Event:
Taylor Swift receives eight awards at the Billboard Music Awards; Pharrell Williams, Meghan Trainor, One Direction, and Sam Smith were also multiple winners at the ceremony
More Notable Events on May 17:
1983 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty
1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atlantic on reed raft
1948 Soviet Union recognized Israel
1884 Alaska becomes a U.S. territory
1883 Buffalo Bill Cody's 1st wild west show premieres in Omaha
