What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
05/17/1866	Erik Satie, composer
EVENTS
05/17/	Norwegian Independence Day
05/17/1792	24 brokers meet to found the New York Stock Exchange
05/17/1804	Lewis & Clark begin their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase
05/17/1954	Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Topeka Board of Education,
05/17/1954	overthrowing the principle of 'separate but equal'.

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