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| Birthday May 17, 1749 Edward Jenner, English physician, discovered vaccination |
| Birthday May 17, 1836 Joseph Norman Lockyer, astroarchaeologist, founded NATURE magazine |
| Birthday May 17, 1866 Erik Satie, composer |
| Birthday May 17, 1873 Dorothy Richardson, pioneer of stream of consciousness, is born |
| Birthday May 17, 1873 Henri Barbusse is born |
| Birthday May 17, 1900 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's spiritual leader |
| Birthday May 17, 1911 Maureen O'Sullivan, in Boyle Ireland |
| Birthday May 17, 1912 Archibald Cox, 1st Watergate special prosecutor |
| Birthday May 17, 1912 Clarence (Ace) Parker, NFL quarterback (Brooklyn, Boston Yanks) |
| Birthday May 17, 1923 Birgit Nilsson, soprano |
| Birthday May 17, 1936 Dennis Hopper, an easy rider |
| Birthday May 17, 1956 Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer |
| History May 17, 1630 Italian Jesuit Niccolo Zucchi - 1st to see 2 belts on Jupiter surface |
| History May 17, 1769 Washington criticizes taxation without representation |
| History May 17, 1792 24 merchants form NY Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street |
| History May 17, 1804 Lewis & Clark begin exploration of La Purchase |
| History May 17, 1809 Papal States annexed by France |
| History May 17, 1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day) |
| History May 17, 1827 Andrew Johnson marries Eliza McCardle |
| History May 17, 1863 Confederates defeated at the Battle of Big Black River |
| History May 17, 1872 Bohemian Club incorporated |
| History May 17, 1875 1st Kentucky Derby run at Churchill Downs Winner was Aristides |
| History May 17, 1885 Geronimo flees Arizona reservation |
| History May 17, 1898 Camp Merritt established in Presidio |
| History May 17, 1921 Pres Harding opens (via telephone) 1st Valencia Orange Show |
| History May 17, 1938 Radio quiz show `Information Please!' debuts on NBC Blue Network |
| History May 17, 1939 1st sports telecast - Columbia vs Princeton - College baseball |
| History May 17, 1940 Nazis occupied Brussels Belgium |
| History May 17, 1943 The Memphis Belle flies its 25th bombing mission |
| History May 17, 1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Ed reversed 1896 `separate but equal' Plessy Vs Ferguson decision |
| History May 17, 1960 1st atomic reactor system to be patented - JW Flora - Canoga Park CA |
| History May 17, 1962 Marin County withdraws from BART district |
| History May 17, 1965 The FBI Laboratory weighs in on the dirty lyrics of Louie Louie |
| History May 17, 1968 European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite |
| History May 17, 1970 Operations continue in Cambodia |
| History May 17, 1970 Heyerdahl sails papyrus boat |
| History May 17, 1972 South Vietnamese reinforcements near An Loc |
| History May 17, 1973 Senate Watergate Committee began its hearings |
| History May 17, 1973 Televised Watergate hearings begin |
| History May 17, 1974 LAPD raid leaves six SLA members dead |
| History May 17, 1981 Islanders score 5 power play goals against Flyers in a playoff |
| History May 17, 1983 Oilers 2-Isles 4 - Stanley Cup- Isles win cup 4-0 (15-5) |
| History May 17, 1983 Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty |
| History May 17, 1983 Islanders win fourth consecutive Stanley Cup |
| History May 17, 1990 Gorbachev meets with Lithuanian prime minister |
| History May 17, 1994 Fire engulfs Honduras prison |
| History May 17, 2000 Final episode of Beverly Hills 90210 airs |
| History May 17, 2004 First legal same-sex marriage performed in Massachusetts |
| History May 17, 2005 Toyota announces plans for hybrid Camry |
| History May 17, 2012 Donna Summer, queen of disco, dies |