05-17-2005, 02:04 PM
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May 17th
1749 ~ Birthday of Edward Jenner, inventor of vaccination.
1829 ~ Death of John Jay, first Chief Justice of the U.S.
1838 ~ Death of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat.
1846 ~ The saxophone patented by Adolphe Sax.
1900 ~ Birthday of Ayatollah Khomeini.
1900 ~ Boer War: British troops relieved Mafeking.
1935 ~ Death of Paul Dukas, French composer.
1954 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court handed down their decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
1974 ~ Thirty-three people were killed by terrorist bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland.
2004 ~ Same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts.
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