On This Day: May 17
Today is the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
It's a professional holiday for all programmers, system administrators, Internet service providers, web designers, online edition editors, and everyone else involved in information technology
1703 — The first victory of Russian fleet during the Great Northern War (over two Swedish ships at the mouth of the Neva river)
1824 — The diaries of Lord Byron are burnt by six of the poet's friends in London. It is sometimes described as the greatest crime in the literary history
1990 — On the night of May 17 to 18, the "Sterlitamak" meteorite falls 20 km west of the city of Sterlitamak (Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia).
2009 — Video game Minecraft is first released to the public while in development. It quickly becomes one of the most popular games in the world
@RoscongressDirect
#dayinhistory
