Historical Events In May - 15

1899  Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 on May - 15.   

1902  On May - 15 portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola   

1902  Portugal declares itself bankrupt on this day in history.   

1902  On May - 15 lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft   

1902  Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chic) on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history anny Ondra, Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman)   

1904  Clifton Fadiman, Bkln NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids) on this day in history.   

1905  Las Vegas, Nevada is founded on May - 15.   

1905  Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville on this day in history.   

1905  Las Vegas Nevada founded on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse)   

1906  On this day in history nY Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning   

1907  Toronto Ontario, plumbers go on four-month strike nobody plug the toilet!!!!! on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history josef Alexander, composer   

1908  Artist Claude Monet destroys some of his paintings, which he didn't like on May - 15.   

1908  On May - 15 lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)   

1909  On May - 15 the birth of James Mason, British actor   

1909  On May - 15 james Mason, England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)   

1910  On May - 15 the last time a major earthquake happened on the Elsinore Fault Zone.   

1910  On May - 15 constance Cummings, Wash, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour)   

1911  British house of commons accept Parliament Bill on May - 15.   

1911  Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)   

1911  On this day in history leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy)   

1912  Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game & is suspended on this day in history.   

1912  37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6 on May - 15.   

1912  On this day in history alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer   

1914  Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris on May - 15.   

1914  Jack Pepys, immunologist on May - 15.   

1915  On this day in history a T & T becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders   

1915  On this day in history maurice B Latey, commentator (BBC World Service)   

1916  On May - 15 asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front   

1916  On May - 15 bill Williams, Bkln NY, actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels)   

1917  Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist on this day in history.   

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on May - 15.   

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on this day in history.   

1608  On May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)   

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.   

1754  Pierre Dutillieu, composer was born on May - 15.   

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  On this day in history birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  On May - 15 death of valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21   

0884  Marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies on this day in history.   

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history death of yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince   

1174  On May - 15 nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

1381  On this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 15.