Historical Events In May - 15

1955  Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins on May - 15.  

1955  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 15.  

1955  Vienna Treaty Britain, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence on May - 15.  

1955  On May - 15 vienna Treaty: Britain, France, US & USSR restores Austria's independence  

1956  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade  

1957  On this day in history the first British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island)  

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 May - 15 michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91  

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

1960  Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed on this day in history.  

1960  Taxes took 25% of earnings in US on May - 15.  

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

1962  US marines arrive in Laos on May - 15.  

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

1963  Peter, Paul & Mary win their first Grammy (If I Had a Hammer) on May - 15.  

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

1964  On this day in history sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp  

1964  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 15.  

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  South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die on May - 15.  

1967  Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman on May - 15.  

1967  Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history a tornado strikes Jonesboro AR at 10 PM, killing 36  

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

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  Elizabeth Hoisington & Anna Mae Mays named first female US generals on this day in history.  

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

1970  South-Africa excluded from Olympic play on May - 15.  

1971  On May - 15 radio Nordsee International's ship bombed  

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

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1565  Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam was born on this day in history.  

1567  Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Cremona Italy, composer (L'Orfeo) was born on May - 15.  

1608  On this day in history birth of rené Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (d. 1642)  

1720  Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on this day in history.  

1754  On May - 15 birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer  

1759  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer was born on this day in history.  

1764  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz  

1036  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)  

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

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.