Today in History for 17th May 2025
Historical Events
1849 – Fire destroy Centrum in St Louis, Missouri
1876 – 7th US Cavalry under General George Armstrong Custer leaves Fort Lincoln
1941 – Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A’s manager Connie Mack
1970 – Anonymous buyer purchases one of the pairs of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” for $15,000 at MGM Studio auction, and donates them to the Smithsonian Institution
2013 – 90 people are killed and 200 are injured after a series of bombings across Iraq
Famous Birthdays
1923 – Michael Beetham, British Marshall of the RAF (Falklands War), born in London, England (d. 2015)
1952 – Howard Hampton, Canadian politician, Attorney General (1990-93), and Ontario MMP (1999-2011), born in Fort Frances, Ontario
1962 – Steven Honigberg, American classical cellist (National Symphony Orchestra; Potomac String Quartet), born in Chicago, Illinois
1968 – Dave Abbruzzese, American drummer (Pearl Jam), born in Stamford, Connecticut
1970 – Matt Eberflus, American NFL football coach (Chicago Bears, 2022-), born in Toledo, Ohio
Famous Deaths
1694 – Johann Michael Bach, German composer (In Dulci Jubilo), dies at 46
1889 – William Roxby Beverly, artist, dies
1992 – George Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87
2004 – Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943)
2009 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet, dies from respiratory and intestinal problems at 88
