Home
The Community
Instant Chat
Slow Chat
Magazines
Goole Magazine
Radio Times Archive
Web tools
Create Webtours
Lat-long visualiser
Slow journey planner
Pub Quiz System
Oblique prompts
Academic
Humanities HUB
Writing
UK University Navigator
Text Concordancer
Web Deconstruction Kit
WWWVL References & Citations (last update 2003)
Information
Photo Archive
Some other sites
Trivia
Today in History
Fletcher Family History
Diversions
Meta Name Generator
Anti-spreadsheet
Chaos spreadsheet
Game of Life lab
Ideas
Decimal Clock
Pig Latin
Comply Energy
Knowledge Dungeon
REFQuest game
About
About Spaceless
Feedback
spaceless.com — Today in History
Sunday, 17 May 2026
Day 137 of 2026 · 228 days remaining in the year · Week 20
← 16 May
Today
18 May →
API </>
Show
Births (2)
Deaths (0)
Events (7)
Reminders (1)
Country
NO
US
Category
Arts & Culture
Miscellaneous
Politics & Government
Science & Technology
2
Births
7
Events
1
Reminders
10
Total entries
★ Born on this day
2 entries
1866
Erik Satie, composer.
US
Arts & Culture
160 yrs ago
1911
Maureen O'Sullivan, actress.
US
Arts & Culture
115 yrs ago
► Events on this day
7 entries
1620
First merry-go-round seen at a fair in Philippapolis, Turkey.
US
406 yrs ago
1792
24 brokers meet to found the New York Stock Exchange.
US
234 yrs ago
1804
Lewis & Clark begin their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase.
US
222 yrs ago
1845
the rubber band is invented.
US
Science & Technology
181 yrs ago
1872
Bohemian Club incorporated.
US
154 yrs ago
1921
President Harding opens (via telephone) first Valencia Orange Show in Anaheim.
US
Politics & Government
105 yrs ago
1954
Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, overthrowing the principle of "separate but equal."
US
72 yrs ago
▶ Also today
1 entry
▶
Norwegian Independence Day.