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, 2025 is the 135th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 230 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Thursday.
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.
- 1792 –War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 1829 –The Aaronic Priesthood is restored to Joseph Smith Jr. and Oliver Cowdery, prior to the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- 1849 –Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily
- 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.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia – students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
- 1911 –In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an “unreasonable” monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
- 1940 –USS Sailfish (SS-192) recommissioned, originally the USS Squalus.
- 1957 –At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. The device fails to detonate properly.
- 1987 –The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
Who were born on May 15?
- 1856 –Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer and guide (d. 1917)
- 1862 –Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist (d. 1931)
- 1918 –Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (d. 2009)
- 1926 –Anthony Shaffer, British playwright (d. 2001)
- 1936 –Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress
- 1940 –Don Nelson, American professional basketball coach
- 1969 –Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player (d. 2011)
- 1971 –Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
- 1981 –Patrice Evra, French footballer
- 1981 –Zara Phillips, British royal and eventer
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