Also on This Day in History May 15
Discover what happened on May 15 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries,
famous births and notable deaths.
Births on This Day, May 15
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1895
Prescott Bush
American banker and politician
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1967
Madhuri Dixit
Indian actress
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1957
Kevin Von Erich
American professional wrestler
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1945
Duarte Pio
Duke of Braganza, heir to the Portuguese crown
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1931
F Korthals Altes
Dutch minister of Justice (VVD)
Deaths on This Day, May 15
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2007
Jerry Falwell
American evangelist, founded Liberty University and co-founder of Moral Majority
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1932
Inukai Tsuyoshi
Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1931-32)
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1978
Robert Menzies
12th Prime Minister of Australia (United Australia Party: 1939-41, Liberal: 1949-66) and its longest-serving
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1991
Andreas Floer
German mathematician
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1976
Samuel Eliot Morison
American historian
1940
McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, CA
The McDonald's brothers opened their first McDonald's restaurant on May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California.
1869
The National Woman Suffrage Association is formed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The NWSA emerged after the women’s rights movement split over the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would extend voting rights to black men.
1905
Las Vegas founded in Nevada
Las Vegas was founded in Nevada on May 15, 1905. On this date, 110 acres of land was auctioned off, marking the establishment of what would become the city of Las Vegas.
1928
Mickey Mouse makes his 1st appearance
Walt Disney's character Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in the cartoon "Plane Crazy" on May 15, 1928.