HISTORY QUIZ OF THIS DAY (May-17)

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May 17, 2007 :: T.K. DORAISWAMY, also known as , was an Indian , who died this day (b. 1921).

May 17, 1987 :: GUNNAR MYRDAL, died this day, was a economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898).

May 17, 1969 :: On this day, Soviet Venera 6 began its descent into the atmosphere of , sending back atmospheric data. Later, it got crashed by pressure.

May 17, 1954 :: On this day, the US Supreme Court handed down the landmark ruling that 'Separate but equal' public schools for blacks and whites the constitution. The winner of the case was the African-American lawyer Thurgood Marshall, who ultimately became the of the US Supreme Court.

May 17, 1951 :: Born this day, PANKAJ is an Indian Ghazal singer.

May 17, 1947 :: Died this day, GEORGE WILLIAM FORBES was the 22nd Prime Minister of (b. 1869).

May 17, 1945 :: Born this day, Bhagwat Subramanya CHANDRASHEKHAR was a former Indian cricketer, and leading performer of the 1971 series Indian win over England.

May 17, 1897 :: Born this day, ODD HASSEL was a chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981).

May 17, 1868 :: Born this day, Horace Elgin Dodge was an American automobile manufacturer, who made America's one of the first cars.

May 17, 1861 :: On this day, Thomas Cook arranged the first ever and set out on a trip from London Bridge to Paris.

May 17, 1792 :: is the oldest and the largest stock exchange in USA - It started on this day.

May 17, 1749 :: Born this day, EDWARD JENNER was an surgeon and discoverer of vaccination for .

May 17, 1540 :: On this day, defeated Humayun at the battle of and expelled him from India.

May 17,
:: WORLD INFORMATION SOCIETY DAY :: WISD was proclaimed to be on 17 May by a General Assembly resolution, following the 2005 on the Information Society in Tunis. The day had previously been known as to commemorate the founding of the International Telecommunication Union in 17 May 1865.