Page 6: Historical Events In May - 15

1918  On this day in history greek troops lands at Smyrna   

1918  On this day in history the first regular airmail service (between New York, Philadelphia & Washington DC) inaugurated   

1918  On May - 15 1st airmail postal service (NY, Phila & Wash DC)   

1918  On May - 15 eddy Arnold, Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime)   

1919  On May - 15 bkln Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0   

1919  Charles Palmer, cricketer (one Test 1955, later MCC president) on May - 15.   

1920  On this day in history soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk   

1920  On this day in history hugh Henry Home Popham, aviator/writer/poet   

1922  On this day in history enrico Berlinguer, Italian communist/sec-gen (CPI) [or May 25]   

1923  Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms on this day in history.   

1923  On May - 15 richard Avedon, US, photographer (1957 ASMP award)   

1924  On this day in history andrea Gyarmati, Hungary water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60)   

1924  On this day in history paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71   

1925  On this day in history andrey Yakoulevich Eshpay, composer   

1926  British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike on May - 15.   

1926  On this day in history 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8   

1926  On May - 15 anthony Shaffer, twin brother playwright (Sleuth)   

1926  Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies on this day in history.   

1928  On May - 15 mickey Mouse made his first appearance   

1928  Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland OH)   

1929  Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleve Ohio) on May - 15.   

1930  On May - 15 ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess (United airlines, San Francisco to Cheyenne, WY)   

1930  On this day in history ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (SF to Cheyenne)   

1931  Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno on May - 15.   

1932  The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed on May - 15.   

1932  Ki Inukai, premier Japan (1931-32), murdered on this day in history.   

1933  The first voice amplification system to be used in US Senate on May - 15.   

1933  1st voice amplification system to be used in US Senate on May - 15.   

1933  Ernest Torrence, actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54 on May - 15.   

1934  Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive on this day in history.   

1934  Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia on this day in history.   

1934  Dept of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive on May - 15.   

1935  On May - 15 pirates beat Phillies 20-5   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

0913  On May - 15 death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz   

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

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on this day in history.   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on May - 15.   

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)