May 15

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on May 15. From 1900 until now. May 15 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Mireille Darc (1938), Madhuri Dixit (1967) and Andy Murray (1987). Several movies were released around May 15 over the years, such as The Shining in 1980 directed by Stanley Kubrick and Braveheart in 1995 directed by Mel Gibson.
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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 Militants kill at least 17 Niger Armed Forces troops in an ambush near the Malian border. Another 11 soldiers are missing; six others have been evacuated to a hospital. No group has claimed responsibility. (BBC) (Reuters)
2018 2018 Gaza border protests: The Israeli Army reports some 4,000 Palestinians hold violent protests in five locations along the Gaza border, throwing Molotov cocktails at troops and burning tires. The Israeli Army kills two protesters and injures more than 100 others using live fire and tear gas. (The Jerusalem Post)
2017 Western Digital appeals to arbitration in an effort to prevent its partner Toshiba, from selling its chip-making operation, Toshiba Memory. (Reuters)
2016 Iraqi civil war (2014–present): Suicide bomb attacks in a state owned cooking gas plant in Taji, north of Baghdad, kill at least 18 people, while 11 others die in attacks across the country. (Al-Jazeera) (Reuters via Daily Mail)
2015 2015 Burundian coup d'état attempt: Burundi officials say that they have arrested several coup members but the leader of the failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, Major General Godefroid Niyombare remains at large. (Reuters)
2014 Syrian Civil War:: A car bomb explodes near the Turkish border, killing at least 29 people and wounding dozens of others. (CNN)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: Gunmen using silenced weapons attack at least nine alcohol stores in western Baghdad, killing twelve people. (Al Jazeera)Thirty-five people, including three police officers, are killed in bomb attacks in Shi'ite sections of Baghdad and parts of northern Iraq. (Reuters)
2012 Syrian uprising: At least 20 civilians are killed in the Syrian province of Idlib after security forces open fire on a funeral procession. (BBC)
2011 2011 Bahraini uprising:
2010 Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
2009 US President Barack Obama nominates Rosa Gumataotao Rios to be next US treasurer.
2008 California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
2007 Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' rolls out to launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the STS-117 mission to the International Space Station. The rollout is the second for the mission, as ''Atlantis'''s External Tank was damaged during a hailstorm on February 26, leading to the shuttle being rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs. (NASAspaceflight.com)
2006 United States President George W. Bush gives a speech proposing major immigration reform in the United States. (Washington Post)
2005 Israeli-Palestinian conflict:: Shin Bet head Avi Dichter finishes his 5-year term and Yuval Diskin is appointed as his replacement. (Ynet)Israeli right wing students begin a hunger strike in protest of the Israel unilateral disengagement plan of 2004. (Haaretz) (Ynet)
2004 A 145 mm artillery shell is used as an improvised bomb on a road against US troops in Iraq. The shell explodes and two soldiers receive mild exposure to a nerve agent. (Fox News) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
2003 The date predicted by Pana-Wave Laboratory, a Japanese cult, on which a close encounter with an unknown planet would result in the extinction of most of humankind.
2002 Politics of the Netherlands: General elections for the lower house of parliament were held. The Lijst Pim Fortuyn (LPF) was the great winner, the party gained 26 of the 150 seats, a historic achievement for a new party. The CDA (Christen Democratisch Appèl) led by Jan Peter Balkenende became the greatest party (43 seats). The great losers were the coalition parties of the ruling ampquotpurple coalitionampquot (PvdA, labour party VVD, liberals D'66, leftist liberals). These parties were
2001 The female American rock band The Go-Go's release their first album in 17 years since the album ''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 (USSR)
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 (NY, Philadelphia & Washington DC)
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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