May 15 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 15
In the headlines today:

2005	The motion picture Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, directed by George Lucas, makes its European debut at the Cannes film festival.
2003	The Matrix: Reloaded, starring Keanu Reeves, makes its worldwide motion picture debut.
2003	Country music legend June Carter Cash, wife of singer Johnny Cash, dies in Nashville at age 73, of complications after heart surgery.
1972	Alabama Governor George Wallace is paralyzed after being shot during a campaign stop for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1963	Gordon Cooper, aboard the space capsule Faith Seven, blasts off to mark the final mission of NASA's Project Mercury.
1958	The Sputnik III satellite is launched by the USSR.
1940	Nylon stockings go on sale for the first time in the US.
1930	Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess (United Airlines).
1926	The New York Rangers hockey team joins the NHL.
1918	The first regular US air mail route is established (Washington, D.C., New York City, Philadelphia).
1905	Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded.
1862	Congress creates the US Department of Agriculture.
1610	Louis XIII becomes King of France.

Born today:

1955 Lee Horsley - actor

1953 Mike Oldfield - composer, keyboardist

1953 George Brett - baseball player

1948 Brian Eno - keyboardist, record producer

1947 Graham Goble - guitarist (Little River Band)

1945 Jerry Quarry - heavyweight boxing champ

1938 Lenny Welch - singer

1937 Trini Lopez - singer

1936 Paul Zindel - playwright

1931 Ken Venturi - golfer

1923 Richard Avedon - photographer

1918 Eddy Arnold - country singer

1914 Turk Broda - hockey player, Hall of Famer

1911 Max Frisch - author

1909 James Mason - actor

1905 Joseph Cotten - actor

1902 Richard Daley - Chicago mayor

1890 Katherine Porter - author

1856 L. Frank Baum - author (The Wizard of Oz)

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Taurus

(The Bull)