5 Things To Know Today: Thursday, May 17

• The Weston Board of Selectmen meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room at .

• Beyond Reading in Easton meets tonight at the Easton Public Library at 7 p.m. The book in discussions? When We Were Strangers by Pamela Schoenewaldt.

• Why not head over to the Weston Public Library's community room to relax with some Tai Chi at 5:30 p.m. this evening? 

• On this day in 1875, the first Kentucky Derby was held. Aristides won. 

• On this day in 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregation was illegal in public schools in the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education.