May 15th, 1945

Born on May 15th, 1945

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What happened on May 15th, 1945?

May 15th, 1945

World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poljana

May 15th, 1945

The British Army directed fleeing Croatian soldiers to surrender to the Yugoslav Partisans, beginning the Bleiburg repatriations.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army

What else happened on May 15th?

May 15th, 2010

Three days before her seventeenth birthday, Jessica Watson arrived in Sydney after sailing non-stop and unassisted around the world.

May 15th, 2004

Arsenal became the first football team in England's top flight to finish a season undefeated since Preston North End did so in 1888–1889.

May 15th, 1990

Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold at auction at Christie's in New York for US$82.5 million, making it the world's most expensive painting at the time.

May 15th, 1972

The Ryukyu Islands were returned to Japan by the United States, and the U.S. occupation government was abolished.

May 15th, 1966

Disapproving of General Tôn Thất Đính's handling of the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ordered an attack on his forces and ousted Đính from his post.

May 15th, 1957

The United Kingdom tested its first hydrogen bomb over Malden Island in Operation Grapple.

May 15th, 1953

Don Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, an event for Cub Scouts of the Boy Scouts of America where wooden cars built by the scouts are raced.

May 15th, 1916

Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas.

May 15th, 1911

Mexican Revolution: A force of Maderistas captured Torreón and proceeded to massacre 303 of the city's Chinese residents.

May 15th, 1904

Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese battleships Hatsuse and Yashima sank after striking several mines off Port Arthur, China.

May 15th, 1869

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, breaking away from the American Equal Rights Association which they had also previously founded.

May 15th, 1864

American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union Army out of the Shenandoah Valley.

May 15th, 1855

Thieves stole 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold from a train travelling from London to Folkestone, England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 15th

Born on May 15th, 1945

78

Duarte Pio of Braganza

Pretender to the throne of Portugal

*May 15th, 1945, Bern

78

Bengt Nordén

Scientist, Chemist

*May 15th, 1945, Lund

78

Raymond Steegmans

Cyclist

*May 15th, 1945, Hasselt

78

Luis María Linde

Spanish economist

*May 15th, 1945, Madrid

78

Claudio Francesconi

Italian fencer

*May 15th, 1945, Milan

74

Krzysztof Pytel

Chess player

*May 15th, 1945, Chełm †June 30th, 2019, Cormontreuil

78

Lee Jang-ho

South Korean film director and screenwriter

*May 15th, 1945, Seoul

53

Jerry Quarry

American boxer

*May 15th, 1945, Bakersfield †January 3rd, 1999, Templeton

78

Kim Gi-hyeon

South Korean voice actor

*May 15th, 1945, Daejeon

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 15th?

58

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

72

Lois Johnson

American country music singer, vocalist (1942-2014)

*May 15th, 1942, Union County †July 7th, 2014, Nashville

53

Mika Vainio

Finnish electronic musician

*May 15th, 1963, Helsinki †April 12th, 2017, Trouville-sur-Mer

79

Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini

Argentinian paleontologist

*May 15th, 1944, La Plata

28

Victoria Williams

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1995, Sheffield

60

Grete Mogensen

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1963, Skive

80

Neville Jordan

New Zealand electrical engineer and businessperson (b. 1943)

*May 15th, 1943, Petone

72

Frank Wilczek

Physicist

*May 15th, 1951, Mineola

70

Athene Donald

British physicist

*May 15th, 1953, London

84

Madeleine Albright

United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001

*May 15th, 1937, Prague †March 23rd, 2022, Washington, D.C.

87

Anna Maria Alberghetti

Italian-born operatic singer and actress

*May 15th, 1936, Pesaro

71

Dieter Muscheid

German politician (1943–2015)

*May 15th, 1943, Koblenz †March 2nd, 2015, Nassau

23

Carolina Ponce

Argentinian Beach handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Ensenada

79

Barbara Hammer

American filmmaker (1939-2019)

*May 15th, 1939, Hollywood †March 16th, 2019, Manhattan

23

Caterina Benedetti

Argentinian handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Buenos Aires

74

Wolfgang Gunkel

German politician

*May 15th, 1947, Berlin †August 13th, 2021

33

Sannatasah Saniru

Malaysian badminton player

*May 15th, 1990, Sabah

Same year
Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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