Today in History for 17th May 2018:
Historical Events
1930 – 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6
1954 – US Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education reverses 1896 “separate but equal” Plessy v Ferguson decision
1987 – “Stardust” closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances
1990 – World Health Organization takes homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses
2006 – 14th UEFA Champions League Final: Barcelona beats Arsenal 2-1 at Saint-Denis
2015 – 24th Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins top artist and 7 other awards
Famous Birthdays
1888 – A P “Tich” Freeman, cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent and England)
1908 – Sigismund Toduta, composer
1941 – Grace Zabriskie, American actress
1962 – Scott Case, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)
1972 – John Burrough, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 – Josh Homme, American musician and songwriter
Famous Deaths
1591 – Jost Amman, Swiss woodcut artist, dies at 51
1694 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer, dies at 46
1916 – Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68
1955 – Leslie Hylton, cricketer (West Indies quickie 1939), hung for murder
2006 – Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911)
2009 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet, dies from respiratory and intestinal problems at 88