May 17th
- 1943 – Alan Ryan was born.
- 1946 – F. Paul Wilson was born.
- 1946 – She-Wolf of London went to theaters.
- 1950 – Dian Curtis Regan was born.
- 1955 – Bill Paxton was born.
- 1959 – George Albert Smith died, age 95.
- 1973 – Matthew McGrory was born.
- 1983 – Victor Halperin died, age 87.
- 2007 – All Hell Breaks Loose (Part 2) first aired on television.