Daily Almanac: May 17, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:28 a.m.
SET: 8:59 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 70 °F
LOW: 52 °F

Today is…:

• National Cherry Cobbler Day
• National Pinot Grigio Day
• World FM Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1990 The WHO deletes homosexuality from its list of mental diseases. Precisely 14 years later, the first same-sex marriages in the United States were performed as Massachusetts became the first state to legalize them.
• 1972 Germany ratifies the Treaty of Warsaw. Chancellor Willy Brandt signed the treaty, by which Germany gives up any territorial claims and guarantees the Oder-Neisse line as the valid border to Poland.
• 1954 The U.S. Supreme Court declares racially segregated public schools unconstitutional. Despite this landmark decision, de facto racial segregation was upheld for years in some areas of the United States.

Births On This Day:

• 1956 Sugar Ray Leonard
American boxer, actor

• 1936 Dennis Hopper
American actor, director

Deaths On This Day:

• 2011 Harmon Killebrew
American baseball player
• 1829 John Jay
1st Chief Justice of the United States