Today in History for 17th May 2023

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Historical Events

1527 - Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men, by 1536 only 4 are still alive
1648 - Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria
1673 - Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi
1964 - First Tim Horton's coffee and donut shop opens in Hamilton, Ontario by NHL player Tim Horton
1970 - Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
2015 - 22nd Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins top artist and 7 other awards

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Famous Birthdays

1758 - John St Aubyn, British fossil collector, born in Golden Square, London (d. 1839)
1873 - Dorothy M. Richardson, English novelist (Pilgrimage), born in Abington, Berkshire (d. 1957)
1898 - A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (member of Group of Seven), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1992)
1926 - Tenniel Evans, British actor and clergyman (10 Rillington Place, My Brother's Keeper), born in Nairobi, Kenya (d. 2009)
1931 - [Walter] Dewey Redman, American jazz saxophonist, born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2006)
1969 - Paige Turco, actress (Melanie-Guiding Light), born in Boston, Massachusetts

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Famous Deaths

1916 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b. 1862)
1917 - Belva Ann Lockwood, American attorney (1st lady to argue in Supreme Court), dies at 86
1936 - Panagis Tsaldaris, twice Greek prime minister (b. 1868)
1944 - Félix Éboué, French colonial administrator, dies at 60
2010 - Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer (Mélopées africaines), and teacher, dies at 86
2010 - Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter (b. 1929)

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