17 May — memory beta

Events which occurred on the 17th of May.

Events

1510: Painter Sandro Botticelli dies.
1749: Physician Edward Jenner is born.
1900: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is published.
1974: Working undercover as geneticist "Veronica Neary", Roberta Lincoln tours Sarina Kaur's underground Chrysalis Project base in Rajasthan, India and meets Kaur's young child, Augment Khan Noonien Singh. Kaur discovers some functions of Gary Seven's servo and reveals to the captured Aegis agent that she has a stockpile of flesh-eating bacteria intended to cure Earth's overpopulation problem. (TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1)
2164: Section 31's Matthew Harris assigns Charles Tucker III to a fact-finding mission on the planet Sauria. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Tower of Babel)

1969: TOS comic: "The Third Party" concludes with the 4th installment, in Joe 90: Top Secret, Issue 18.
1980: The 14th installment of TOS comic: "Double Bluff" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1981: The 22nd installment of TOS comic: "The Savage Within" is published.
1982: The 78th installment of TOS comic: "The Wristwatch Plantation" is published.
1983: The 8th installment of TOS comic: "Goodbye to Spock" is published.
1993: DS9 episode: "Rightful Heir" airs (week of).
2000: VOY episode: "The Haunting of Deck Twelve" airs.
2008: Remastered edition of TOS episode: "A Private Little War" airs.
2016: TOS reference: What Would Captain Kirk Do? is published by Price Stern Sloan.
2017: TOS - Stranger Worlds comic: "Issue 6" is released by IDW Publishing.
2018: TNG - Adventures RPG module: A Star Beyond the Stars is released by Mōdiphiüs Entertainment.
2023: TOS - The Motion Picture: Echoes comic: "Issue 1" and ST comic: "The Red Path, Part 2" are released.