Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 15
May 15, 2024 is the 136th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 230 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 15
- 1252 –Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
- 1862 –President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
- 1929 –A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
- 1940 –World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
- 1960 –The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
- 1970 –Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
- 1988 –Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- 1990 –Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
- 1997 –The United States government acknowledges the existence of the “Secret War” in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other “Secret War” veterans.
- 2008 –California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state’s own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
Who were born on May 15?
- 1854 –Ioannis Psycharis, Greek author and linguist (d. 1929)
- 1856 –Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer and guide (d. 1917)
- 1899 –Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
- 1907 –Sukhdev Thapar, Indian revolutionary figure who fought for independence against the British colonialists (d. 1931)
- 1915 –Gus Viseur, French button accordionist (d. 1974)
- 1922 –Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
- 1941 –K.T. Oslin, American musician
- 1948 –Kathleen Sebelius, American politician and Obama Administration figure
- 1974 –Vassilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player
- 1976 –Tyler Walker, American baseball player
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