May 17
1536 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn invalid after she failed to produce a male heir; Boleyn, already condemned for high treason, was executed two days later.
1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was established when a group of 24 brokers and merchants met by a tree on what is now Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement.
1938 - NBC aired the "Information, Please!" quiz show on the radio for the first time.
1940 - The Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II.
1946 - President Harry S. Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying -- but not preventing -- a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional.
1973 - Televised Watergate hearings opened, headed by North Carolina Sen. Sam Ervin.
1980 - Rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating Black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.
1987 - An Iraqi warplane attacked the USS Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors and wounding 62. (Iraq apologized for the attack, calling it a mistake, and paid more than $27 million in compensation.)
1996 - President Bill Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. (Megan's Law, as it's known, was named for Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and murdered in 1994.)
1997 - Laurent Kabila declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2004 - Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriages.
2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that young people serving life prison terms should have "a meaningful opportunity to obtain release" provided they didn't kill their victims.
2013 - The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, faced hours of intense grilling before Congress; both defiant and apologetic, Miller acknowledged agency mistakes in targeting tea party groups for special scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, but insisted that agents broke now laws and that there was no effort to cover up their actions.
2015 - A shootout erupted between bikers and police outside a restaurant in Waco, Texas left nine bikers dead and 20 injured.
2017 - The Department of Justice appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the 2016 Donald Trump campaign.
2018 - With six Democrats joining Republicans in voting to confirm her, Gina Haspel won Senate confirmation to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Birthdays
29 - Justin Martin (actor)
32 - Samantha Browne-Walters (actress)
33 - Leven Rambin (actress)
33 - Charlotte Crosby (reality star)
35 - Karrueche Tran (model)
35 - Nikki Reed (actress)
37 - Tahj Mowry (actor)
38 - Matt Ryan (football player)
40 - Ginger Gonzaga (actress)
41 - Tony Parker (basketball player)
44 - Ayda Field (actress)
45 - Kat Foster (actress)
47 - Kandi Burruss (singer)
47 - Rochelle Aytes (actress)
49 - Andrea Corr (singer)
50 - Josh Homme (singer)
50 - Sasha Alexander (actress)
53 - Jordan Knight (singer)
57 - Hill Harper (actor)
58 - Paige Turco (actress)
59 - David Eigenberg (actor)
60 - Page McConnell (singer)
61 - Craig Ferguson (actor/comedian)
62 - Enya (singer)
63 - Simon Fuller (TV personality/host)
64 - Jim Nantz (sportscaster)
67 - Sugar Ray Leonard (boxer)
70 - Kathleen Sullivan (TV personality)
83 - Peter Gerety (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 17
1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
1927 - The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings.
1953 - The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians set a record when they used 41 players in a game.
1969 - The Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to move from the NFC to the AFC.
1970 - Hank Aaron became the ninth player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.
1983 - The New York Islanders sweep the Edmonton Oilers to win a fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.
1987 - Eric ‘Sleepy’ Floyd of the Golden State Warriors set a playoff record for points in a single quarter with 29.
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 win over the Minnesota Twins.
2020 - An autographed pair of Michael Jordan's Air Nike 1s trainers from 1985 sell for a record $560,000 in an online auction.
2022 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey was suspended for 60 games by Major League Baseball for distributing a prohibited drug of abuse.
1536 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn invalid after she failed to produce a male heir; Boleyn, already condemned for high treason, was executed two days later.
1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was established when a group of 24 brokers and merchants met by a tree on what is now Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement.
1938 - NBC aired the "Information, Please!" quiz show on the radio for the first time.
1940 - The Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II.
1946 - President Harry S. Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying -- but not preventing -- a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional.
1973 - Televised Watergate hearings opened, headed by North Carolina Sen. Sam Ervin.
1980 - Rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating Black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.
1987 - An Iraqi warplane attacked the USS Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors and wounding 62. (Iraq apologized for the attack, calling it a mistake, and paid more than $27 million in compensation.)
1996 - President Bill Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. (Megan's Law, as it's known, was named for Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and murdered in 1994.)
1997 - Laurent Kabila declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2004 - Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriages.
2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that young people serving life prison terms should have "a meaningful opportunity to obtain release" provided they didn't kill their victims.
2013 - The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, faced hours of intense grilling before Congress; both defiant and apologetic, Miller acknowledged agency mistakes in targeting tea party groups for special scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, but insisted that agents broke now laws and that there was no effort to cover up their actions.
2015 - A shootout erupted between bikers and police outside a restaurant in Waco, Texas left nine bikers dead and 20 injured.
2017 - The Department of Justice appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the 2016 Donald Trump campaign.
2018 - With six Democrats joining Republicans in voting to confirm her, Gina Haspel won Senate confirmation to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Birthdays
29 - Justin Martin (actor)
32 - Samantha Browne-Walters (actress)
33 - Leven Rambin (actress)
33 - Charlotte Crosby (reality star)
35 - Karrueche Tran (model)
35 - Nikki Reed (actress)
37 - Tahj Mowry (actor)
38 - Matt Ryan (football player)
40 - Ginger Gonzaga (actress)
41 - Tony Parker (basketball player)
44 - Ayda Field (actress)
45 - Kat Foster (actress)
47 - Kandi Burruss (singer)
47 - Rochelle Aytes (actress)
49 - Andrea Corr (singer)
50 - Josh Homme (singer)
50 - Sasha Alexander (actress)
53 - Jordan Knight (singer)
57 - Hill Harper (actor)
58 - Paige Turco (actress)
59 - David Eigenberg (actor)
60 - Page McConnell (singer)
61 - Craig Ferguson (actor/comedian)
62 - Enya (singer)
63 - Simon Fuller (TV personality/host)
64 - Jim Nantz (sportscaster)
67 - Sugar Ray Leonard (boxer)
70 - Kathleen Sullivan (TV personality)
83 - Peter Gerety (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 17
1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
1927 - The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Braves, 4-3, in 22 innings.
1953 - The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians set a record when they used 41 players in a game.
1969 - The Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to move from the NFC to the AFC.
1970 - Hank Aaron became the ninth player in MLB history to record 3,000 career hits.
1983 - The New York Islanders sweep the Edmonton Oilers to win a fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.
1987 - Eric ‘Sleepy’ Floyd of the Golden State Warriors set a playoff record for points in a single quarter with 29.
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 win over the Minnesota Twins.
2020 - An autographed pair of Michael Jordan's Air Nike 1s trainers from 1985 sell for a record $560,000 in an online auction.
2022 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey was suspended for 60 games by Major League Baseball for distributing a prohibited drug of abuse.
