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 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 230 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 2, 2022 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,542,880 minutes 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 252 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 3,432 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.
- 1567 –Mary, Queen of Scots, marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
- 1718 –James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world’s first machine gun.
- 1755 –Laredo, Texas is established by the Spaniards.
- 1793 –Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for “about 360 meters”, at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted .
- 1862 –President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
- 1970 –President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
- 1972 –In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to be become President.
- 1987 –The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
- 1990 –Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
Who were born on May 15?
- 1848 –Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (d. 1926)
- 1895 –Prescott Bush, American banker, politician and member of the Bush family (d. 1972)
- 1915 –Paul Samuelson, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
- 1940 –Roger Ailes, American businessman
- 1942 –Doug Lowe, Tasmanian politician
- 1967 –Laura Hillenbrand, American author
- 1974 –Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
- 1976 –Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
- 1980 –Josh Beckett, American baseball player
- 1981 –Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
Who died on May 15?
- 1585 –Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)
- 1698 –Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
- 1782 –Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
- 1984 –Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. 1912)
- 1992 –Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
- 2003 –June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
- 2008 –Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (b. 1960)
- 2008 –Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
- 2009 –Charles ‘Bud’Tingwell, Australian actor (b. 1923)
- 2010 –Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
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