Page 8: Historical Events In May - 15

1955  Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins on this day in history.   

1955  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1955  Vienna Treaty Britain, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence on this day in history.   

1955  Vienna Treaty: Britain, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 15 in Orleans Ontario, a Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashes into the Grey Nuns' Home for the Aged in Orleans, killing 15 people, including 11 nuns.   

1957  18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade on May - 15.   

1957  The first British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island) on May - 15.   

1958  On May - 15 sputnik III satelite launched by the U S S R   

1958  On this day in history uSSR launches Sputnik III   

1958  On this day in history michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91   

1959  Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed   

1960  Taxes took 25% of earnings in US on this day in history.   

1961  36 Unification church couples wed in Korea on May - 15.   

1962  On this day in history uS marines arrive in Laos   

1963  On May - 15 last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched   

1963  On May - 15 peter, Paul & Mary win their first Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)   

1963  Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam on May - 15.   

1964  Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp on May - 15.   

1964  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1964  Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61 on May - 15.   

1965  Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies on this day in history.   

1966  On May - 15 south Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die   

1967  On May - 15 paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman   

1967  Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 on May - 15.   

1968  A tornado strikes Jonesboro AR at 10 PM, killing 36 on this day in history.   

1968  Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is the substitute host on May - 15.   

1969  Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in US   

1970  On May - 15 elizabeth Hoisington & Anna Mae Mays named first female US generals   

1970  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on this day in history.   

1970  On May - 15 south-Africa excluded from Olympic play   

1971  Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed on this day in history.   

1972  Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims (Minia Egypt) on this day in history.   

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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  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 this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on May - 15.   

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

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 May - 15 death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)   

1157  Death of Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince on May - 15.   

1174  Nur ad-Din Mahmud, King of Syria, dies on this day in history.   

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

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