May 15
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, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1918 - The first air mail route in the U.S. was established 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 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.
1948 - Hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan (Jordan), 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 115,000 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 the age of 51.
2008 - California's Supreme Court declared 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
28 - Andy Murray (tennis player)
33 - Alexandra Breckenridge (actress)
34 - Justin Morneau (baseball player)
34 - Jamie Lynn Sigler (actress)
40 - Ray Lewis (football player/sportscaster)
44 - Sarah Hadland (actress)
46 - Emmitt Smith (football hall of famer)
59 - Dan Patrick (sportscaster)
62 - George Brett (baseball hall of famer)
65 - Nicholas Hammond (actor)
78 - Madeleine Albright (former Secretary of State)
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Today in Sports History - May 15
1862 - Baseball's first totally enclosed park, the Union Grounds, opened in Brooklyn.
1926 - The New York Rangers became the NHL's newest franchise. It was also announced that the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings would become members the following November.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio began his record 56-game hitting streak.
1944 - Clyde Shoun of the Cincinnati Reds no-hit the Boston Braves.
1973 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels no-hit the Kansas City Royals.
1981 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Len Barker threw the 11th perfect game in major league history against the Toronto Blue Jays.
2012 - Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers was named the NBA's Rookie of the Year.
2012 - The Atlantic 10 Conference added Virginia Commonwealth to its membership.
2013 - The NBA's Board of Governors voted to keep the Kings in Sacramento and rejected a planned relocation of the franchise to Seattle.
2014 - Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was indicted for a double murder that occurred in Boston two years prior.
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, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1918 - The first air mail route in the U.S. was established 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 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.
1948 - Hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan (Jordan), 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 115,000 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 the age of 51.
2008 - California's Supreme Court declared 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
28 - Andy Murray (tennis player)
33 - Alexandra Breckenridge (actress)
34 - Justin Morneau (baseball player)
34 - Jamie Lynn Sigler (actress)
40 - Ray Lewis (football player/sportscaster)
44 - Sarah Hadland (actress)
46 - Emmitt Smith (football hall of famer)
59 - Dan Patrick (sportscaster)
62 - George Brett (baseball hall of famer)
65 - Nicholas Hammond (actor)
78 - Madeleine Albright (former Secretary of State)
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Today in Sports History - May 15
1862 - Baseball's first totally enclosed park, the Union Grounds, opened in Brooklyn.
1926 - The New York Rangers became the NHL's newest franchise. It was also announced that the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings would become members the following November.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio began his record 56-game hitting streak.
1944 - Clyde Shoun of the Cincinnati Reds no-hit the Boston Braves.
1973 - Nolan Ryan of the California Angels no-hit the Kansas City Royals.
1981 - Cleveland Indians pitcher Len Barker threw the 11th perfect game in major league history against the Toronto Blue Jays.
2012 - Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers was named the NBA's Rookie of the Year.
2012 - The Atlantic 10 Conference added Virginia Commonwealth to its membership.
2013 - The NBA's Board of Governors voted to keep the Kings in Sacramento and rejected a planned relocation of the franchise to Seattle.
2014 - Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was indicted for a double murder that occurred in Boston two years prior.
