On This Day:
Saturday May 17, 2014 This is the 137th day of the year, with 228 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: caves Caves are naturally occurring chambers formed in rock. There are many different types, some of which contain hidden lakes and waterfalls. Caves can be found in many terrains, from the sea to glaciers. Stalactites (downward) and stalagmites (upward) are calcium deposits formed when droplets of water partially evaporate in the caves, often over thousands of years. Caves can also be called caverns, but cavern more accurately refers to an extensive network of giant caves.
Holidays Feast day of St. Madron, St. Paschal Baylon, and St. Bruno of Würzburg.
Norway: Independence Day or Constitution Day.
United Nations: World Telecommunication Day.
Events 1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was founded by brokers meeting under a tree located on what is now Wall Street.
1814 - Norway's constitution was signed, providing for a limited monarchy.
1845 - The rubber band was patented.
1875 - The first Kentucky Derby was run; the winner was Aristides.
1954 - The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and said that schools must be integrated.
1973 - The U.S. Senate opened its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal.
1974 - A Los Angeles Police Department raid leaves six Symbionese Liberation Army members dead.
1996 - President Bill Clinton signed "Megan's Law," a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in.
2003 - Vatican officials confirmed that Pope John Paul II was suffering from Parkinson's disease.
2005 - Los Angeles Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa defeated incumbent mayor James Hahn to be elected the city's first Hispanic mayor since 1872.
2006 - The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef.
Births 1749 - Edward Jenner, English pioneer of vaccination.
1911 - Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-born American actress.
1956 - Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer.
1965 - Michael Trent Reznor, American musician.
1971 - Argentina-born Princess Máxima of the Netherlands.
Deaths 1575 - Matthew Parker, archbishop of Canterbury.
1886 - John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer.
1947 - George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935.
1992 - Orchestra leader Lawrence Welk, 89.
2002 - Dave Berg, American cartoonist, most noted for his work in MAD Magazine.
2004 - Actor Tony Randall, 84.
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