On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.
Go to article » On May 17, 1911, Maureen O'Sullivan, the American movie actress who played "Jane" in the Tarzan movies, was born. Following her death on June 22, 1998, her obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1792 | The New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree on what is now Wall Street. |
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| 1829 | John Jay, American statesman and the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, died at age 83. |
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| 1875 | The first Kentucky Derby was run; the winner was Aristides. |
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| 1939 | Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Quebec on the first visit to Canada by reigning British sovereigns. |
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| 1940 | The Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II. |
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| 1946 | President Harry S. Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen. |
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| 1971 | The musical "Godspell" opened off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. |
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| 1973 | The Senate began hearings into the Watergate scandal. |
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| 1980 | Rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating a black man. |
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| 1987 | An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors. Iraq and the United States called the attack a mistake. |
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| 1996 | President Bill Clinton signed "Megan's Law," a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. |
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| 1998 | New York Yankees pitcher David Wells became the 13th player in modern major league baseball history to throw a perfect game in a 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins. |
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| 1999 | Labor Party leader Ehud Barak unseated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israeli elections. |
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| 2000 | Two former Ku Klux Klansmen were arrested on murder charges in the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., that killed four black girls. |
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| 2004 | Massachusetts became the first state to allow legal same-sex marriages. |
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Current Birthdays
Boxing Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard turns 55 years old today.
AP Photo/Alex BrandonSen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., turns 70 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg
| 1942 | Taj Mahal, Blues singer, turns 69 |
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| 1949 | Bill Bruford, Rock musician (Yes, King Crimson), turns 62 |
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| 1953 | Kathleen Sullivan, TV personality, turns 58 |
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| 1955 | Bill Paxton, Actor, turns 56 |
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| 1956 | Bob Saget, Actor, comedian ("Full House"), turns 55 |
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| 1959 | Jim Nantz, Sports announcer, turns 52 |
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| 1961 | Enya, Singer, turns 50 |
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| 1962 | Craig Ferguson, TV host ("The Late Late Show"), turns 49 |
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| 1963 | Page McConnell, Rock musician (Phish), turns 48 |
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| 1965 | Trent Reznor, Rock singer, musician (Nine Inch Nails), turns 46 |
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| 1966 | Hill Harper, Actor ("CSI: NY"), turns 45 |
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| 1969 | Thom Filicia, TV personality ("Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"), turns 42 |
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| 1970 | Jordan Knight, Singer (New Kids on the Block), turns 41 |
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| 1974 | Sendhil Ramamurthy, Actor ("Heroes"), turns 37 |
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| 1982 | Matt Cassel, Football player, turns 29 |
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| 1988 | Nikki Reed, Actress , turns 23 |
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Historic Birthdays
| 77 | Albert 5/17/1490 - 3/20/1568
Prussian duke (1525-68) and last grand master of the Teutonic Knights (1510-1525) |
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| 73 | Edward Jenner 5/17/1749 - 1/26/1823
English surgeon; helped develop smallpox vaccination |
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| 59 | Erik Satie 5/17/1866 - 7/1/1925
French composer |
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| 52 | Horace E. Dodge 5/17/1868 - 12/10/1920
American automobile manufacturer |
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| 84 | Dorothy Richardson 5/17/1873 - 6/17/1957
English novelist |
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| 72 | Jean Gabin 5/17/1904 - 11/15/1976
French film actor |
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| 66 | Karl Schafer 5/17/1909 - 4/26/1976
Austrian ice skater; won Olympic gold medal winner in 1932 and 1936 |
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| 60 | Stewart Alsop 5/17/1914 - 5/26/1974
American journalist |
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| 64 | Robin Maugham 5/17/1916 - 3/13/1981
English novelist, playwright and travel writer |
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| 65 | Robin Howard 5/17/1924 - 6/12/1989
English balletomane; promoted modern dance in Britain |
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