About May 15
May 15, 2024 is the 136th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 230 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Taurus is the sun 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 259 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 15
- 392 –Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
- 1525 –The battle of Frankenhausen ends the German Peasants’ War.
- 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.
- 1817 –Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1829 –The Aaronic Priesthood is restored to Joseph Smith Jr. and Oliver Cowdery, prior to the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- 1836 –Francis Baily observes “Baily’s beads” during an annular eclipse.
- 1849 –Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily
- 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.
- 1911 –In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an “unreasonable” monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
- 1919 –Greek invasion of İzmir. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks. Those responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades.
- 1934 –Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
- 1943 –Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
- 1945 –World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
- 1958 –The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
- 1963 –Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space.
- 1966 –After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam’s ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Ton That Dinh, forcing him to abandon his command.
- 1970 –President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
- 1972 –The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
- 1974 –Ma'alot massacre: In an Arab terrorist attack and hostage taking at an Israeli school, a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
- 1987 –The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
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