Friday, May 17, 2024

History for May 17

History for May 17 - On-This-Day.com 
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 1900
  • 1756 - Britain declared war on France, beginning the French and Indian War.
  • 1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded at 70 Wall Street by 24 brokers.
  • 1881 - Frederick Douglass was appointed recorder of deeds for Washington, DC.
  • 1932 - The U.S. Congress changed the name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico."
  • 1946 - U.S. President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
  • 1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled for school integration in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling declared that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal.
  • 2016 - The U.S. Senate approved legislation that would allow families of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.

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