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17 May, 1510 - Sandro Botticelli Dies

Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, one of the greatest painters of the Florentine Renaissance, died.

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17 May, 1527 - Pánfilo De Narváez Florida Exploration
Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Florida with 600 men - by 1536 only 4 survive. These survivors were the first known non-Native Americans to see the Mississippi River, and to cross the Gulf of Mexico and Texas.

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17 May, 2004 - Massachusetts Legalises Same-Sex Marriage

Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage as it began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.

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17 May 1954 School s,Segregation Outlawed By US Supreme Court
On this day in 1954, lawyer Thurgood Marshall scored a landmark victory as the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Brown v Board of Education of Topeka that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

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16 May, 1920 - Joan Of Arc

Joan of Arc, national heroine of France, was canonized as a saint by Pope Benedict XV.

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16 May, 1801 - William H. Seward Born

American politician William H. Seward who is perhaps best known for his purchase of Alaska (1867) while serving as U.S. secretary of state (1861–69), was born in Florida, New York.

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16 May, 1801 - William H. Seward Born

American politician William H. Seward who is perhaps best known for his purchase of Alaska (1867) while serving as U.S. secretary of state (1861–69), was born in Florida, New York.

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16 May, 1943 - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Suppressed

On this day, Nazi troops quelled the monthlong Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, in which Polish Jews, led by Mordecai Anielewicz and the Jewish Fighting Organization, resisted deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp.
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15 May, 1988 - Soviets Begin Withdrawal From Afghanistan

More than eight years after they intervened in Afghanistan to support the procommunist government, Soviet troops begin their withdrawal.

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15 May, 1991 - Edith Cresson Appointed French Premier

On this day, Edith Cresson of the Socialist Party became the first female premier of France, but she lost the office less than a year later because of rising unemployment and declining support from within her party.
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15 May, 1928 - Mickey Mouse's Debut

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse made his debut with the premiere of the cartoon Plane Crazy.

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14 May, 1973 - America’s First Space Station, Skylab, Is Launched

Skylab, America’s first space station, is successfully launched into an orbit around the earth.

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Protect your environment

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We call it the Plastic battle
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Nature is inforgiving

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It's only possible to make a change when you do something. Say no to plastics
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Protect your environment

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You only smile when the world is happy and that happiness can be as a result of living in a world free from plastic
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Save environment

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Making it happen
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