Historical Events In May - 15

1899  Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 on May - 15.   

1902  On May - 15 portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola   

1902  Portugal declares itself bankrupt on this day in history.   

1902  On May - 15 lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft   

1902  On May - 15 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 May - 15.   

1905  On May - 15 las Vegas, Nevada is founded   

1905  On this day in history pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville   

1905  Las Vegas Nevada founded on May - 15.   

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 May - 15.   

1907  On this day in history josef Alexander, composer   

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

1908  Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden) on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history the birth of James Mason, British actor   

1909  James Mason, England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates   

1911  On this day in history supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)   

1911  On this day in history leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Galitzianer Cowboy)   

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

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

1912  On May - 15 alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer   

1914  Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1914  On May - 15 jack Pepys, immunologist   

1915  A T & T becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders on May - 15.   

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

1916  On May - 15 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  Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist on May - 15.   

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1565  On this day in history 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  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 May - 15.   

1749  Levi Lincoln, Sr., American revolutionary, statesman, politician, and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1820) was born on May - 15.   

1754  On this day in history birth of pierre Dutillieu, composer   

1759  On May - 15 birth of maria Theresia von Paradis, composer   

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  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  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 May - 15.   

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