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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 230 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 2, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,747,267,200 seconds 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 278 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 4,528 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 15 Historical Events
- 1567 –Mary, Queen of Scots, marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
- 1648 –The Treaty of Westphalia signed.
- 1701 –The War of the Spanish Succession begins.
- 1718 –James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world’s first machine gun.
- 1755 –Laredo, Texas is established by the Spaniards.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Resaca, Georgia ends.
- 1932 –The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.
- 1940 –World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
- 1972 –In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to be become President.
- 1997 –The United States government acknowledges the existence of the “Secret War” in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other “Secret War” veterans.
Who were born on May 15?
- 1895 –Astrid Zachrison, Swedish supercentenarian (d. 2008)
- 1914 –Norrie Paramor, British arranger, conductor (d. 1979)
- 1915 –Hilda Bernstein, British-born South African author (d. 2006)
- 1937 –Joe Tait, American broadcaster
- 1951 –Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1958 –Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
- 1978 –Robert Royal, American football player
- 1982 –Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
- 1987 –Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
- 1989 –Sunny (Lee Soon-kyu), South Korean singer (Girls’ Generation)
Who died on May 15?
- 913 –Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz
- 1609 –Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
- 1879 –Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)
- 1937 –Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
- 1986 –Theodore White, American writer (b. 1915)
- 1991 –Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b. 1956)
- 1992 –Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
- 2005 –Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
- 2008 –Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (b. 1919)
- 2010 –Loris Kessel, Swiss racing driver (b. 1950)
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