May 15
Today is the 136th day of 2016, there are 230 days left in the year.
1776 - Virginia authorized its delegation to the Continental Congress to support independence from Britain.
1862 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress.
1886 - Poet Emily Dickinson died at age 55.
1911 - The Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1918 - The first air mail route was established in the United States, between New York and Washington, D.C. with a stop at Philadelphia.
1930 - Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard a United Airlines Flight from San Francisco to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
1940 - The original McDonald's restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California by Richard and Maurice McDonald.
1948 - Hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
1969 - Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned amid a controversy over his past legal fees.
1970 - Two black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi were killed when police opened fire during student protests.
1972 - Alabama Gov. George Wallace was shot while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in Laurel, Maryland, and was left permanently paralyzed below the waist.
1988 - The Soviet Union began withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan.
2001 - A runaway freight train rolled about 70 miles through Ohio with no one aboard before a railroad employee jumped onto the locomotive and brought it to a stop.
2003 - Texas Democrats returned home after a self-imposed four-day exile in Oklahoma in a dispute over a redistricting plan.
2006 - A defiant Saddam Hussein refused to enter a plea at his trial in Iraq for crimes against humanity, insisting he was still the country's president.
2006 - The United States removed Libya from its list of terrorist states.
2007 - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who helped build the Christian right into a political force, died at age 73.
2007 - Yolanda King, the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died at age 51.
2008 - California's Supreme Court ruled gay couples in the state could marry -- a victory for the gay rights movement that was overturned by the passage of Proposition 8 the following November.
Birthdays
26 - Stella Maxwell (model)
29 - Andy Murray (tennis player)
29 - Michael Brantley (baseball player)
29 - Brian Dozier (baseball player)
30 - Anais Delva (actress)
31 - Ashlynn Yennie (actress)
34 - Alexandra Breckenridge (actress)
35 - Jamie Lynn Sigler (actress)
41 - Ray Lewis (football player)
45 - Sarah Hadland (actress)
47 - Emmitt Smith (football player)
49 - Madhuri Dixit (actress)
58 - Ron Simmons (professional wrestler)
63 - George Brett (baseball player)
70 - Chazz Palminteri (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 15
1906 - New York Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out four batters in one inning.
1912 - Detroit Tigers' Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlanders' game and is suspended.
1918 - Washington Senators' Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18-inning game.
1919 - Brooklyn Dodgers score ten runs in 13th inning to beat Cincinnati Reds 10-0.
1926 - The New York Rangers were officially granted a franchise in the NHL. The NHL also announced that Chicago and Detroit would be joining the league in November.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio began his major league baseball hitting streak of 56 games. The streak ended on July 17th.
1953 - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano knocks out Joe Walcott in Chicago, Illinois for heavyweight boxing title.
1959 - 100th anniversary of first college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams; Teams re-enact the original contest.
1970 - The International Olympic Committee votes to exclude South Africa from Olympic competition.
1973 - Nolan Ryan pitches his first no-hitter as the California Angels defeat the Kansas City Royals 3-0.
1993 - The Alamodome opens in San Antonio.
1994 - The Montreal Expos retire the first number in franchise history: Rusty Staub's #10.
2004 - South Africa is awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Today is the 136th day of 2016, there are 230 days left in the year.
1776 - Virginia authorized its delegation to the Continental Congress to support independence from Britain.
1862 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress.
1886 - Poet Emily Dickinson died at age 55.
1911 - The Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1918 - The first air mail route was established in the United States, between New York and Washington, D.C. with a stop at Philadelphia.
1930 - Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard a United Airlines Flight from San Francisco to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
1940 - The original McDonald's restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California by Richard and Maurice McDonald.
1948 - Hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
1969 - Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned amid a controversy over his past legal fees.
1970 - Two black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi were killed when police opened fire during student protests.
1972 - Alabama Gov. George Wallace was shot while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination in Laurel, Maryland, and was left permanently paralyzed below the waist.
1988 - The Soviet Union began withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan.
2001 - A runaway freight train rolled about 70 miles through Ohio with no one aboard before a railroad employee jumped onto the locomotive and brought it to a stop.
2003 - Texas Democrats returned home after a self-imposed four-day exile in Oklahoma in a dispute over a redistricting plan.
2006 - A defiant Saddam Hussein refused to enter a plea at his trial in Iraq for crimes against humanity, insisting he was still the country's president.
2006 - The United States removed Libya from its list of terrorist states.
2007 - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who helped build the Christian right into a political force, died at age 73.
2007 - Yolanda King, the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died at age 51.
2008 - California's Supreme Court ruled gay couples in the state could marry -- a victory for the gay rights movement that was overturned by the passage of Proposition 8 the following November.
Birthdays
26 - Stella Maxwell (model)
29 - Andy Murray (tennis player)
29 - Michael Brantley (baseball player)
29 - Brian Dozier (baseball player)
30 - Anais Delva (actress)
31 - Ashlynn Yennie (actress)
34 - Alexandra Breckenridge (actress)
35 - Jamie Lynn Sigler (actress)
41 - Ray Lewis (football player)
45 - Sarah Hadland (actress)
47 - Emmitt Smith (football player)
49 - Madhuri Dixit (actress)
58 - Ron Simmons (professional wrestler)
63 - George Brett (baseball player)
70 - Chazz Palminteri (actor)
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Today in Sports History - May 15
1906 - New York Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out four batters in one inning.
1912 - Detroit Tigers' Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlanders' game and is suspended.
1918 - Washington Senators' Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18-inning game.
1919 - Brooklyn Dodgers score ten runs in 13th inning to beat Cincinnati Reds 10-0.
1926 - The New York Rangers were officially granted a franchise in the NHL. The NHL also announced that Chicago and Detroit would be joining the league in November.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio began his major league baseball hitting streak of 56 games. The streak ended on July 17th.
1953 - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano knocks out Joe Walcott in Chicago, Illinois for heavyweight boxing title.
1959 - 100th anniversary of first college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams; Teams re-enact the original contest.
1970 - The International Olympic Committee votes to exclude South Africa from Olympic competition.
1973 - Nolan Ryan pitches his first no-hitter as the California Angels defeat the Kansas City Royals 3-0.
1993 - The Alamodome opens in San Antonio.
1994 - The Montreal Expos retire the first number in franchise history: Rusty Staub's #10.
2004 - South Africa is awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
