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May 17 is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
Events[]
- 1970 – April Larken gives Dale Cooper a D on his English midterm. Cooper laments that April seemingly is only interested in sleeping with dead poets.[1]
- 1985 – Douglas Milford entrusts Major Garland Briggs with the command of Listening Post Alpha.[2]
Behind the scenes[]

- 1941 – Grace Zabriskie is born.
- 1965 – Trent Reznor is born.
- 1990 – "Episode 6" premieres on ABC.