Today in History
Listings for Friday, May 17, 2019.
Birthdays:
- 1866 Erik Satie, composer
- 1900 Ayatollah Khomeini
- 1911 Maureen O'Sullivan
- 1936 Dennis Hopper
- 1956 Bob Saget
- 1956 Sugar Ray Leonard
- 1961 Eithne, pronounced Enya
- 1965 Michael Trent Reznor
Events:
- Norwegian Independence Day
- 1792 24 brokers meet to found the New York Stock Exchange
- 1804 Lewis & Clark begin their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase
- 1954 Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, overthrowing the principle of 'separate but equal'.
That's all for today.
