On this day: May 15
Events
Exposition Universelle of 1855May 15, 1855 – November 15, 1855 · Culture
Creation of Road with Cypress and StarMay 15, 1890 · Art
Founding of Koninklijke Philips NVMay 15, 1891 · Companies
Greco-Turkish WarMay 15, 1919 – October 11, 1922 · Wars & Conflicts
Founding of NPO EnergomashMay 15, 1929 · Companies
Founding of McDonald'sMay 15, 1940 · Companies
1948 Arab–Israeli WarMay 15, 1948 – March 10, 1949 · Wars & Conflicts
Release of The SwimmerMay 15, 1968 · Film- Release of In the Wake of PoseidonMay 15, 1970 · Music
- Release of The Double Life of VéroniqueMay 15, 1991 · Film
Release of Hvis lyset tar ossMay 15, 1994 · Music- Release of KolyaMay 15, 1996 · Film
- Release of ExciterMay 15, 2001 · Music
- Release of LateralusMay 15, 2001 · Music
- Release of New Super Mario Bros.May 15, 2006 · Gaming
Launch of Google NotebookMay 15, 2006 · Internet- Release of United AbominationsMay 15, 2007 · Music
- Release of 21st Century BreakdownMay 15, 2009 · Music
- Release of RelapseMay 15, 2009 · Music
- Release of Diablo IIIMay 15, 2012 · Gaming
- Release of TimbuktuMay 15, 2014 · Film
- Release of RamsMay 15, 2015 · Film
Release of The Nice GuysMay 15, 2016 · Film
Born on this day
Hendrick de KeyserMay 15, 1565 – May 15, 1621 · Art
Claudio MonteverdiMay 15, 1567 – November 29, 1643 · Music
Carlo MarattaMay 15, 1625 – December 15, 1713 · Art
Carlo CignaniMay 15, 1628 – 1719 · Art
Mary Wortley MontaguMay 15, 1689 – August 21, 1762 · Exploration
Maximilian HellMay 15, 1720 – April 14, 1792 · Science
Maria Theresia ParadisMay 15, 1759 – February 1, 1824 · Music
Franz DanziMay 15, 1763 – April 13, 1826 · Music
Joseph Ludwig RaabeMay 15, 1801 – January 12, 1859 · Science
Michael William BalfeMay 15, 1808 – October 20, 1870 · Music
Stephen HellerMay 15, 1813 – January 14, 1888 · Music
Debendranath TagoreMay 15, 1817 – January 19, 1905 · Culture
Henri MouhotMay 15, 1826 – November 10, 1861 · Exploration
Nicolae GrigorescuMay 15, 1838 – July 21, 1907 · Art
Williamina FlemingMay 15, 1857 – May 21, 1911 · Science
Pierre CurieMay 15, 1859 – April 19, 1906 · Science
Vilhelm HammershøiMay 15, 1864 – February 13, 1916 · Art
Hjalmar JohansenMay 15, 1867 – January 3, 1913 · Exploration
Fritz Julius KuhnMay 15, 1896 – December 14, 1951 · Science
Maria ReicheMay 15, 1903 – June 8, 1998 · Science
Jean CavaillèsMay 15, 1903 – April 4, 1944 · Science- Abraham ZapruderMay 15, 1905 – August 30, 1970 · Film
Lars-Erik LarssonMay 15, 1908 – December 27, 1986 · Music
James MasonMay 15, 1909 – July 27, 1984 · Film
Max FrischMay 15, 1911 – April 4, 1991 · Culture
André de TothMay 15, 1913 – October 27, 2002 · Film
Paul SamuelsonMay 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009 · Politics
Michel AudiardMay 15, 1920 – July 1985 · Film
Andrei EshpaiMay 15, 1925 – November 8, 2015 · Music
Jasper JohnsMay 15, 1930 – present · Art
John GlenMay 15, 1932 – present · Film
Akihiro MiwaMay 15, 1935 – June 20, 2026 · Music
Trini LopezMay 15, 1937 – August 11, 2020 · Music
Mireille DarcMay 15, 1938 – August 28, 2017 · Film
Barbara HammerMay 15, 1939 – March 16, 2019 · Film
Anthony W. EnglandMay 15, 1942 – present · Space
Brian EnoMay 15, 1948 – present · Art
Frank L. CulbertsonMay 15, 1949 – present · Space
Frank WilczekMay 15, 1951 – present · Science
Chazz PalminteriMay 15, 1952 – present · Film
Mike OldfieldMay 15, 1953 – present · Music
Grant HeslovMay 15, 1963 – present · Film
Layal AbboudMay 15, 1982 – present · Music
SunnyMay 15, 1989 – present · Music
BirdyMay 15, 1996 – present · Music
Ousmane DembéléMay 15, 1997 – present · Sports