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On This Day for May 17 - School segregation outlawed by U.S. Supreme Court, Edward Jenner is featured, and more

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May 17
Edward Jenner: smallpox vaccination
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Edward Jenner
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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1954
School segregation outlawed by U.S. Supreme Court
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Massachusetts state flag
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1936
Dennis Hopper
American actor, director, and writer
1956
Sugar Ray Leonard
American boxer and television commentator
1866
Erik Satie
French composer
1749
Edward Jenner
English surgeon
1886
Alfonso XIII
king of Spain
1971
Máxima
queen consort of the Netherlands
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