Page 5: Historical Events In May - 15

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

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

1902  On May - 15 portugal declares itself bankrupt   

1902  Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft on this day in history.   

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

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

1904  On May - 15 clifton Fadiman, Bkln NY, TV host (Information Please, Quiz Kids)   

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

1905  On May - 15 pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville   

1905  On this day in history 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 May - 15.   

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

1907  On May - 15 josef Alexander, composer   

1908  On this day in history artist Claude Monet destroys some of his paintings, which he didn't like   

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  On May - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

1911  On May - 15 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  On this day in history 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 May - 15 henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris   

1914  On this day in history jack Pepys, immunologist   

1915  On May - 15 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  Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front on this day in history.   

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

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

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1565  On May - 15 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  René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642) was born on May - 15.   

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  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  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

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