Historical Events In May - 15

1991  Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84 on May - 15.  

1992  On May - 15 colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy  

1992  On May - 15 in Kyrgyzstan a 6.2 quake resulted in three people killed, 5,500 houses completely destroyed and more than 4,000 houses damaged  

1992  On May - 15 new York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores  

1992  Bruce Hopkins, performer/director, dies at 44 on May - 15.  

1993  Jane Seymour & James Kesch marry on May - 15.  

1994  On May - 15 frederik baron van Pallandt, Danish singer (Nina & F), murdered at 61  

1995  On May - 15 china People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China  

2005  On May - 15 a passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in Bangladesh, leaving over 10 people missing.  

2007  Coalition government of Fatah and Hamas in Palestinian National Authority appeared to break down, as massive fighting breaks out in Gaza Strip on this day in history.  

2012  On this day in history eurozone economy narrowly avoids recession  

2013  On May - 15 the Eurozone records a recession for the sixth straight quarter  

2017  UN Security Council condemns North Korea missile test on this day in history.  

2017  1st US prosecution under federal Hate Crimes Act of violence against transgender person, murder of Mercedes Williamson on May - 15.  

2017  State of Emergency declared in Sanaa, Yemen after outbreak of cholera kills 115 on May - 15.  

2018  Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is released from prison after being pardoned by King Muhammad V on May - 15.  

2018  58 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and 1700 hospitalized on the Gaza border protesting opening of US embassy in Jerusalem and 70 year founding of Israel on this day in history.  

2018  On May - 15 controversial Kerch bridge linking Russia and annexed Crimea opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin . At 19km the longest bridge in Europe.  

2018  On May - 15 taliban forces attack and claim to has seized control of the western city of Farah, Afghanistan  

2018  Flyover collapses in Varanasi, India, killing at least 18 on this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history north Korea threatens to pull out of summit with US and South Korea saying it can "not hide our feeling of repugnance" towards US security advisor John Bolton  

2018  "Laurel vs Yanny" disagreement over what word heard in an audio file begins across social media on May - 15.  

2019  On May - 15 five of world's biggest tech companies pledge to tackle extremist material at "The Christchurch Call" initiative in Paris hosted by Jacinda Ardern and Emmanuel Macron  

2020  On May - 15 researchers announce a 2.5 cm millipede fossil belonging to the Kampecaris genus, discovered on the island of Kerrera in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, is the world's oldest-known land animal, which lived 425 million years ago in the Silurian period.  

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1565  On this day in history birth of henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam  

1567  On this day in history birth of claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo)  

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

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on May - 15.  

1749  On May - 15 birth of levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820)  

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

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on May - 15.  

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0884  On this day in history marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies  

0913  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

1036  On May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)  

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

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.  

1381  Death of Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron on this day in history.  

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.