Events of May 17 in THE REAGAN YEARS:

1913:  [exact day uncertain] Ronald Reagan's family moves to a two story house with a white columned portico, departing by the end of 1914. In later life, Reagan has a recurring dream of a tall gracious house with white columns, which some take to be prophetic of eventually living in the White House.
1976:  Reagan claims that the creators of Roosevelt's New Deal were inspired by Mussolini's Fascist goverment in Italy. "Fascism was really the basis for the New Deal," he asserts.
1981:  Notre Dame awards an honorary degree to Ronald Reagan, with the statement, "His vision... has a compelling simplicity about it."