Wednesday May 15, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is a leap year

Historical Event(s)

The Treaty of Westphalia signed.
American Revolution: the Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia – students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
Woman’s suffrage: in New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an “unreasonable” monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
World War II: in the United States, a bill creating the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.

Who were born on ?

Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905)
Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (d. 1971)
Turk Broda, Canadian hockey goaltender (d. 1972)
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress
Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, Portuguese noble
Andrew Eldritch, British singer and songwriter
Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player (d. 2011)
Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
Rocky Marquette, American actor
Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player

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