Page 8: 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1957  The first British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island) on this day in history.   

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

1958  On May - 15 uSSR launches Sputnik III   

1958  Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1959  On May - 15 berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56   

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

1960  On this day in history taxes took 25% of earnings in US   

1961  On May - 15 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea   

1962  US marines arrive in Laos on May - 15.   

1963  On this day in history last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched   

1963  On this day in history 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  On May - 15 sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp   

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

1964  On this day in history cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61   

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  Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84   

1968  A tornado strikes Jonesboro AR at 10 PM, killing 36 on May - 15.   

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

1969  On May - 15 associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court   

1970  On May - 15 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 May - 15.   

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

1971  On this day in history radio Nordsee International's ship bombed   

1972  On May - 15 bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims (Minia Egypt)   

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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 May - 15.   

1720  On this day in history birth of maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792)   

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

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 this day in history.   

0392  Death of Valentinianus II, emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21 on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history death of eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron   

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