Historical Events In May - 15

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

1902  Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola on May - 15.  

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

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  On this day in history las Vegas, Nevada is founded  

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

1905  On May - 15 las Vegas Nevada founded  

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1905  Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse) on May - 15.  

1906  On May - 15 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 May - 15.  

1907  Josef Alexander, composer on this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1910  Constance Cummings, Wash, actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour) on this day in history.  

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  Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1914  Jack Pepys, immunologist on this day in history.  

1915  On May - 15 a T & T becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders  

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

1916  On this day in history asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front  

1916  On this day in history bill Williams, Bkln NY, actor (Starlit Time, Date With the Angels)  

1917  On May - 15 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 May - 15 birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)  

1720  On May - 15 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  Death of Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz on May - 15.  

1036  On this day in history 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 May - 15.  

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.