What day of the week was May 17, 1992?

The day of the week May 17th, 1992 fell on was a Sunday.

Lawrence Welk the American accordion player and bandleader (b. 1903) died on this day in 1992.

Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok the leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, many disappearances, hundreds of injuries, and over 3,500 arrests.