What Happened on May 15
Historical Events
- 1252 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition
- 1618 German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws his "harmonics law"
- 1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- 1940 Richard and Maurice McDonald open the 1st McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California
- 1951 AT&T becomes the 1st US corporation to have a million stockholders after young car salesman Brady Denton purchases 7 shares worth $1,078
- 1988 USSR begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan
- More Historical Events
May 15 in Film & TV
- 2002 "Bowling for Columbine", a documentary directed by Michael Moore has its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
May 15 in Music
- 1914 Henri Rabaud's opera "Marouf, savetier de Caire" premieres in Paris
May 15 in Sport
- 2010 Jessica Watson at age 16 becomes the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world
Did You Know?
Did You Know?Mickey Mouse makes his 1st ever appearance in silent film "Plane Crazy"
On May 15, 1928
Peter Shaffer
George Brett
Emmitt Smith
David Krumholtz
Zara Phillips
Andy MurrayFamous Weddings
- 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
- 1825 Author and scholar Wilhelm Grimm (39) weds Henriette Dorothea
- 1948 American dancer and actress Cyd Charisse (26) weds American pop singer Tony Martin (34)
More Weddings & Divorces
Emily Dickinson
Joe Malone
Robert Menzies
June Carter CashArticles, Photos and Quiz
UK Tests a Hydrogen Bomb
The first British hydrogen bomb test, Operation Grapple
May 15, 1957Taxman Delivers Cruel Blow to Miss Whiplash
If I agreed to your demand for cash payment it means that you would be living off immoral earnings, celebrated Madam tells the tax authority.
May 15, 1990Weekly Quiz for May 13-20
Test your knowledge of historical events in our multi-choice weekly history quiz for May 13-20. Number 7 will leave you truly stumped then amazed!
