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On May 17th
In 1875 – Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
In 1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
In 1963 – Bruno Sammartino defeats Nature Boy Buddy Rogers in 48 seconds in Madison Square Garden for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship. It begins the longest heavyweight championship reign in professional wrestling history.
Notable Births
In 1936 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director
In 1956 – Bob Saget, American actor
In 1962 – Craig Ferguson, Scottish actor and comedian
Notable Deaths
In 2002 – Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler
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On May 18th
In 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
In 1897 – Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
In 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
In 1980 – 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
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In 1952 – George Strait, American musician
In 1970 – Tina Fey, American writer/actress
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May 19th
In 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
In 1943 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the cross-English Channel landing (D-Day would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather).
Notable Births
In 1925 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist
In 1944 – Peter Mayhew, British-American actor
In 1946 – André the Giant, French professional wrestler
Notable Deaths
In 1536 – Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England
In 1994 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady of the United States
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May 20th
In 1873 – Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
In 1883 – Krakatoa begins to erupt. The volcano's final and most notable explosion occurs on August 26.
In 1927 – At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, touching down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.
In 1969 – The Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam ends.
Notable Births
In 1946 – Cher, American singer
In 1968 – Timothy Olyphant, American actor
In 1971 – Tony Stewart, American race car driver
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May 21st
In 1924 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
In 1927 – Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1932 – Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and thereby becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Notable Births
In 1917 – Raymond Burr, Canadian actor
In 1951 – Al Franken, American comedian
In 1952 – Mr. T, American actor
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On May 22
In 1960 – An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
In 1969 – Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles (16 km) of the moon's surface.
In 1992 – After 30 years, 66-year-old Johnny Carson hosts The Tonight Show for the last time.
2008 – The Late-May 2008 tornado outbreak sequence unleashes 235 tornadoes, including an EF4 and an EF5 tornado, between 22 May and 31 May 2008. The tornadoes struck 19 states and one Canadian province.
Notable Births
In 1859 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British physician and writer
In 1972 – Anna Belknap, American actress
In 1978 – Ginnifer Goodwin, American actress
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On May 23rd
In 1929 – The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released.
In 1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
Notable Births
In 1958 – Drew Carey, American actor, comedian, and game show host
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Re: On this day in History...
Drew Carey LOL -- he's a sell out 
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Re: On this day in History...
lol
On May 24th
In 1830 – "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
In 1856 – John Brown and his men murder five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
In 2004 – Communications in North Korea: North Korea bans mobile phones.
Notable Births
In 1938 – Tommy Chong, Canadian-born actor and comedian
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That's pretty cool about Mary Had A Little Lamb
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