Saturday, May 17, 2014

History for May 17

History for May 17 - On-This-Day.com:
Armed Forces Day


Happy Birthday! Sugar Ray Leonard, Bill Paxton, Debra Winger


1756 - Britain declared war on France, beginning the French and Indian War. 


1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 brokers. 


1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was run at Louisville, KY


1932 - The U.S. Congress changed the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico." 


1946 - U.S. President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen. 


1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled for school integration in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling declared that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal. 


1973 - The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began its hearings. 



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