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May 17
1863 – Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
1939 – The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
1970 – Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean. [and he succeeded]
(source: wikipedia)
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