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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_Against_Homophobia,_Biphobia_and_Transphobia" title="International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia">International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1590" title="1590">1590</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Denmark" title="Anne of Denmark">Anne of Denmark</a></b> was crowned the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_royal_consorts" title="List of Scottish royal consorts">queen consort of Scotland</a> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entry_and_coronation_of_Anne_of_Denmark" title="Entry and coronation of Anne of Denmark">a ceremony</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyrood_Abbey" title="Holyrood Abbey">Holyrood Abbey</a> in Edinburgh.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: At the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Big_Black_River_Bridge" title="Battle of Big Black River Bridge">Battle of Big Black River Bridge</a></b> in Mississippi, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> forces under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._McClernand" title="John A. McClernand">John A. McClernand</a> defeated a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> rearguard and captured around 1,700 men.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900" title="1900">1900</a> – The first copies of the children's novel <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz" title="The Wonderful Wizard of Oz">The Wonderful Wizard of Oz</a></b></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum" title="L. Frank Baum">L. Frank Baum</a> were printed.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> ruled in the landmark case <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education" title="Brown v. Board of Education">Brown v. Board of Education</a></b></i>, outlawing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">racial segregation</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States" title="Education in the United States">public schools</a> because "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and therefore unconstitutional.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – An Iraqi jet <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stark_incident" title="USS Stark incident">fired two Exocet missiles</a></b> at the American frigate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stark" title="USS Stark">USS <i>Stark</i></a>, killing 37 personnel and injuring 21 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_of_Brunswick" title="Caroline of Brunswick">Caroline of Brunswick</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1768); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Gerhard" title="Little Gerhard">Little Gerhard</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1934); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Laubser" title="Maggie Laubser">Maggie Laubser</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1973)</p>
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