Today is Monday, May 15th, the 135th day of the year. There are 230
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES Date Your Mate Month,
Foster Care Month, National Blood Pressure Month, National Bike
Month, National Hamburger Month, National Barbecue Month,
National Photograph Month, National Recommitment Month,
National Salad Month, Older Americans Month, National Water
Safety Month, Wildflower Week, Peace Officers Memorial Day,
International Day of Families, National Chocolate Chip Day,
Armed Forces Day!
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Ron Simmons, 65, football player/wrestler
Melle Mel, 62, rapper (Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five)
Leroy Hoard, 55, football player
Emmitt Smith, 54, football legend
Rod Smith, 53, football player
Desmond Howard, 53, football player/sportscaster
Ray Lewis, 48, football player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
DEATHS
Earl Manigault, 1998, basketball player (b. 1944)
Yolanda King, 2007, activist/daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1955)
Wayman Tisdale, 2009, basketball player/musician (b. 1964)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1791 – Civil Rights granted to free mulattoes in French Colonies.
1820 – Congress declares the foreign slave trade an act of piracy
punishable by death.
1905 – Las Vegas, Nevada is founded.
1911 – Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is incorporated at Indiana
University.
1918 – Pfc. Henry Johnson and Pfc. Needham Roberts, both African
American, receive the Cross de Guerre for their service in World
War I, becoming the first Americans to win France’s highest
military award.
1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first
cartoon, Plane Crazy.
1940 – McDonald’s opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, Calif.
1972 – Assassination attempt on Governor George Wallace of Alabama
by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Md.
1981 – The Harlem Globetrotters on “Gilligan’s Island” airs.
1988 – “Gospel at Colonus” closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater in New
York City after 61 performances.
1989 – The Toronto Blue jays fire manager Jimmy Williams and
replace him with Cito Gaston.
HOROSCOPE
Being a Taurus born on May 15th, your personality is defined by your discipline and loyalty. You are very hardworking and this is a result of your commitment to success. While others struggle to find willpower, you will take on a challenge with undying fortitude. Your friends and family admire your inner strength, almost as much as they admire your loyalty. Your loved ones would be hard pressed to recall a time where you did not defend them or have their best interest at heart.