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May 15, 1999 125th Preakness May 15, 1997 ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com May 15, 1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission May 15, 1995 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC May 15, 1994 40th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies May 15, 1993 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6 May 15, 1993 Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas opens May 15, 1993 Jane Seymour and James Kesch, Marriage May 15, 1993 Montreal Expo retires their 1st #, #10 for Rusty Staub May 15, 1992 Colombo '92 opens in Genoa Italy May 15, 1992 New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores May 15, 1992 Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue May 15, 1991 Defense releases docs claiming Noriega is "CIA's man in Panama" May 15, 1991 Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier May 15, 1991 Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam May 15, 1991 Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns May 15, 1991 President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game May 15, 1991 Red Sox and White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11) May 15, 1990 "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 56 performances May 15, 1990 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million May 15, 1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45 May 15, 1990 Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period May 15, 1990 Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe May 15, 1989 "Chu Chem" closes at Ritz Theater New York City after 44 performances May 15, 1989 Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston May 15, 1989 Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs May 15, 1989 U.S. Basketball League cancels its summer schedule May 15, 1989 Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers May 15, 1988 "Carrie" closes at Virginia Theater New York City after 5 performances May 15, 1988 "Gospel at Colonus" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 61 performances May 15, 1988 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams and Tracey Ullman May 15, 1988 Moscow began withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan May 15, 1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic May 15, 1987 1st Energiya Launch (U.S.S.R.) May 15, 1987 Record archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set May 15, 1986 Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years May 15, 1985 Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam May 15, 1983 Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic May 15, 1983 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion May 15, 1982 108th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4 May 15, 1981 "Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island" airs May 15, 1981 2nd City TV's (SCTV) network premier (NBC) May 15, 1981 George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK May 15, 1981 Len Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto May 15, 1981 SCTV Network 90, sequel to Second City Television debut on NBC May 15, 1981 Soyuz 40 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Rumanian) to Salyut 6 May 15, 1980 1st trans-U.S. balloon crossing May 15, 1980 Flyers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs May 15, 1980 Shawn Weatherly, (South Carolina (will win Miss Universe), crowned 29th Miss USA May 15, 1977 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic May 15, 1976 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55 May 15, 1976 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation May 15, 1976 Fonz Song by Heyettes hits #91 May 15, 1976 Kentucky Moonrunner by Cledus Maggard hits #85 May 15, 1975 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4 May 15, 1975 Emmy 2nd Daytime Award and Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation May 15, 1974 Mail truck terrorists take school in Maalot, 30 killed May 15, 1974 Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president May 15, 1973 California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats Kansas City Royals, 3-0 May 15, 1972 Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama May 15, 1972 "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 6 performances May 15, 1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt) May 15, 1972 George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland May 15, 1972 Ryukyu Is and Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 years of U.S. control May 15, 1971 "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 35 performances May 15, 1971 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54 May 15, 1971 Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed May 15, 1970 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be," is released in US May 15, 1970 Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named 1st female U.S. generals May 15, 1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island May 15, 1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College May 15, 1970 South-Africa excluded from Olympic play May 15, 1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court May 15, 1968 "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival May 15, 1968 1st AL game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California win against Chicago May 15, 1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro Arkansas at 10 PM, killing 36 May 15, 1968 Paul McCartney and John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host May 15, 1967 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open May 15, 1967 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman May 15, 1966 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset May 15, 1966 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational May 15, 1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die May 15, 1965 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2 May 15, 1965 Canadian Football Players Association organizes May 15, 1965 Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ May 15, 1964 Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp May 15, 1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 15, 1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched May 15, 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer) May 15, 1963 Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam May 15, 1962 U.S. Marines arrive in Laos May 15, 1961 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19 May 15, 1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea May 15, 1961 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra May 15, 1960 Chic Cub Don Cardwell no-hits St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0 May 15, 1960 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad May 15, 1960 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting May 15, 1960 Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed May 15, 1959 100th anniversary of 1st college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams Teams reenact the original contest May 15, 1958 U.S.S.R. launches Sputnik III May 15, 1957 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade May 15, 1957 1st British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island) May 15, 1955 Austrian state treaty signed making Austria independent again May 15, 1955 Building of space travel center at Baikonur Kazachstan begins May 15, 1955 KPUA (now KGMD) TV channel 9 in Hilo, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting May 15, 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 15, 1955 Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, U.S. and U.S.S.R. restores Austria's independence May 15, 1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast May 15, 1953 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago May 15, 1953 Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam May 15, 1953 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title May 15, 1952 Detroit Tiger Virgil Trucks no-hits Washington Senators, 1-0 May 15, 1952 Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners May 15, 1948 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends May 15, 1948 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4 May 15, 1948 Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs. Essex, world record May 15, 1948 Bradman scores 187 Aust vs. Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five May 15, 1948 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabian troops attack Israel May 15, 1944 14,000 Jews of Munkacs Hungary deported to Auschwitz May 15, 1944 Cincinnati Red Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0 May 15, 1944 Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan May 15, 1944 Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne May 15, 1943 Halifax bombers sinks U-463 May 15, 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising ends, in it's destruction May 15, 1942 Gasoline 1st rationed in U.S. (17 Eastern States) May 15, 1942 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers May 15, 1941 1st British turbojet flies May 15, 1941 British attack Halfaya-pass and Fort Capuzzo in Egypt and Libya May 15, 1941 Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1 May 15, 1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music May 15, 1940 1st nylon stockings sold in U.S. May 15, 1940 1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 May 15, 1940 German armour division moves into Northern France May 15, 1940 German troops occupy Amsterdam, Gen Winkelman surrenders May 15, 1940 Nazi's capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP) May 15, 1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris May 15, 1938 Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium May 15, 1937 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1:58.4 May 15, 1936 Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4d16h May 15, 1935 Pirates beat Phillies 20-5 May 15, 1934 Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive May 15, 1934 Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia May 15, 1933 1st voice amplification system to be used in U.S. Senate May 15, 1931 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Quadragesimo anno May 15, 1930 Ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (San Francisco to Cheyenne) May 15, 1929 Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio) May 15, 1928 Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance May 15, 1926 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8 May 15, 1926 British general strike ends, but mine workers go on strike May 15, 1923 Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms May 15, 1920 Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk May 15, 1919 Brooklyn Dodgers score 10 runs in 13th to beat Reds 10-0 May 15, 1918 1st airmail postal service (New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.) May 15, 1918 1st regular airmail service (between New York and Washington) inaugurated May 15, 1918 43rd Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6 May 15, 1918 44th Preakness: Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare, Jr. wins in 1:53.4 May 15, 1918 Greeks troops lands at Smyrna May 15, 1918 Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game May 15, 1916 Asiago Italy falls when Austrian troops attack the Italian front May 15, 1914 Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris May 15, 1912 37th Preakness: Clarnence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6 May 15, 1912 Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlander game and is suspended May 15, 1911 British house of commons accept Parliament Bill May 15, 1911 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates May 15, 1911 Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil with the Sherman Antitrust Act May 15, 1906 New York Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out 4 batters in 1 inning May 15, 1905 Las Vegas, Nevada founded May 15, 1905 Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville May 15, 1902 Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft May 15, 1902 Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola May 15, 1896 Tornado kills 78 in Texas May 15, 1894 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41 May 15, 1891 British Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) forms May 15, 1891 Jules Massenets opera "Griselde," premieres in Paris May 15, 1891 Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland May 15, 1891 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Rerum novarum May 15, 1885 Canadian Meti insurgent Louis Reil captured, Saskatchewan May 15, 1883 Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary and Germany May 15, 1882 May Laws-Czar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania May 15, 1876 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38 May 15, 1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms May 15, 1868 Dutch Government of Zuylen van Nijevelt falls May 15, 1864 Battle of New Market, Virginia May 15, 1864 Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign) May 15, 1862 Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Ft. Darling), Virginia May 15, 1862 Confederate cruiser The Alabama runs aground near London May 15, 1862 Department of Agriculture created May 15, 1862 Gen Benjamin F Butler delegates "Woman Order" of NO to be his whores May 15, 1862 Union Grounds, Brooklyn, 1st baseball enclosure, opens May 15, 1858 Royal Italian Opera opens in Covent Garden London May 15, 1856 2nd San Francisco Vigilance Committee organized May 15, 1851 Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), crowned May 15, 1849 Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded May 15, 1836 Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse May 15, 1829 Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith May 15, 1817 Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia May 15, 1800 King George III survives a 2nd assassination attempt May 15, 1800 Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles May 15, 1796 France and Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris May 15, 1796 French troops occupy Milan May 15, 1730 Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min) May 15, 1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun May 15, 1702 War of Spanish Succession, 1st Amer conflict between England and France May 15, 1672 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts May 15, 1665 Pope Alexander VII convicts Jansenisme May 15, 1648 Treaty of Munster: Spain and Netherlands ratified May 15, 1625 16 rebellious farmers hanged in Vocklamarkt Upper-Austria May 15, 1618 Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law May 15, 1610 Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king May 15, 1602 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold May 15, 1572 Louis van Nassau and huguenots occupy Valenciennes May 15, 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell May 15, 1536 Anna Boleyn and Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest May 15, 1525 German boer army surrounded/slaughters 5,000; ends Boer war May 15, 1492 Cheese and Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse May 15, 1248 Archbishop Konrad vs. Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral May 15, 1213 English king John names Stephen Langton Archbishop of Canterbury May 15, 1004 Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy May 15, 884 Marinus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope May 15, 756 Abd-al-Rahman I becomes emir of Cordova Spain |