On This Day - May 15th 1756 – England declares war on France.
On This Day - May 15th 1793 – In Spain Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters" during one of the first attempted flights.
On This Day - May 15th 1858 – The Royal Opera House opens in Covent Garden, London.
On This Day - May 15th 1869 – National Woman's Suffrage Association is formed in New York.
On This Day - May 15th 1928 – Mickey Mouse debuted in the cartoon short Plane Crazy.
On This Day - May 15th 1932 – The Prime Minister of Japan, Inukai Tsuyoshi, is killed in an attempted Coup d'état.
On This Day - May 15th 1935 – The Moscow Metro is opened to public.
On This Day - May 15th 1940 – The first McDonald's restaurant opens in San Bernardino, California.
On This Day - May 15th 1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
On This Day - May 15th 1972 – Alabama Governor George Wallace shot while campaigning to be become President.
On This Day - May 15th 1990 – Portrait of Doctor Gachet, painted in 1890 by Vincent van Gogh, fetches a record $82.5 million at auction in Christie's New York.
On This Day - May 15th 1991 – Edith Cresson becomes France's first female prime minister.
Today's Birthdays
Born On This Day - May 15th 1773 – Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (d. 1859)
Born On This Day - May 15th 1890 – Katherine Anne Porter, American author (d. 1980)
Born On This Day - May 15th 1892 – Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (d. 1969)
Born On This Day - May 15th 1902 – Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
Born On This Day - May 15th 1909 – James Mason, English actor (d. 1984)
Born On This Day - May 15th 1914 – Tenzing Norgay, who with Edmund Hillary was first to conquer Mount Everest (d. 1986)
Born On This Day - May 15th 1926 – Anthony Shaffer, English playwright (d. 2001)
Born On This Day - May 15th 1930 – Today is the birthday of Jasper Johns, American painter.
Born On This Day - May 15th 1937 – Today is the birthday of Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State.
Born On This Day - May 15th 1948 – Today is the birthday of Brian Eno, English musician and record producer and former member of Roxy Music.
Born On This Day - May 15th 1953 – Today is the birthday of Mike Oldfield, English musician and composer.
Born On This Day - May 15th 1987 – Today is the birthday Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player.
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