05-17-2011, 06:57 PM
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Location: Maryland
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May 17th
1749 ~ Birthday of Edward Jenner, inventor of vaccination.
1838 ~ Death of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat.
1935 ~ Death of Paul Dukas, French composer.
1936 ~ Birthday of Dennis Hopper, Actor & Director.
1943 ~ The RAF carried out the Dambusters raid.
1954 ~ The U.S. Supreme Court issued their decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
1974 ~ Thirty-three people were killed by terrorist bombings in Ireland.
1992 ~ Death of Lawrence Welk, American musician.
1996 ~ President Bill Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in - Megan's Law.
2004 ~ Same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts.
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