Born:
Richard Bolling, born in New York City, New York, Representative-D-Missouri 1949 - 1983, U.S. civil-rights leader
More Notable Birthdays on May 17:
1956 - Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete
1955 - Bill Paxton, actor, Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies
1945 - George Miller, born in Richmond, California, Representative-D-California 1975 -
1936 - Dennis Hopper, born in Kansas, actor, True Grit, Blue Velvet, Easy Rider
1912 - Archibald Cox, special prosecutor, Watergate