May 15th, 1970

Born on May 15th, 1970

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What happened on May 15th, 1970?

May 15th, 1970

President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.

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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, 1945

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

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, 1970

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Ronald de Boer

Dutch footballer

*May 15th, 1970, Hoorn

53

Frank de Boer

Dutch association football player and manager

*May 15th, 1970, Hoorn

53

Ben Wallace

British politician, UK Defence Secretary (2019–2023)

*May 15th, 1970, Farnborough

53

Judith Hermann

German writer

*May 15th, 1970, Berlin

53

Anne Akiko Meyers

American concert violinist

*May 15th, 1970, San Diego

53

Desmond Howard

American football player (born 1970)

*May 15th, 1970, Cleveland

53

Brad Rowe

American actor

*May 15th, 1970, Milwaukee

53

Andrew Plotkin

Interactive fiction programmer and writer

*May 15th, 1970, Syracuse

53

Saira Khan

British television personality

*May 15th, 1970, Long Eaton

53

Zaven Kouyoumdjian

Lebanese journalist

*May 15th, 1970, Beirut

53

Victor Ciutacu

Romanian journalist

*May 15th, 1970, Sinaia

53

Elias Bulut, Jr.

Filipino politician

*May 15th, 1970, Baguio

53

Dave Finkel

American television producer, actor, and screenwriter

*May 15th, 1970, Los Angeles

53

Stefano Sacripanti

Italian basketball coach

*May 15th, 1970, Cantù

53

Massimiano Bucchi

Sociologist

*May 15th, 1970, Arezzo

53

Iqbal Kuttippuram

Screenwriter

*May 15th, 1970, Kerala

53

Nicola Walker

British actress

*May 15th, 1970, Stepney

53

Rod Smith

American football player (born 1970)

*May 15th, 1970, Texarkana

53

Kentaro Sawada

Japanese association football player and manager

*May 15th, 1970, Kamakura

53

Miguel Ángel Benítez

Paraguayan footballer

*May 15th, 1970, Asunción

53

Travis Wyrick

American record producer

*May 15th, 1970, Atlanta

53

Justin Moorhouse

British actor, comedian and DJ

*May 15th, 1970, Manchester

53

Katia Condos

Peruvian actress

*May 15th, 1970, Lima

53

Adriana Ricardo

Columbian actress

*May 15th, 1970, Montería

53

Alexander McEwan

Scottish footballer

*May 15th, 1970, Glasgow

53

Klaus Michler

German field hockey player

*May 15th, 1970, Stuttgart

53

Scott Watkins

American baseball player

*May 15th, 1970, Tulsa

53

Robert Dymkowski

Polish footballer

*May 15th, 1970, Koszalin

53

Rob Blasdell

Lacrosse player

*May 15th, 1970, Brantford

53

Norma Khouri

Jordanian American writer

*May 15th, 1970, Amman

53

Cristina Salvi

Italian tennis player

*May 15th, 1970, Arezzo

53

Frédéric Ouvret

Footballer

*May 15th, 1970, Paris

53

Eddie Bravo

American martial artist

*May 15th, 1970, Santa Ana

53

Cory Philpot

Player of American and Canadian football

*May 15th, 1970, Melbourne

53

Joichiro Tatsuyoshi

Japanese boxer

*May 15th, 1970, Kurashiki

53

Artie Smith

American football player

*May 15th, 1970, Stillwater

53

Keith Tower

American basketball player

*May 15th, 1970, Libby

53

Wes Walz

Canadian ice hockey player

*May 15th, 1970, Calgary

53

Emmanuel Desgeorges

Footballer

*May 15th, 1970, Issoire

53

Ashraf Din

Cricketer

*May 15th, 1970, Lahore

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58

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

53

Mika Vainio

Finnish electronic musician

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

51

Danny Alexander

British banker and former Liberal Democrat politician

*May 15th, 1972, Edinburgh

60

Grete Mogensen

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1963, Skive

28

Victoria Williams

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1995, Sheffield

56

Madhuri Dixit

Indian actress

*May 15th, 1967, Mumbai

56

Simen Agdestein

Norwegian chess player, chess coach and football player

*May 15th, 1967, Asker

41

Layal Abboud

Lebanese pop singer

*May 15th, 1982, Kniseh, Tyre

33

Sannatasah Saniru

Malaysian badminton player

*May 15th, 1990, Sabah

23

Carolina Ponce

Argentinian Beach handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Ensenada

23

Caterina Benedetti

Argentinian handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Buenos Aires

41

Alexandra Breckenridge

American actress

*May 15th, 1982, Bridgeport

28

Yu Igarashi

Japanese badminton player

*May 15th, 1995, Yamagata Prefecture

25

Sun Feixiang

Chinese badminton player

*May 15th, 1998, Yichang

47

Anže Logar

Slovenian politician

*May 15th, 1976, Ljubljana

26

Ousmane Dembélé

French footballer

*May 15th, 1997, Vernon

75

Brian Eno

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

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

26

Fachryza Abimanyu

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1997, Jakarta

59

Lars Løkke Rasmussen

25th Prime Minister of Denmark

*May 15th, 1964, Vejle

Same year
Born in 1970

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

53

Shanti Roney

Swedish actor

*November 24th, 1970, Spånga

54

Mia X

American rapper

*January 9th, 1970, New Orleans

53

Mehmet Scholl

German association football player and manager

*October 16th, 1970, Karlsruhe

54

Gil Young-ah

South Korean badminton player

*April 11th, 1970, Ansan

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

53

Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman

*April 26th, 1970, Novo Mesto

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

54

Lara Fabian

Belgian and Canadian singer and songwriter

*January 9th, 1970, Etterbeek

53

Colin Lawrence

Actor

*September 7th, 1970, London

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

54

Ardy Wiranata

Badminton player

*February 10th, 1970, Jakarta

53

Erich Irlstorfer

German politician

*May 27th, 1970, Freising

54

Rachel Weisz

British-American actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

53

Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro

53

Rhona Robertson

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1970, Auckland

53

Sandra Dimbour

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1970, Saint-Denis

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

53

Ted Cruz

United States Senator from Texas since 2013

*December 22nd, 1970, Calgary

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No: With 365 days 1970 is a normal year and no leap year.

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