User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/May 17

May 17

 * 1809 - Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire.
 * 1900 - Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
 * 1967 - Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
 * 1987 - An Iraqi fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. warship USS Stark (FFG-31), killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.