May 15
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May 15 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 229 days remaining after May 15 until the end of the year.
[change] Births
- 1567 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (d. 1643)
- 1859 – Pierre Curie, French physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1906)
- 1860 – Ellen Louise Wilson, American First Lady, wife of Woodrow Wilson (d. 1914)
- 1862 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist (d. 1931)
- 1891 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (d. 1940)
- 1895 – Astrid Zachrison, oldest Swedish person on record (d. 2008)
- 1903 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
- 1908 – Joe Grant, American writer and animator (d. 2005)
- 1911 – Max Frisch, Swiss writer (d. 1991)
- 1937 – Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State
- 1948 – Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
- 1948 – Kathleen Sebelius, American politician
- 1955 – Claudia Roth, German politician
- 1979 – Dominic Scott, Irish guitarist
- 1980 – Josh Beckett, American baseball player
- 1981 – Patrice Evra, French footballer
- 1987 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
[change] Deaths
- 1036 – Emperor Go-Ichijo of Japan (d. 1036)
- 1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden
- 1585 – Niwa Nagahide, Japanese retainer, samurai, and daimyo (b. 1535)
- 1634 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
- 1740 – Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
- 1782 – Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
- 1886 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
- 1937 – Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
- 1948 – Father Edward Flanagan, priest, founder of Boys Town
- 1956 – Austin Osman Spare, magician (b. 1886)
- 1967 – Edward Hopper, painter (b. 1882)
- 1971 – Sir Tyrone Guthrie, director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Theodore H. White, writer (b. 1915)
- 1994 – Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1904)
- 1995 – Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
- 1996 – Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
- 1998 – Earl Manigault, basketball player
- 2003 – June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
- 2003 – George Francis, British mobster
- 2003 – Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist
- 2005 – Les Bartley, National Lacrosse League coach (b. 1954)
- 2008 – Astrid Zachrison, oldest Swedish person on record (b. 1895)
- 2008 – Tommy Burns, Scottish football player and manager (b. 1956)
- 2010 – Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
[change] Events
- 1972 – Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at a Laurel, Maryland political rally.
- 2004 – South Africa is announced as the host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
