On This Day
May 17
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
1620 Line up stars here for the first Merry-go-Round
1792 The New York Stock Exchange bells ring in for the first time
1872 In the first Kentucky Derby Aristides wins jockeyed by Oliver Lewis
1963 Bruno Sammartino wins WWWF Championship over Buddy Rogers in 48 seconds
1980 The Empire Strikes Back premiers Directed by Irvin Kershner , Starting Mark Hamill
1983 New York Islanders win there 4 Stanley Cup in row sweeping the Edmonton Oilers
1993 Marty Jannetty wins the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Happy Birthday
1155 Jien Poet
1898 AJ Casson born in Toronto artist member of the Group of 7
1931 Marshall Appewhite cult leader
1934 Ronald Wayne co-founder of apple computers
1936 Dennis Hopper actor Easy Rider
1956 Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing great
1960 Simon Fuller producer
1962 Craig Ferguson TV show host
1965 Trent Reznor musician Nine Inch Nails
1970 Jordan Knight NKOTB
1973 Josh Homme musician Queens of the Stone age
1973 Sasha Alexander actress starred in Shameless, & NCIS.
1976 Kandi Burruss singer Xscape
1986 Erin Richards actress in Gotham
1990 Charlotte-Letitia Crosby Reality TV Star
1993 Dessy Slavova actress
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