May 15
1862 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress.
1911 - The Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, was ordered dissolved by the U.S. Supreme Court under 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 in Philadelphia.
1928 - The Walt Disney cartoon character Mickey Mouse appeared for the first time in front of a public audience in a test screening of the short "Plane Crazy." (Mickey made his formal screen debut with the release of "Steamboat Willie" six months later.)
1930 - Ellen Church became the world's first airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight between Oakland and Chicago.
1940 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.
1948 - Just hours after coming into existence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
1967 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in its unanimous In re Gault decision, ruled that juveniles accused of crimes were entitled to the same due process afforded adults.
1970 - Just after midnight, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two Black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, were killed as police opened fire during student protests.
1972 - Alabama Gov. George Wallace was shot and crippled as he campaigned for the presidency in Laurel, Maryland, by Arthur H. Bremer, who served 35 years for attempted murder.
1975 - U.S. forces invaded the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and captured the American merchant ship Mayaguez, which had been seized by the Khmer Rouge. (All 39 crew members had already been released safely by Cambodia; some 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in connection with the operation.)
1988 - The Soviet Union began to withdraw its estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan, more than eight years after the Soviets had entered the country.
2000 - In a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a key provision of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, saying that rape victims could not sue their attackers in federal court.
2007 - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who built the Christian right into a political force, died in Lynchburg, Virginia, at age 73.
2009 - General Motors told about 1,100 dealers that their franchises would be terminated.
2015 - A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and left more than 250 wounded.
2020 - President Donald Trump formally unveiled a coronavirus vaccine program he called "Operation Warp Speed," to speed development of COVID-19 vaccines and quickly distribute them around the country.
2022 - Police said the white 18-year-old who shot and killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket a day earlier had researched the local demographics while looking for places with a high concentration of Black residents.
Birthdays
33 - Mollee Gray (actress/model)
34 - Stella Maxwell (model)
34 - Francia James (model)
37 - Andy Murray (tennis player)
42 - Alexandra Breckenridge (actress)
43 - Jamie-Lynn Sigler (actress)
46 - David Krumholtz (actor)
46 - Amy Chow (gymnast)
49 - Ray Lewis (football player)
50 - Russell Hornsby (actor)
52 - David Charvet (actor)
54 - Brad Rowe (actor)
55 - Emmitt Smith (football player)
57 - Madhuri Dixit (actress)
61 - Brenda Bakke (actress)
67 - Kevin Von Erich (professional wrestler)
69 - Lee Horsley (actor)
71 - George Brett (baseball player)
74 - Nicholas Hammond (actor)
82 - Lainie Kazan (actress)
86 - Lenny Welch (singer)
88 - Anna Maria Alberghetti (actress/singer)
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Today in Sports History - May 15
1862 - Brooklyn's Union Grounds opened. It was the first enclosed baseball park.
1918 - Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson pitches all 18 innings in a 1-0 win.
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.
1973 - Nolan Ryan (California Angels) pitched his first no-hitter.
1991 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attended a major league baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles as a guest of President George H.W. Bush.
1993 - The Montreal Expos retired Rusty Staub's #10.
1993 - The Alamodome opened in San Antonio.
1995 - The Vancouver Canucks set an NHL playoff record when Christian Ruutu and Geoff Courtnall scored shorthanded goals only 17 seconds apart.
2018 - Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano was suspended for 80 games for violating baseball's drug agreement, becoming one of the most prominent players disciplined under the sport's anti-doping rules.
2022 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 despite not recording a single hit.
1862 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress.
1911 - The Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, was ordered dissolved by the U.S. Supreme Court under 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 in Philadelphia.
1928 - The Walt Disney cartoon character Mickey Mouse appeared for the first time in front of a public audience in a test screening of the short "Plane Crazy." (Mickey made his formal screen debut with the release of "Steamboat Willie" six months later.)
1930 - Ellen Church became the world's first airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight between Oakland and Chicago.
1940 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.
1948 - Just hours after coming into existence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
1967 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in its unanimous In re Gault decision, ruled that juveniles accused of crimes were entitled to the same due process afforded adults.
1970 - Just after midnight, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two Black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, were killed as police opened fire during student protests.
1972 - Alabama Gov. George Wallace was shot and crippled as he campaigned for the presidency in Laurel, Maryland, by Arthur H. Bremer, who served 35 years for attempted murder.
1975 - U.S. forces invaded the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and captured the American merchant ship Mayaguez, which had been seized by the Khmer Rouge. (All 39 crew members had already been released safely by Cambodia; some 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in connection with the operation.)
1988 - The Soviet Union began to withdraw its estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan, more than eight years after the Soviets had entered the country.
2000 - In a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a key provision of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, saying that rape victims could not sue their attackers in federal court.
2007 - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who built the Christian right into a political force, died in Lynchburg, Virginia, at age 73.
2009 - General Motors told about 1,100 dealers that their franchises would be terminated.
2015 - A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and left more than 250 wounded.
2020 - President Donald Trump formally unveiled a coronavirus vaccine program he called "Operation Warp Speed," to speed development of COVID-19 vaccines and quickly distribute them around the country.
2022 - Police said the white 18-year-old who shot and killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket a day earlier had researched the local demographics while looking for places with a high concentration of Black residents.
Birthdays
33 - Mollee Gray (actress/model)
34 - Stella Maxwell (model)
34 - Francia James (model)
37 - Andy Murray (tennis player)
42 - Alexandra Breckenridge (actress)
43 - Jamie-Lynn Sigler (actress)
46 - David Krumholtz (actor)
46 - Amy Chow (gymnast)
49 - Ray Lewis (football player)
50 - Russell Hornsby (actor)
52 - David Charvet (actor)
54 - Brad Rowe (actor)
55 - Emmitt Smith (football player)
57 - Madhuri Dixit (actress)
61 - Brenda Bakke (actress)
67 - Kevin Von Erich (professional wrestler)
69 - Lee Horsley (actor)
71 - George Brett (baseball player)
74 - Nicholas Hammond (actor)
82 - Lainie Kazan (actress)
86 - Lenny Welch (singer)
88 - Anna Maria Alberghetti (actress/singer)
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Today in Sports History - May 15
1862 - Brooklyn's Union Grounds opened. It was the first enclosed baseball park.
1918 - Washington Senators pitcher Walter Johnson pitches all 18 innings in a 1-0 win.
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.
1973 - Nolan Ryan (California Angels) pitched his first no-hitter.
1991 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attended a major league baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles as a guest of President George H.W. Bush.
1993 - The Montreal Expos retired Rusty Staub's #10.
1993 - The Alamodome opened in San Antonio.
1995 - The Vancouver Canucks set an NHL playoff record when Christian Ruutu and Geoff Courtnall scored shorthanded goals only 17 seconds apart.
2018 - Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano was suspended for 80 games for violating baseball's drug agreement, becoming one of the most prominent players disciplined under the sport's anti-doping rules.
2022 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 despite not recording a single hit.
