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| May 15th, 2008 (May 15 2008) | Event | 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. | |
| May 15th, 2008 (May 15 2008) | Death | Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (born in 1919) | |
| May 15th, 2008 (May 15 2008) | Death | Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (born in 1956) | |
| May 15th, 2008 (May 15 2008) | Death | Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (born in 1960) | |
| May 15th, 1998 (May 15 1998) | Death | Earl Manigault, American basketball player (born in 1944) | |
| May 15th, 1988 (May 15 1988) | Event | Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. | |
| May 15th, 1978 (May 15 1978) | Birth | Amy Chow, American gymnast | |
| May 15th, 1978 (May 15 1978) | Birth | Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer | |
| May 15th, 1978 (May 15 1978) | Birth | Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress | Caroline Dhavernas Quotes |
| May 15th, 1978 (May 15 1978) | Birth | Edu, Brazilian footballer | |
| May 15th, 1978 (May 15 1978) | Birth | David Krumholtz, American actor | |
| May 15th, 1978 (May 15 1978) | Birth | Krissy Taylor, American model (died in 1995) | |
| May 15th, 1978 (May 15 1978) | Death | Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (born in 1894) | |
| May 15th, 1968 (May 15 1968) | Birth | Cecilia Malmstrom, Swedish politician | |
| May 15th, 1968 (May 15 1968) | Birth | Seth Putnam, American musician | |
| May 15th, 1958 (May 15 1958) | Event | The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3. | |
| May 15th, 1958 (May 15 1958) | Birth | Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler | |
| May 15th, 1948 (May 15 1948) | Event | Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attack Israel. | |
| May 15th, 1948 (May 15 1948) | Birth | Brian Eno, English musician and record producer | |
| May 15th, 1948 (May 15 1948) | Birth | Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, governor of Kansas | |
| May 15th, 1948 (May 15 1948) | Birth | Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher | |
| May 15th, 1948 (May 15 1948) | Death | Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (born in 1886) | |
| May 15th, 1938 (May 15 1938) | Birth | Mireille Darc, French actress | |
| May 15th, 1938 (May 15 1938) | Birth | Lenny Welch, American singer | |
| May 15th, 1918 (May 15 1918) | Event | The Finnish Civil War ends. | |
| May 15th, 1918 (May 15 1918) | Birth | Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (died in 2008) | |
| May 15th, 1918 (May 15 1918) | Birth | Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor | |
| May 15th, 1898 (May 15 1898) | Birth | Arletty, French model and actress (died in 1992) | |
| May 15th, 1858 (May 15 1858) | Event | Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. | |
| May 15th, 1848 (May 15 1848) | Birth | Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (died in 1926) | |
| May 15th, 1718 (May 15 1718) | Event | James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world s first machine gun. | |
| May 15th, 1698 (May 15 1698) | Death | Marie Champmesle, French actress (born in 1642) | |
| May 15th, 1618 (May 15 1618) | Event | 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). | |
| May 15th, 1608 (May 15 1608) | Birth | Rene Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs) (died in 1642) | |
