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17 May 2020
A pair of Michael Jordan's Air Jordan sneakers sold for a record $560,000 at auction.
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17 May 2015
Blurryface, the fourth studio album by Twenty One Pilots, was released.
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17 May 2004
Massachusetts became the first US state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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17 May 1999
Ehud Barak becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
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17 May 1993
American country music artist Alan Jackson released his 'Chattahoochee' single.
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17 May 1990
The WHO deletes homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.
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17 May 1984
Jack Tramiel founded Atari as Tramel Technology, Ltd.
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17 May 1974
NASA's SMS-1 satellite launched from Cape Canaveral atop a Delta rocket.
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17 May 1972
Germany ratifies the Treaty of Warsaw.
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17 May 1971
Stephen Schwartz's musical 'Godspell' premiered off-Broadway.
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17 May 1964
The first Tim Hortons opened in Hamilton, Ontario, by NHL player Tim Horton.
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17 May 1954
The U.S. Supreme Court declares racially segregated public schools unconstitutional.
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17 May 1939
The first televised baseball game was broadcasted on NBC, featuring Princeton defeating Colombia 2-1.
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17 May 1938
The Naval Act of 1938 passed in United States legislation.
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17 May 1861
The first-ever color photo was taken.
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17 May 1824
The diaries of Lord Byron were burned by six of the poet's friends.
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17 May 1733
Great Britain passed the Molasses Act.
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17 May 1620
The first merry-go-round debuted at a fair in Philippopolis, Turkey.
