Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 17
On May 17:
- 1792 - The New York Stock Exchange was formed.
- 1814 - Norway's first constitution was adopted
- 1846 - The Saxophone was patented by Adolphe Sax
- 1902 - Archaeologist Spyridon Stais found the Antikythera mechanism
- 1954 - The U.S. Supreme Court issued their Brown v. Board of Education ruling, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.