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What happened in history on this day: May 17?
On May 17 in ...
- 1976 - In Los Angeles, California, the 28th Annual Emmy Awards (primetime programming) are presented, hosted by Mary Tyler Moore and John Denver.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama or Comedy Special: Anthony Hopkins for The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series: Edward Asner for Rich Man, Poor Man
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Peter Falk for the Columbo series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Jack Albertson for Chico and the Man
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series: Hal Holbrook for Lincoln
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special: Susan Clark for Babe
Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series: Kathryn Walker for episode John Adams, Lawyer of The Adams Chronicles
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Michael Learned for The Waltons
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series: Rosemary Harris for Notorious Woman
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore for Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Anthony Zerbe for Harry O
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music: Chevy Chase for Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Special: Ed Flanders for A Moon for the Misbegotten
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Ted Knight for Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Series: Gordon Jackson for episode The Beastly Hun of Upstairs, Downstairs
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Betty White for Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Series: Fionnula Flanagan for Rich Man, Poor Man
Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music: Vicki Lawrence for The Carol Burnett Show
Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Ellen Corby for The Waltons
Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Special: Rosemary Murphy for Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork: Leonard Chumbley, Walter Edel, John Feher, and Steve Zink for The Adams Chronicles
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series: Gene Reynolds for episode Welcome to Korea of M*A*S*H
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series: David Greene for Rich Man, Poor Man
Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction: Seiji Ozawa for Central Park in the Dark/A Hero's Life
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series: Dave Wilson for Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction: Bill Klages, Lon Stucky for Mitzi and a Hundred Guys and John Freschi for Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's
Outstanding Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy: Daniel Petrie for Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special: Dwight Hemion for Steve and Eydie: Our Love Is Here to Stay
Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Original Teleplay: James Costigan for Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series: Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herbert Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster, and Alan Zweibel for Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series: Sherman Yellen for episode John Adams, Lawyer of The Adams Chronicles
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Special: Jane Wagner, Lorne Michaels, Ann Elder, Christopher Guest, Earl Pomerantz, Jim Rusk, Lily Tomlin, Rod Warren, and George Yanok for The Lily Tomlin Special
Outstanding Writing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy - Adaptation: David W. Rintels for Fear on Trial
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series: David Lloyd for episode Chuckles Bites The Dust of Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming for a Special: Paul Lohmann, Edward R. Brown for Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography for Entertainment Programming for a Series: Harry L. Wolf for episode Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow of Baretta
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - Single Episode of a Comedy, Drama or Limited Series: Tom H. John, John A. Wendell, and Wes Laws for Beacon Hill
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - Single Episode of a Comedy-Variety or Music Series or a Comedy-Variety or Music Special: Raymond Klausen, Robert Checchi for Cher
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Special: Joe I. Tompkins for Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for Music-Variety: Bob Mackie for Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama or Comedy Series: Jane Robinson and Jill Silverside for episode Recovery of Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing: Don J. Bassman, Donald F. Johnson for Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Achievement in Tape Sound Mixing: Dave Williams for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Series - For a Single Episode of a Comedy Series: Stanford Tischler and Fred W. Berger for episode Welcome to Korea of M*A*S*H
Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Series - For a Single Episode of a Drama or Limited Series: Samuel E. Beetley and Ken Zemke for episode The Quality of Mercy of Medical Story
Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing for Entertainment Programming for a Special: Michael Kahn for Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Series: Girish Bhargava, Manford Schorn for The Adams Chronicles
Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Special: Nick Giordano for Alice Cooper: The Nightmare
Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing - For a Single Episode of a Regular or Limited Series: Doug Grindstaff, Al Kajita, Marvin I. Kosberg, Hans Newman, Leon Selditz, Richard Friedman, Stan Gilbert, Hank Salerno, Larry Singer, and William Andrews for episode The Quality of Mercy of Medical Story
Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing - For a Special Program: Charles L. Campbell, Lawrence E. Neiman, Colin C. Mouat, Larry Carow, Donald L. Warner Junior, John W. Singleton, Thomas McMullen, Joe Divitale, Carl Kress, John Kline, and John Hanley for The Night That Panicked America
Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series: Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series: Alex North for Rich Man, Poor Man
Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music: Gypsy in My Soul
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Special Musical Material: Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch, and Arthur Malvin for Cinderella Gets It On of The Carol Burnett Show
Outstanding Classical Music Program: Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic of Great Performances
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Special: Jerry Goldsmith for Babe
Outstanding Special - Drama or Comedy: Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequences: Norman Sunshine for Addie and the King of Hearts
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Daytime Programming: Rene Lagler, Richard Harvey for Dinah!
Outstanding Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore
Outstanding Children's Special: Huckleberry Finn and You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown
Outstanding Drama Series: Police Story
Outstanding Achievement in Make-Up: Del Armstrong and Michael Westmore for Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Limited Series: Upstairs, Downstairs
Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement: Bicentennial Minutes, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts: Don Sahlin, Kermit Love, Caroly Wilcox, John Lovelady, and Rollin Krewson for Sesame Street and Jean Burt Reilly and Billy Laughridge for Eleanor and Franklin
Outstanding Edited Sports Series: ABC's Wide World of Sports
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming: Bud Nolan and Jim Cookman for Bound for Freedom
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming: Joseph J.H. Vadala for A Determining Force
Outstanding Achievement in Choreography: Tony Charmoli for Gypsy in My Soul
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction or Scenic Design - Dramatic Special or Feature Length Film Made for TV: Jan Scott and Antony Mondello for Eleanor and Franklin
Special Award - Outstanding Achievement in Engineering: Eastman Kodak - For the development of Eastman Ektachrome Video News and Sony Corporation - For the U-matic video cassette concept
Citation - Outstanding Achievement in Engineering: Tektronix - For leadership in development of of equipment verifying television transmission performance in the vertical interval.
- 1985 - The character of Bobby Ewing (played by Patrick Duffy) is killed off on the season finale of TV show Dallas, aired on CBS-TV.
- 2000 - FOX airs the final episode, number 296, of TV show Beverly Hills 90210.
Births on May 17
- 1878 - Birth of Conway Tearle; US actor (Klondike Annie, Should Ladies Behave?).
- 1899 - Birth of Ralf Harolde in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off).
- 1904 - Birth of Jean Gabin [Alexis Moncorgé]; actor (Stormy Waters, French Can Can).
- 1907 - Birth of Horace McMahon in South Norwalk, Connecticut, USA; actor (Martin Kane Private Eye).
- 1909 - Birth of Magda Schneider; actress (Eva, Going Gay, Be Mine Tonight).
- 1926 - Birth of Tenniel Evans; reverend, actor (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper).
- 1936 - Birth of Dennis Hopper in Dodge City, Kansas, USA; actor (True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider).
- 1938 - Birth of Don Dolan in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Guy Lewis - General Hospital).
- 1938 - Birth of Jason Bernard; actor (Judge - Liar Liar).
- 1941 - Birth of Miriam Margolyes; actress (Will Be).
- 1953 - Birth of Yoko Shimada in Kumamota, Japan; author (Kir Royal), actress (Shogun).
- 1955 - Birth of Bill Paxton; actor (Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies).
- 1956 - Birth of Bob Saget in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian/actor (Danny - Full House, America's Funniest Home Videos).
- 1960 - Birth of Fiona Hutchison in Miami, Florida, USA; actress (One Life to Live, Guiding Light).
- 1963 - Birth of Brigitte Nielsen; actress (Red Sonja, Rocky IV, Domino).
- 1965 - Birth of Paige Turco in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Dinah - Guiding Light).
- 1967 - Birth of Cameron Bancroft; actor (Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1967 - Birth of Debbie Dutch in Titusville, New Jersey, USA; actress (Hell's Paradox).
Deaths on May 17
- 1943 - Montagu Love, actor (Wind), dies at age 65.
- 1974 - Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at age 49.
- 1984 - Death of Gordon Sinclair at age 83 after a heart attack; journalist (Toronto Star, "Let's Be Personal" on CFRB), panelist (Front Page Challenge).
- 1985 - Hugh Burden, actor (The House in Nightmare Park), dies at age 72.
- 1992 - Death of Lawrence Welk at age 89 from pneumonia; bandleader (The Lawrence Welk Show TV show, "Calcutta" (1961)).
- 1994 - Alain Cuny [René X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at age 85.
- 1999 - Death of Henry Jones at age 86 of complications from injuries suffered in a fall; character actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Kraft TV Theatre, Playhouse 90, Studio One, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Mrs. Columbo, Gun Shy).
- 2004 - Death of Tony Randall AKA Leonard Rosenberg at age 84 of pneumonia following heart surgery; actor (Reggie - I Love a Mystery radio show, Mr. Peepers TV show, The Odd Couple, The Tony Randall Show, Love Sidney).
- 2022 - Death of Vangelis of heart failure in Paris, France at age 79; composer (score to Chariots of Fire film (1981), Oscar winner).
- 2022 - Death of Marnie Schulenburg of breast cancer complications at age 37; actor (One Life to Live TV show, As the World Turns TV show).
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