May 17
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May 17 is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 228 days remain until the end of the year.
- 786 CE – The Uprising of Fakhkh began in Medina. (Dhu l-Qa'da 13, 169 AH)
- 1968 CE – Demise of Ahmad Ahari (Safar 18, 1388 AH)
- 2009 CE – Demise of Muhammad Taqi Bahjat, a Shi'a authority and a contemporary mystic. (Jumada I 22, 1430 AH)