Alan Curtis Kay is an American computer scientist who pioneered work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface (GUI) design. At Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface. There he also led the development of the influential object-oriented programming language Smalltalk, both personally designing most of the early versions of the language and coining the term "object-oriented." He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. He received the Turing Award in 2003.

1940Reynato Puno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines^[†]

Reynato Serrano Puno, KGCR is a Filipino jurist. He served as the 22nd chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 8, 2006, by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo until his mandatory retirement on May 17, 2010. Puno had initially been appointed to the Supreme Court as an associate justice on June 28, 1993.

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1940World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.^[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

Headlines from May 17, 1940

Nazi Plane Sinks Former U.S. Liner Harding; Allies' Sea Losses Put at 90,000 Tons in a Day; FORMER U.S. LINER SUNK BY NAZI FLIER

ROOSEVELT'S PLEA LEAVES ROME COOL; Italy's War Decision Will Be Determined in Battle Now Raging, It Is Said

Paris Is Put Under Military Rule; Change in Army Command Hinted; Reynaud Tells Chamber New Men and Methods May be Necessary--Promises Nation Not to Spare Lives or Effort

BOTH HOUSES SPEED DEFENSE PROGRAM; Additional Army, Navy and Air Corps Funds Are Pushed at Sessions of Committees

BATTLE AT LOUVAIN; British in Three Fierce Infantry Attacks Drive Germans From City SNIPERS CHECK NAZIS Hot Fighting in Streets --Last of Residents Flee From Town

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