What Happens on May 17th

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Every year : The holiday of Saint Robert Bellarmine, an Italian Roman Catholic theologian and cardinal who won fame as a controversial writer during the Counter-Reformation era

1999 : Ehud Barak, who replaced Shimon Peres as leader of the Israeli Labor Party in 1997, was elected prime minister of Israel defeated Benjamin Netanyahu

1987 : During the Iran-Iraq War, US ship Stark was hit by an Iraqi missile accidentally, 37 US sailors were declared dead

1925 : Saint Theresia of Lisieux, who lived life with simplicity and kindness and became one of the most popular saints of the Roman Catholic Church, canonized

1890 : Cavalleria Rusticana, Pietro Mascagni's ironic opera of the rural customs, was first staged in Rome, precisely at Teatro Costanzi

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