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Today in History – May 17

1860 – German football club TSV 1860 München is founded

TSV 1860 München

1983 – The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world’s largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds), in response to the Appalachian Observer’s Freedom of Information Act request.

Oak Ridge National Labatory