On May 17, 1937,

Teddy Hill and His Orchestra recorded "King Porter Stomp" for RCA Victor's Bluebird label in New York; making his recording debut was trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.

In 1510,

Early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli died in Florence, Italy; he was probably in his mid 60s.

In 1792,

the New York Stock Exchange had its origins as a group of brokers met under a tree on Wall Street.