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
- 1567 –Mary, Queen of Scots, marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
- 1618 –Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
- 1718 –James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world’s first machine gun.
- 1791 –Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
- 1796 –First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
- 1850 –The Bloody Island Massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians in Lake County are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry, led by Nathaniel Lyon.
- 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.
- 1943 –Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
- 1970 –President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
Who were born on May 15?
- 1857 –Williamina Fleming, British-born astronomer (d. 1911)
- 1895 –Astrid Zachrison, Swedish supercentenarian (d. 2008)
- 1915 –Hilda Bernstein, British-born South African author (d. 2006)
- 1937 –Madeleine Albright, American Secretary of State
- 1937 –Trini López, American musician
- 1940 –Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
- 1948 –Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- 1964 –Digna Ochoa, Mexican politician
- 1976 –Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
- 1979 –Chris Masoe, New Zealander rugby player
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