May 17

May 17 is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by May 16, and succeeded by May 18. Following May 17, there are 228 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"The virtuous man cannot be hurt, the misery that his enemy would inflict comes back on himself."

Events

• 1917 – Women's Indian Association founded by Dorothy Graham Jinarājadāsa

Births

• 1840 – Richard Harte, Irish journalist who assisted the Founders with periodicals. (d. February 19, 1903)

Deaths

• 1916 – Dr. Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden, German scholar and first president of the Germania Theosophical Society, at Göttingen, Germany. (b. October 20, 1846)

Holidays and observances

• None listed for this date.

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia