Marvin Gaye 1983
Singer Marvin Gaye performs on opening night at Radio City Music Hall, May 17, 1983, New York. (AP Photo/Nancy Kaye)
American Nazis
General view of Madison Square Garden, New York City, on May 17, 1934, shows about 20,000 sympathizers with the new Germany who gathered there to denounce the Jewish boycott and cheer for Hitler. About 1,000 Communists paraded outside the Garden, while 750 police stood ready to quell disturbances. (AP Photo)
William Hollenbaugh search
Police dogs and their keepers await search instructions at Shade Gap, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, May 17, 1966, where a manhunt is underway for William Hollenbaugh, who is wanted in connection with the kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick and the death of FBI agent Terry Anderson. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis)
Astronaut Gordon Cooper Returns to Earth
Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper and his space capsule, Faith 7, are lifted by a crane to the deck of the USS carrier Kearsarge after rescue from the Pacific Ocean on May 17, 1963. (AP Photo)
The Great Depression Relief Protest 1938
Some of the several hundred "sit-downers" camped out at City Hall, are seen in the council chamber, in Cleveland, Ohio, May 17, 1938. The event was part of a sit-down strike aimed at calling attention to the city's relief policies and practices. (AP Photo)
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau, French writer and producer, makes a non-literary cut on the costume of Veronika Mlaka for the ballet, “La Dame et la Licorne” (The Woman and the Unicorn) in Munich, Germany May 17, 1953. Cocteau, who wrote the libretto, went to Munich to prepare the work for its world premiere at the Bavarian State Opera House. (AP Photo/A)
Belgium Brussels Bayern Munich vs Atletico Madrid European Cup
German soccer club FC Bayern Munich’s Gerd Mueller, right, heads a goal against Atletico Madrid although challenged by Heraldo Becerra, left, during replay for the European Cup Champions Cup in Brussels, Belgium on May 17, 1974. Bayern Munich won 4-0. (AP Photo)
Elton John
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On May 17, 1954: A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which held that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional.