May 17
Today is the 138th day of 2016, there are 228 days left in the year.
1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded by 24 brokers meeting under a tree on what is now Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement.
1829 - John Jay, American statesman and the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, died at age 83.
1940 - The Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II.
1946 - President Harry S. Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
1954 - The Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.
1973 - The Senate began hearings into the Watergate scandal.
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.
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.
1992 - Orchestra leader Lawrence Welk died at age 89.
1996 - President Bill Clinton signed "Megan's Law", a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in.
2000 - Two former Ku Klux Klansmen were arrested on murder charges in the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four black girls.
2004 - Massachusetts became the first state to allow legal same-sex marriages.
2011 - Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a statement confirming a Los Angeles Times report that he had fathered a child with a woman on his household staff more than a decade earlier.
Birthdays
20 - Ryan Ochoa (actor)
26 - Leven Rambin (actress)
28 - Karrueche Tran (model)
28 - Nikki Reed (actress)
31 - Matt Ryan (football player)
34 - Tony Parker (basketball player)
38 - Carlos Pena (baseball player)
40 - Kandi Burruss (R&B singer)
43 - Sasha Alexander (actress)
46 - Jordan Knight (singer)
51 - Paige Turco (actress)
54 - Craig Ferguson (TV host)
60 - Bob Saget (actor/comedian)
60 - Sugar Ray Leonard (boxer)
61 - Bill Paxton (actor)
76 - Adel Emam (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 17
1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was run; the winner was Aristides.
1915 - Chicago Cubs' George "Zip" Zabel relieves with two outs in first and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn Dodgers in longest relief job ever.
1925 - Tris Speaker of the Cleveland Indians records his 3,000th hit.
1927 - The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Braves 4-3 in 22 innings.
1928 - The Olympic Games open in The Netherlands.
1953 - The New York Yankees and Cleveland Browns use a record 41 players in a game.
1959 - Sam Snead sets a PGA record for 36 holes with a 122.
1969 - The Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers all agree to move from the NFC to the AFC.
1970 - Hank Aaron becomes the 9th player in major league history with 3,000 hits.
1971 - Three Cleveland Indians' players collide trying to catch a short pop fly over second base, allowing Tom McCraw one of the shortest home runs in baseball history.
1979 - Philadelphia Phillies beat Chicago Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 homeruns.
1983 - The New York Islanders sweep the Edmonton Oilers to win the Stanley Cup.
1984 - Mario Soto of the Cincinnati Reds throws four strikeouts in one inning.
1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays reach the one-million mark in season attendance sooner than any baseball team in major league history.
1998 - New York Yankees pitcher David Wells became the 13th player in modern major league history to throw a perfect game in a 4-0 win over the Minnesota Twins.
Today is the 138th day of 2016, there are 228 days left in the year.
1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded by 24 brokers meeting under a tree on what is now Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement.
1829 - John Jay, American statesman and the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, died at age 83.
1940 - The Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II.
1946 - President Harry S. Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
1954 - The Supreme Court issued its landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling, which declared that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal.
1973 - The Senate began hearings into the Watergate scandal.
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.
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.
1992 - Orchestra leader Lawrence Welk died at age 89.
1996 - President Bill Clinton signed "Megan's Law", a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in.
2000 - Two former Ku Klux Klansmen were arrested on murder charges in the 1963 church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four black girls.
2004 - Massachusetts became the first state to allow legal same-sex marriages.
2011 - Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a statement confirming a Los Angeles Times report that he had fathered a child with a woman on his household staff more than a decade earlier.
Birthdays
20 - Ryan Ochoa (actor)
26 - Leven Rambin (actress)
28 - Karrueche Tran (model)
28 - Nikki Reed (actress)
31 - Matt Ryan (football player)
34 - Tony Parker (basketball player)
38 - Carlos Pena (baseball player)
40 - Kandi Burruss (R&B singer)
43 - Sasha Alexander (actress)
46 - Jordan Knight (singer)
51 - Paige Turco (actress)
54 - Craig Ferguson (TV host)
60 - Bob Saget (actor/comedian)
60 - Sugar Ray Leonard (boxer)
61 - Bill Paxton (actor)
76 - Adel Emam (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 17
1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was run; the winner was Aristides.
1915 - Chicago Cubs' George "Zip" Zabel relieves with two outs in first and winds up with 4-3 19-inning win over Brooklyn Dodgers in longest relief job ever.
1925 - Tris Speaker of the Cleveland Indians records his 3,000th hit.
1927 - The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Braves 4-3 in 22 innings.
1928 - The Olympic Games open in The Netherlands.
1953 - The New York Yankees and Cleveland Browns use a record 41 players in a game.
1959 - Sam Snead sets a PGA record for 36 holes with a 122.
1969 - The Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers all agree to move from the NFC to the AFC.
1970 - Hank Aaron becomes the 9th player in major league history with 3,000 hits.
1971 - Three Cleveland Indians' players collide trying to catch a short pop fly over second base, allowing Tom McCraw one of the shortest home runs in baseball history.
1979 - Philadelphia Phillies beat Chicago Cubs, 23-22, on 50 hits with 11 homeruns.
1983 - The New York Islanders sweep the Edmonton Oilers to win the Stanley Cup.
1984 - Mario Soto of the Cincinnati Reds throws four strikeouts in one inning.
1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays reach the one-million mark in season attendance sooner than any baseball team in major league history.
1998 - New York Yankees pitcher David Wells became the 13th player in modern major league history to throw a perfect game in a 4-0 win over the Minnesota Twins.
