On this day in history - Today, May, 17

Today in History

• 1999 Ehud Barak becomes Prime Minister of Israel

  During his tenure, Barak attempted to revive the peace negotiations with the Palestinian Liberation

• 1990 The WHO deletes homosexuality from its list of mental diseases

  Precisely 14 years later, the first same-sex marriages in the United States were performed as Massac

• 1972 Germany ratifies the Treaty of Warsaw

  Chancellor Willy Brandt signed the treaty, by which Germany gives up any territorial claims and guar

• 1954 The U.S. Supreme Court declares racially segregated public schools unconstitutional

  Despite this landmark decision, de facto racial segregation was upheld for years in some areas of th

• 1943 The Royal Air Force dambusters wreck three German dams

  The RAF squadron used revolutionary bouncing bombs to avoid the torpedo nets protecting the dams. Th