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Birthdays occurring on May, 17
| 1749 |
Edward Jenner was born on May 17, 1749
English surgeon and discoverer of vaccination for smallpox. 1749-1823The joy I felt as the prospect before me of being the instrument destined to take away from the world one of its greatest calamities (smallpox) was so excessive that I found myself in a kind of reverie More quotations from Edward Jenner |  |
| 1866 |
Erik Satie was born on May 17, 1866
When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see, when you're fifty. I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing. More quotations from Erik Satie |
Deaths occurring on May, 17
| 1977 |
Robert M. Hutchins died on May 17, 1977
American educator and writer, active in forming the Committee to Frame a World Constitution (1945), led the Commission on Freedom of the Press (1946), and vigorously defended academic freedom, opposing faculty loyalty oaths in the 1950s. 1899-1977It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts…it is to teach them to think. More quotations from Robert M. Hutchins |
| 1977 |
Robert Maynard Hutchins died on May 17, 1977
American educator, active in forming the Committee to Frame a World Constitution (1945), led the Commission on Freedom of the Press (1946), and vigorously defended academic freedom, opposing faculty loyalty oaths in the 1950s. 1899-1977A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one More quotations from Robert Maynard Hutchins |  |
| 1987 |
Gunnar Myrdal died on May 17, 1987
The big majority of Americans, who are comparatively well off, have developed an ability to have enclaves of people living in the greatest misery without almost noticing them More quotations from Gunnar Myrdal |  |
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