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May 17th, 1954. In Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down racially segregated public schools as "separate and unequal".
1954年5月17日，在华盛顿，美国最高法院驳回种族隔离公立中小学请求，认为该隔离“不公平”。
The court's ruling in "Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka"
法庭对布朗诉托皮卡教育局案的裁决
fuels America's civil rights movement and the eventual end of legal segregation in the United States.
点燃了美国公民权利运动，加速了美国合法隔离的最终灭亡。
1973. Also in Washington, a U.S. Senate committee begins public hearings to investigate the Watergate scandal.
1973年，同样在华盛顿，美国参议院委员会开始公开审理调查水门丑闻。
Senator Sam Ervin, Democrat from North Carolina, is in the committee chair.
来自北卡罗来纳州的民主党人，参议员山姆·艾文位列委员会主席。
"If the many allegations made to this date are true,
“如果这些指控都是真实的，
then the burglars who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate
那么那些闯入水门民主党全国委员会总部的窃贼
were in effect breaking into the home of every citizen of the United States."
实际上是闯入了每个美国市民的家中。”
The following year, the scandal forces Richard Nixon to become the first President to resign from office.
第二年，这起丑闻迫使理查德·尼克松成为第一位辞职的总统。
1792. Birth of the New York Stock Exchange as a group of brokers meet under a tree located on what is now Wall Street.
1792年，一群经纪人在位于如今华尔街的一棵树下会面，纽约证券交易所因此诞生。
And 1875. The horse Aristides wins the First Kentucky Derby, held at the track in Louisville, Kentucky that eventually becomes known as Churchill Downs.
1875年，名为阿里斯提德的马匹赢得了第一届肯塔基马赛，第一届肯塔基马赛在肯塔基州路易斯维尔跑道举办，最终这里被称为邱吉尔园马场。
Today in History, May 17th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.
以上是5月17日《历史上的今天》，美联社罗斯·辛普森为您播报。
