On This Day — May 17

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on May 17.

• 2014: A military plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people.
• 2010: Pamir Airways Flight 112 crashes in Afghanistan's Shakardara District, killing 44.
• 2007: Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.
• 2006: The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
• 2004: The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.

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