History for May 15 - On-This-Day.com
Lyman Frank Baum 1856 - Author of children's books ("The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"), Pierre Curie 1859 - Physicist, James Mason (James Neville Mason) 1909 - Actor
Wavy Gravy (Hugh Nanton Romney) 1936 - Entertainer, peace activist, Trini Lopez (Trinidad López III) 1937 - Singer, guitarist , Madeleine Albright 1937 - First woman to become a U.S. Secretary of State
K.T. Oslin (Kay Toinette Oslin) 1942 - Country singer, songwriter, Chazz Palminteri (Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri) 1951 - Actor, writer, Ray Lewis 1975 - Football player
1618 - Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law.
1911 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1926 - Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth were forced down in Alaska after a four-day flight over an icecap. Ice had begun to form on the dirigible Norge.
1930 - Ellen Church became the first female flight attendant.
1940 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the U.S.
1948 - Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon only hours after declaring its independence.
1963 - The last Project Mercury space flight was launched.
1970 - U.S. President Nixon appointed America's first two female generals.
1972 - Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot.
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