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May 17

4 sourced moments from May 17 in history: The Buttonwood Agreement plants the seed of the New York Stock Exchange (1792); The first Kentucky Derby is run, and Aristides gallops into history (1875); Aristides Wins the Inaugural Kentucky Derby (1875), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on May 17

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1954 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The US Supreme Court rules school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board

A unanimous Court declared separate schools inherently unequal, overturning "separate but equal" and reshaping American civil rights.

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1875 Sports · Records & Statistics

The first Kentucky Derby is run, and Aristides gallops into history

America's most famous horse race debuted in Louisville, won by a small chestnut colt and a 19-year-old jockey before 10,000 spectators.

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1875 Sports · Records & Statistics

Aristides Wins the Inaugural Kentucky Derby

A small chestnut colt and a 19-year-old jockey turned a single afternoon in Louisville into America's longest-running sporting tradition.

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1792 Society & Economy · Business & Markets

The Buttonwood Agreement plants the seed of the New York Stock Exchange

Twenty-four brokers under a Wall Street tree signed two sentences that grew into the world's largest stock exchange.

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