Today is Tuesday, May 17, the 137th day of 2017 in the Gregorian calendar, with 228 days remaining.
There are:
9 days until the
start of Ramadan;
12 days until Memorial
Day;
18 days until Pentecost;
28
days until Flag
Day;
35 days until the
Summer Solstice;
39 days until the
end of Ramadan;
39 days until Father's
Day;
48 days until Independence
Day (July 4);
110 days until Labor
Day;
538 days until the
2018 mid-term elections; and
Donald Trump has been President of
the United States for 118 days. There are 1,345 days remaining, assuming
he doesn't resign or is otherwise removed from office.
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On this day in 1971, the musical Godspell opened off-Broadway.
(Clip from the 1973 film version of the musical. Jesus is portrayed
by Victor
Garber in his first film role. Also appearing in her first feature
was Lynne
Thigpen as Lynne.)
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Among other things- and given the news- is it a surprise that today is also World Hypertension Day?
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The New York Times' On This Day for today.
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Florida woman found with meth in bra says it came from yard sale.
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Some persons born on May 17 who said interesting things:
- Stewart Alsop (1914-1974), American newspaper columnist and political analyst;
- Archibald Cox (1912-2004), American lawyer and politician;
- Craig Ferguson (1962), Scottish-American television host, comedian, and actor;
- Dennis Hopper (1936-2010), American actor and director;
- Anna Brownell Jameson (1794-1860), ;
- Alan Kay (1940), American computer scientist and academic;
- Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), American boxer;
- Julius Sumner Miller (1909-1987), American physicist and academic;
- Merle Miller (1919-1986), American author and screenwriter;
- Dorothy Richardson (1873-1957), British author and journalist;
- Bob Saget (1956), American comedian, actor, and television host;
- Erik Satie (1866-1925), French composer and pianist;
(The KGB Quotations Database currently contains 52,059 entries.)
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Quote of the day:
"Comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it. It should be about
attacking the powerful- the politicians, the Trumps, the blowhards-
going after them. We shouldn't be attacking the vulnerable."
-Craig
Ferguson
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Seth Meyers' look at the last eight days in Trumpland...
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We're late and abbreviated today. See you tomorrow.
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