What are the important events that happened on May 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 15 is the 135th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 230 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 2, 2023 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 467,808 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontapentagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 271 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,797 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 15 Historical Events
- 392 –Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
- 1618 –Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
- 1648 –The Treaty of Westphalia signed.
- 1701 –The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
- 1755 –Laredo, Texas is established by the Spaniards.
- 1776 –American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
- 1928 –Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy
- 1957 –At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. The device fails to detonate properly.
- 1958 –The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
- 1972 –In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to be become President.
Who were born on May 15?
- 1773 –Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (d. 1859)
- 1895 –William D. Byron, American politician (d. 1941)
- 1903 –Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
- 1915 –Hilda Bernstein, British-born South African author (d. 2006)
- 1923 –John Lanchbery, British composer (d. 2003)
- 1945 –Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese noble
- 1948 –Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- 1952 –Chazz Palminteri, American actor, writer and director
- 1964 –Digna Ochoa, Mexican politician
- 1990 –Joe Mattock, English footballer
Who died on May 15?
- 392 –Valentinian II, Roman Emperor (b. 371)
- 913 –Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz
- 1699 –Edward Petre, British Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)
- 1948 –Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
- 1964 –Vladko Maček, Kingdom of Yugoslavia deputy prime minister (b. 1879)
- 1984 –Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. 1912)
- 1989 –Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)
- 1995 –Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
- 1998 –Earl “The Goat” Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- 2009 –Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player (b. 1964)
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