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- 1252 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition
- 1618 German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws, the "harmonic law"
- 1841 First emigrant wagon train to make it to California leaves Independence, Missouri on a 1,730 mile journey over the Sierra Nevada [1]
- 1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- 1940 Richard and Maurice McDonald open the 1st McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California
- 1951 AT&T becomes the first US corporation to have a million stockholders after young car salesman Brady Denton purchases 7 shares worth $1,078
- 1988 The Soviet Union begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan
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May 15 in Film & TV
- 2002 "Bowling for Columbine", a documentary directed by Michael Moore has its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
May 15 in Music
- 1914 Henri Rabaud's opera "Marouf, savetier de Caire" premieres in Paris
May 15 in Sport
- 1862 First baseball enclosure opens at Union Grounds, Brooklyn
- 2010 Jessica Watson at age 16 becomes the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world
Did You Know?
James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
Fun Fact About May 15
Mickey Mouse makes his 1st ever appearance in silent film "Plane Crazy"
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