May 17 in history: • 1395 – An outnumbered Wallachian army repulsed invading Ottoman forces at the Battle of Rovine. → go there • 1521 – Edward Stafford (pictured), whose father had been beheaded for rebelling against King Richard III of England, was himself executed for treason against King Henry VIII. → go there • 1900 – Second Boer War: The Siege of Mafeking in South Africa was lifted after 217 days, a decisive victory for the British against the Boers. → go there • 1974 – The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force detonated a series of car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland, killing 34 people and injuring almost 300 others. → go there • 1995 – Six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama selected by the 14th Dalai Lama, was kidnapped by the Chinese government, who advocated a proxy. → go there Born 1551: Martin Delrio Wiki link Died 1951: William Birdwood Wiki link Died 1981: Jeannette Piccard Wiki link Born 1998: Patricia Guijarro Wiki link Pictured: Edward Stafford.