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| May 15th, 2007 (May 15 2007) | Death | Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (born in 1933) | |
| May 15th, 2007 (May 15 2007) | Death | Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (born in 1955) | Martin Luther Quotes |
| May 15th, 1997 (May 15 1997) | Event | 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. | |
| May 15th, 1987 (May 15 1987) | Event | The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit. | |
| May 15th, 1987 (May 15 1987) | Birth | Ersan Ilyasova, Turkish basketball player | |
| May 15th, 1987 (May 15 1987) | Birth | Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina actress and singer | |
| May 15th, 1987 (May 15 1987) | Birth | Andrew "Andy" Murray, Scottish tennis player | |
| May 15th, 1967 (May 15 1967) | Birth | Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress | |
| May 15th, 1967 (May 15 1967) | Birth | John Smoltz, baseball player | |
| May 15th, 1967 (May 15 1967) | Death | Edward Hopper, American painter (born in 1882) | Edward Hopper Quotes |
| May 15th, 1957 (May 15 1957) | Event | At Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple. The device fails to detonate properly. | |
| May 15th, 1957 (May 15 1957) | Birth | Juan Jose Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister) | |
| May 15th, 1957 (May 15 1957) | Birth | Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler | |
| May 15th, 1947 (May 15 1947) | Birth | Graeham Goble, Australian musician, singer/songwriter, and record producer (co-founding member of Little River Band) | |
| May 15th, 1937 (May 15 1937) | Birth | Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State | |
| May 15th, 1937 (May 15 1937) | Birth | Trini Lopez, American musician | |
| May 15th, 1937 (May 15 1937) | Death | Phillip Snowden, British politician (born in 1864) | |
| May 15th, 1907 (May 15 1907) | Birth | Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter (died in 1931) | |
| May 15th, 1897 (May 15 1897) | Event | The Greek army retreats with heavy losses in the Greco-Turkish War. | |
| May 15th, 1857 (May 15 1857) | Birth | Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (died in 1911) | |
| May 15th, 1817 (May 15 1817) | Event | Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| May 15th, 1817 (May 15 1817) | Birth | Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (died in 1905) | |
| May 15th, 1567 (May 15 1567) | Event | Mary Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, her third husband. | |
| May 15th, 1567 (May 15 1567) | Birth | (baptism) Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (died in 1643) | |
| May 15th, 1157 (May 15 1157) | Death | Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince | |
