Historical Events In May - 15

1899  On this day in history francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70  

1902  On May - 15 portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola  

1902  On this day in history portugal declares itself bankrupt  

1902  Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft on May - 15.  

1902  Richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chic) on May - 15.  

1903  Anny Ondra, Czechoslovakia, actress (Blackmail, Manxman) on May - 15.  

1904  Clifton Fadiman, Bkln NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids) on May - 15.  

1905  On this day in history las Vegas, Nevada is founded  

1905  On this day in history pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville  

1905  Las Vegas Nevada founded on May - 15.  

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1905  On May - 15 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  On this day in history toronto Ontario, plumbers go on four-month strike nobody plug the toilet!!!!!  

1907  On this day in history josef Alexander, composer  

1908  Artist Claude Monet destroys some of his paintings, which he didn't like on this day in history.  

1908  Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden) on May - 15.  

1909  On this day in history the birth of James Mason, British actor  

1909  On this day in history james Mason, England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)  

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

1910  Constance Cummings, Wash, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour) on May - 15.  

1911  On May - 15 british house of commons accept Parliament Bill  

1911  On this day in history kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates  

1911  Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act) on May - 15.  

1911  Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy) on May - 15.  

1912  Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game & is suspended on May - 15.  

1912  37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6 on this day in history.  

1912  Alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris  

1914  Jack Pepys, immunologist on May - 15.  

1915  A T & T becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders on May - 15.  

1915  Maurice B Latey, commentator (BBC World Service) on May - 15.  

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

1916  Bill Williams, Bkln NY, actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels) on May - 15.  

1917  On this day in history hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist  

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

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.  

1608  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 May - 15.  

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 May - 15.  

0913  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.  

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  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.  

1381  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron  

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