May 17, 2012 5:10 AM EDT
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*1994: Violence Against Women Act was established to provide funds for domestic abuse prevention. *Since 1994, the VAWA has been renewed twice with wide bipartisan agreement. *An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by...
 
*May 17, 1973: Televised Watergate hearings opened, headed by North Carolina senator Sam Ervin.
 
*The hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal species on Earth, after elephants and white rhinos.
 
Daily trivia from the world of pop culture and entertainment
*Camden, NJ was the site of the nation’s first drive-in movie theater, which opened in 1933.