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Today in History May 17 highlights 1792 to 1987 events
May 17 marks a sequence of events from 1792 founding of the New York Stock Exchange to 1987 deaths of singer Lawrence Welk and several major historical milestones. Notable items include Aristides winning the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, Brown v Board in 1954, Watergate probes in 1973, and the Stark incident of 1987.
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New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Aristides
Congress
Britain
George VI
Elizabeth
Quebec
Canada
Truman
Soviet Union
Israel
Supreme Court
Brown Vs. Board of Education of
Topeka
Senate
Miami
Liberty City
Tampa
Arthur McDuffie
Stark
Persian Gulf
Iraq
United States
Thailand
Lawrence Welk
Santa Monica
Calif
Associated Press