, just seven years after they lifted the title.
• May 29th, 2023: Soccer: Mauricio Pochettino is appointed as the new manager of Chelsea.
• May 29th, 2023: Moscow is attacked by two dozen drones.
• May 31st, 2023: That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson is found guilty on two counts of rape.
• May 31st, 2023: Sevilla win the Europa League after beating Roma on penalties.
• May 31st, 2023: Canada says that it will start printing health warnings directly on cigarettes.
• June 1st, 2023: Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses a historic defamation case against newspapers that had accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan.
• June 1st, 2023: The US Senate approves a debt ceiling deal just days before the deadline.
• June 1st, 2023: US President Joe Biden trips after delivering a speech at a military academy in Colorado.
• June 2nd, 2023: The computer-animated superhero film "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is released.
• June 2nd, 2023: At least 280 people die when three trains collide in the Indian state of Odisha.
• June 3rd, 2023: Soccer: Manchester City win the FA Cup after defeating Manchester United 2-1.
• June 3rd, 2023: Soccer: Real Madrid and Eden Hazard reach a mutual agreement to terminate his contract.
• June 3rd, 2023: Soccer: PSG confirm that Lionel Messi is leaving the club.
• June 4th, 2023: Saudia Arabia pledges to cut production in oil in an effort to keep prices afloat.
• June 4th, 2023: A huge anti-government protest takes place in Poland.
• June 4th, 2023: Fighter jets intercept an unresponsive Cessna Citation jet that flew over Washington, D.C., and then crashed in Virginia.
• June 5th, 2023: Russia claims that it thwarted a major Ukrainian counteroffensive.
• June 5th, 2023: Ukraine denies that Russia repelled its counteroffensive in Donetsk.
• June 5th, 2023: Former FBI agent and convicted Russian spy, Robert Hanssen, is found dead in his prison cell at the age of 79.
• June 5th, 2023: Apple reveals its Vision Pro AR headset.
• June 5th, 2023: Soccer: French striker Karim Benzema leaves Real Madrid to join Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad.
• June 6th, 2023: The video game "Diablo IV" is released.
• June 6th, 2023: The Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine collapses, causing widespread flooding.
• June 6th, 2023: US intelligence accuses Russia of destroying the Nova Kakhovka dam.
• June 6th, 2023: The PGA Tour agrees to merge with its Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf.
• June 6th, 2023: Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie launches his 2024 presidential run.
• June 7th, 2023: Reddit announces that it will be laying off 5% of its workforce.
• June 7th, 2023: Donald Trump's former vice-president, Mike Pence, officially declares his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
• June 7th, 2023: CNN CEO Chris Licht is forced to step down.
• June 9th, 2023: The film "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" is released.

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on May 17th, 2023, will have the star sign Taurus.
• Zodiac Element: Earth.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2023 is the year of the Rabbit (Yin Fire).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 2.
• Native American Zodiac: May 17th, 2023 falls under the Beaver.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of May will have the birthstone Emerald.
• Birth flower (May): The Lily of the Valley and the Hawthorn.

Holidays.

National holidays and famous events that fall on the 17th of May.

• Constitution Day (Norway)

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on May 17th, 2023 was most likely conceived around August 24th, 2022.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on May 17th, 2023 is close to February 7th, 2024.

Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about May 17th, 2023.

• A total of 21 days have passed since this date.
• 3 weeks have passed.
• 1,814,400 seconds have passed since the May 17th, 2023.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 2,116,800 times.
• Since May 17th, 2023, the Earth has travelled approximately 936,230,400 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 302,400 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 156,038 steps. That's about 69 miles!
• Since this date, 21,773 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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