This Day In History
May 15
The Seven Years War begins Continentals capture Fort Granby, South Carolina President John Adams orders federal government to Washington, D.C. Second vigilante committee organizes in San Francisco VMI cadets fight in Battle of New Market Katherine Anne Porter is born Tornado decimates Texas town Austrians launch massive offensive on Trentino Front Madeleine Albright is born First Allied jet flies Legislation creating the Women's Army Corps becomes law Seventeen states put gasoline rationing into effect Ronald Reagan applies for transfer to Army Air Force The flight of Faith 7 U.S. positions south of the DMZ come under heavy fire Air Force sergeant awarded Medal of Honor Governor George Wallace shot Nolan Ryan pitches first no-hitter A young woman and her married lover kill her family "Ebony And Ivory" begins a seven-week run at #1 on the pop charts Soviets begin withdrawal from Afghanistan Celebrity private detective Anthony Pellicano found guilty
The Seven Years War begins Continentals capture Fort Granby, South Carolina President John Adams orders federal government to Washington, D.C. Second vigilante committee organizes in San Francisco VMI cadets fight in Battle of New Market Katherine Anne Porter is born Tornado decimates Texas town Austrians launch massive offensive on Trentino Front Madeleine Albright is born First Allied jet flies Legislation creating the Women's Army Corps becomes law Seventeen states put gasoline rationing into effect Ronald Reagan applies for transfer to Army Air Force The flight of Faith 7 U.S. positions south of the DMZ come under heavy fire Air Force sergeant awarded Medal of Honor Governor George Wallace shot Nolan Ryan pitches first no-hitter A young woman and her married lover kill her family "Ebony And Ivory" begins a seven-week run at #1 on the pop charts Soviets begin withdrawal from Afghanistan Celebrity private detective Anthony Pellicano found guilty
