Page 5: Historical Events In May - 15

1899  On May - 15 francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70   

1902  On May - 15 portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola   

1902  On May - 15 portugal declares itself bankrupt   

1902  On this day in history lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft   

1902  On this day in history richard J Daley, (Mayor-D-Chic)   

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

1904  On this day in history clifton Fadiman, Bkln NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids)   

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

1905  On May - 15 pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville   

1905  On May - 15 las Vegas Nevada founded   

1905  On May - 15 joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse)   

1906  NY Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning on this day in history.   

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 May - 15.   

1908  On this day in history lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)   

1909  The birth of James Mason, British actor on this day in history.   

1909  James Mason, England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil) on May - 15.   

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

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 May - 15.   

1911  On May - 15 supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)   

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

1912  On this day in history ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game & is suspended   

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

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

1914  Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1914  On May - 15 jack Pepys, immunologist   

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

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

1916  Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front on this day in history.   

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

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

1608  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1764  On May - 15 birth of johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer   

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on May - 15.   

0884  On May - 15 marinus I, [Martinus II], Pope (882-84), dies   

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

1036  Death of Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008) on May - 15.   

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

1174  On this day in history nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies   

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

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)