May 15: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

May 15th marks the 135th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 136th in case of leap years). There are 230 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Mireille Darc (1938), Madhuri Dixit (1967) and Andy Murray (1987).
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Holidays

Paraguay - Independence Day. Celebrations for the anniversary of the independence begin on Flag Day, 14 May.
Nakba Day in Palestinian communities.
Roman Empire - Mercuralia in honor of Mercury held.
International day of climate changes.
International conscientious objectors' day.
Buddha's Birthday in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea (2005).
United States - Peace Officers Memorial Day.
International day of families.
Teacher's Day in Mexico (Dfa del Maestro) and South Korea (??? ?).
Saint Dymphna
Saint Achillius
Saint Gerebern
Saint Isidore the Labourer
Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle
Saint Reticius
Saint Denise
Slovenia - Day of Slovenian armed forces.
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Events

2019 In an ambush close to the Malian border, at least 17 Niger Armed Forces soldiers were killed by militants. Six more soldiers have been evacuated to hospital, while 11 others are still missing. None of the groups has claimed responsibility.
2018 2018 Gaza border protests. The Israeli Army reported that around 4,000 Palestinians are protesting at five locations near the Gaza border. They were throwing Molotov cocktails at soldiers and setting fire to cars. Two protesters are killed by the Israeli Army. More than 100 others are injured or injures by live fire and teargas.
2017 Western Digital files an arbitration appeal to stop Toshiba Memory, its chip-making partner, from selling Toshiba Memory.
2016 Iraqi civil War (2014-present). At least 18 people were killed in suicide bombings at a cooking gas plant owned by the state in Taji, north Baghdad. 11 more died in other attacks.
2015 2015 Burundi coup d'etat: Officials in Burundi claim that they have taken into custody several members of the coup but Major General Godefroid Niyombare, the leader of the failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza remains at large.
2014 Syrian Civil War: A car bomb explodes close to the Turkish border killing at least 29 and injuring many more.
2013 Insurgency in Iraq (post-U.S. withdrawal:) Gunmen using silenced guns attack at least nine liquor stores in western Baghdad, killing 12 people. (Al Jazeera). Three police officers and thirty-five others are killed in bombings in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad, as well as parts of northern Iraq.
2012 Syrian uprising: Twenty civilians were killed in Idlib, a province in Syria. Security forces opened fire on a funeral procession.
2011 2011 Bahraini uprising:
2010 Jessica Watson is the youngest person to solo sail non-stop around the globe.
2009 US President Barack Obama nominated Rosa Gumataotao Rios as the next US Treasurer.
2008 After the state's Supreme Court declared a ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, California became the second U.S. State to legalize it in 2004, after Massachusetts.
2007 Space Shuttle "Atlantis" rolls out to launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for the STS-117 mission. This is the second rollout for the mission. ''Atlantis’'’s External Tank was damaged in a hailstorm on February 26th. The shuttle was subsequently rolled back to Vehicle Assembly Building to be repaired.
2006 United States President George W. Bush delivers a speech proposing major reforms in immigration.
2005 Conflict between Israeli and Palestinians: Shin Bet head Avi Dichter is out of office after a 5-year term. Yuval Diskin was elected his replacement. (Ynet.) Students of right-wing Israel go on hunger strike to protest the 2004 Israel unilateral disengagement plan.
2004 An improvised bomb is created using a 145mm artillery shell to attack US troops in Iraq. Two soldiers are exposed to mild nerve agents after the shell explodes.
2003 Pana-Wave Laboratory is a Japanese cult that predicts the date at which an encounter with an unknown planet will result in the death of most humankind.
2002 The Netherlands politics: There were general elections for the lower house. The Lijst Pim Fortuyn was the winner. It won 26 of the 150 seats. This is a remarkable achievement for a new party. Jan Peter Balkenende's CDA (Christen Democratisch Appel), was the most powerful party with 43 seats. The coalition parties of the ruling ampquotpurple coalitionampquot were the great losers (PvdA), labour party VVD and liberals D'66, leftist Liberals). These parties were
2001 The first album by American female rock band The Go-Go's in 17 years after the release of 'Talk Show' (1984)
1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission.
1996 Nine hostages held by the Free Papua Organization in Irian Jaya are rescued after an operation by the Indonesian military; two other hostages are later found dead.
1993 Jane Seymour and James Kesch, Marriage
1992 Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue.
1991 President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland Athletics-Baltimore Oriole game
1990 Cemetery Club opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 56 performances
1989 Chu Chem closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 44 performances
1988 Carrie closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 5 performances
1987 1st Energiya Launch
1986 Argentine ex-President Galtieri sentenced to 12 years.
1985 Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
1983 Madison Hotel (Boston, Massachusetts) destroyed by implosion.
1981 George Harrison releases All Those Years Ago in the UK
1980 1st trans-US balloon crossing
1978 Students of the University of Tehran riot in Tabriz the army stops the riot.
1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic.
1976 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1975 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1974 Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president of Germany.
1972 Hard Job Being God opens at Edison Theater NYC for 6 performances
1971 70, Girls, 70 closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 35 performances
1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from US Supreme Court.
1968 Wonderwall with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival
1967 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
1966 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational.
1965 Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1962 US marines arrive in Laos.
1961 Bonanza by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
1960 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 100th anniversary of first college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams; Teams re-enact the original contest.
1958 USSR launches Sputnik III
1957 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden - Billy Graham launched a crusade
1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again
1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
1953 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title
1952 Detroit Tigers' pitcher Virgil Trucks no-hits Washington Senators, 1-0.
1951 The Polish cultural attache in Paris, Czes?aw Mi?osz, asks the French government for political asylum.
1948 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4.
1945 World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
1944 Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Winston Churchill and King George VI discuss D-Day plan.
1943 Halifax bombers sinks U-463
1942 Nazi occupiers in the Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers
1941 Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1
1940 1st nylon stockings sold in US
1938 Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium.
1937 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4.
1936 Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town
1935 Pirates beat Phillies 20-5
1934 Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for John Dillinger, dead or alive.
1933 First voice amplification system to be used in US Senate.
1932 The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'etat, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.
1931 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno
1930 Ellen Church becomes first airline stewardess, United Airlines (San Francisco to Cheyenne).
1929 Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio, USA).
1928 Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy
1926 British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike.
1923 Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms
1920 Russian Revolution: Russian White soldier Maria Bochkareva is executed in Soviet Russia.
1919 Brooklyn Dodgers score ten runs in 13th to beat Cincinnati Reds 10-0.
1918 1st airmail postal service
1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front.
1915 AT&T becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders
1914 Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire" premieres in Paris France.
1912 Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game and is suspended.
1911 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates.
1905 Las Vegas Nevada founded
1904 The Russian minelayer Amur laid a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sank Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and ''Yashima''.
1903 US Treasury Department purchases 250,000 ounces of silver for the San Francisco Mint.
1902 Lyman Gilmore is first person to fly a powered craft.
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