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What happened in history on this day: May 15?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On May 15 in ...
- 1984 - In Beijing, China, William Millard of Computerland and officials of the government sign a letter of intent to create a network for microcomputer systems in China.
- 1996 - In Los Angeles, California, Bandai Digital Entertainment announces the Pippin @World computer. The device includes a keyboard and CD-ROM player. It can be hooked up to a television and connected to the Internet. Bandai expects to ship the device in September, priced at US$599.
- 1997 - Exponential Technologies ceases development of PowerPC processors.
- 1999 - Netscape Communications releases Communicator 4.6. New updates include RealNetworks' G2 multimedia player, and 56-bit DES encryption.
- 2000 - In San Jose, California, the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is held.
- 2000 - At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple Computer releases Mac OS X DR 4 (fourth developer release) to 4000 software developers.
- 2002 - Intel releases the 1.7 GHz Celeron processor. It features 8 kB Level 1 data cache, 12 kB Level 1 instruction cache, 128 kB Level 2 cache, 400 MHz system bus, MMX, SSE, and SSE2 instructions, 64 GB address space, two pipelined FPUs. It incorporates 42 million transistors in a 0.18-micron process. Code-name during development was Willamette. Price is US$83 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2002 - Intel releases the 1.4 GHz Celeron processor. It features 100 MHz bus, 256 kB cache, 0.13-micron technology. Price is US$89 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A home personal computer and a portable laptop are used to access the World Wide Web.
- 2009 - Venezuela issues 10 postage stamps depicting personal computers, promoting protection of children on the Internet.
- 1928 - Work is completed on the film Plane Crazy.
- 1928 - Walt Disney's first silent film featuring Mickey Mouse, Plane Crazy premieres as a sneak preview at a theatre on Sunset Boulevard, in Los Angeles, California. It cost US$1772.89 to make. Minnie Mouse also debuts.
- 1930 - The Mickey Mouse film The Cactus Kid is released. It stars Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and Peg Leg Pete.
- 1935 - The third Mickey Mouse Magazine is first published, priced at 10 cents.
- 1937 - The Silly Symphony film Little Hiawatha is released to theaters.
- 1937 - Republic Pictures Corporation releases the film Michael O'Halloran to theaters. An excerpt from the Mickey Mouse cartoon Puppy Love is shown.
- 1977 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Disney's Greatest Villains.
- 1981 - Barbuda issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters at sea.
- 1984 - Ray Watson and Ron Miller have lunch with Sid Bass, who tries to convince the Disney executives that they have nothing to fear from doing business with him. Watson decides to proceed with the Arvida deal.
- 1988 - The TV show Captain EO Backstage airs.
- 1988 - The ABC TV network airs The Disney Sunday Movie, entitled Justin Case.
- 1995 - The California Grill restaurant opens on the top floor of the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World. Former name was Top of the World.
- 1996 - Disney completes its purchase of 25 percent of the California Angels baseball team.
- 1998 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film The Horse Whisperer to theaters in the USA.
- 2003 - IMAX Corporation releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in the Czech Republic.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A child refers to Plutarch. The dad says "Mickey Mouse's dog?".
- 2008 - Disney Interactive Studios formally launches DGamer, a free avatar-based community for U.S. buyers of Disney-developed Nintendo DS.
- 2008 - The Walt Disney Pictures / Walden Media film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is released to theaters in Chile, Indonesia, Russia, Korea, and the Ukraine.
- 2016 - The Amorette's Patisserie shop opens at the Disney Springs Town Center at Walt Disney World.
- 1953 - The General Motors Motorama show is on display in Dallas, Texas, over ten days.
- 1971 - In Talladega, Alabama, a 200-mile car race is held.
- Finishing 1st in GTO class and 1st overall is the Or Costanzo #57 1969 Corvette L-88 driven by Dave Heinz.
- Finishing 2nd in GTO class and 26th overall is the #72 Corvette driven by George Garcia and Daniel Vilarchao.
- Finishing 4th in GTO class and 28th overall is the #88 Corvette driven by David Wolin.
- Finishing 4th in Special class and 30th overall is the #44 Corvette driven by Pat Sundman.
The Or Costanzo Corvette is painted like a Confederate flag, done to poke fun at the John Greenwood Corvette which was painted like an American flag.
- 1983 - At the Summit Point International Raceway in Summit Point, West Virginia, the SCCA Budweiser Trans-Am Championship - Round 2 race is held.
- Finishing 4th is the Currin Racing #99 Corvette, driven by Phil Currin.
- Finishing 7th is the Pickett Racing #6 Corvette, driven by Greg Pickett.
- Finishing 9th is the B.C. Auto Body #41 Corvette, driven by Bill Craine.
- Finishing 10th is the On Track Engineering #0 Corvette, driven by Frank Search.
- Finishing 11th is the Jet Syn Oil #93 Corvette, driven by Michael Oleyar.
- Finishing 14th is the Quaker Manufacturing #73 Corvette, driven by Dan Furey.
- Finishing 16th is the Specialtie Racing Equipment #71 Corvette, driven by Ron Boelts.
- Finishing 19th is the Aquilante Racing #5 Corvette, driven by Thomas Aquilante.
- In 23rd place, but not finishing the race, is the #74 Corvette, driven by Peter Dus.
- In 26th place, but not finishing the race, is the Brandt Racing #60 Corvette, driven by John Brandt.
- In 33rd place, but not finishing the race, is the Pacific Summit #11 Corvette, driven by Darin Brassfield.
- 1940 - (morning) French Premier Paul Reynaud phones British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, telling him, "We have been defeated; we have lost the battle".
- 1940 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tells US President Franklin Roosevelt "I think myself the battle on land has only just begun."
- 1940 - (about 1130 hours) In Rijsoord, a suburb village of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Commander in Chief of Netherlands land and sea forces General Henri Winkelman signs formal capitulation of Netherlands armed forces to Germany.
- 1940 - The German Army begins a large attack across a 60-mile front of the River Meuse from Namur to Sedan.
- 1940 - The British War Cabinet gives Bomber Command permission to bomb the Ruhr area of Germany, east of the Rhine river.
- 1940 - (evening) German forces attack an Irish regiment holding a railroad station on the eastern edge of Louvain, successfully taking the position.
- 1940 - (evening) French Premier Paul Reynaud calls Winston Churchill asking for all the troops and planes he can send. Churchill decides to go himself to assess the situation.
- 1940 - (evening) French General Maurice-Gustave Gamelin orders a retreat of Allied forces in Belgium to the River Escaut, abandoning all central and eastern Belgium, including Antwerp and Brussels.
- 1940 - (by nightfall) The German Army succeeds in crossing the Meuse in three places between Namur and Sedan.
- 1940 - (evening) British bombing of German ground targets begins. 96 Wellington, Whitley, and Hampden bombers attack industrial targets east of the Rhine river. Only one plane is lost.
- 1940 - (late) German army general headquarters issues a statement indicating that aerial reconnaissance has shown Brussels to be allowing troops to pass through, in contravention of a declaration of being an open city. The Allies are warned to cease this action, or Brussels would be subject to military action.
- 1941 - In North Africa, British General Sir Archibald Wavell launches Operation Brevity, sending 26 Matilda tanks with the 22nd Guards Brigade against enemy positions at Sollum and Halfaya Pass along the Libya-Egypt frontier. The operation is successful, taking Halfaya Pass with the loss of seven tanks.
- 1941 - At a diplomatic reception, a drunken Professor Karl Bömer, head of the Foreign Press Department, announces to diplomats and journalists that he was being promoted to Gauleiter of the Crimea, following the invasion of Russia on June 22.
- 1941 - Soviet Defence Commissar Marshal Timoshenko and Chief of General Staff Georgi Zhukov submit a plan to Premier Josef Stalin for a land force of 152 divisions and 3000-4000 aircraft to destroy 100 German divisions in a pre-emptive strike in southern Poland. Stalin recognizes a lack of preparation for war, and refuses to sanction this or a general mobilization.
- 1943 - German submarine U-176 under commander Reiner Dierksen is lost with all hands (53 dead).
- 1943 - German submarine U-266 under commander Ralf von Jessen is lost with all hands (47 dead).
- 1944 - (0900 hours) British General Bernard Montgomery holds the final dress rehearsal for Operation Overlord, at the St. Paul's School headquarters.
- 1944 - The French Committee of National Liberation changes its name to Provisional Government of the Republic of France, under the leadership of Charles de Gaulle.
- 1955 - In Vienna, Austria, the Austrian State Treaty is signed.
- 1995 - Luxembourg issues two postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of concentration camps.
- 1996 - In Los Angeles, California, Nintendo gives a preview of the Nintendo 64 game system, showing the Super Mario 64 and PilotWings video games.
- 1996 - In Los Angeles, California, Bandai Digital Entertainment announces the Pippin @World computer. The device includes a keyboard and CD-ROM player. It can be hooked up to a television and connected to the Internet. Bandai expects to ship the device in September, priced at US$599.
- 2000 - Hudson releases the Bomberman 64: The Second Attack video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2000 - Pelican Accessories releases the Brain Boy memory cartridge for the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Pocket, with editor for Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue, and Pokémon Yellow.
- 2002 - Microsoft reduces the price of the Xbox video game system to US$199 in the US, CDN$299 in Canada, and 24,800 yen in Japan (about US$195).
- 2003 - Atari releases the Enter the Matrix video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US. Price is US$49.99. The game is based on the Matrix film trilogy, and cost US$30 million to create. Atari ships four million copies on the first day.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. In the lobby of a movie theater, a boy says "Instead of video games, they have weird free newspapers".
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A teacher says "... since the middle ages had no compact discs or Super Mario men...". A child plays a Game Boy in private school, and the teacher smashes it on the desk.
- 2006 - The National Broadcasting Company airs The Apprentice TV show in the US. Two teams of job interview contestants create displays of the Xbox 360 video game system for use in a department store.
- 2007 - Midway releases the Mortal Kombat: Armageddon video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
- 2012 - Rockstar releases the Max Payne 3 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 1470 - King Karl Knutsson dies.
- 1668 - A private bank is taken over by the State, becoming the Riksbank, the first national bank in the world.
- 1899 - W.W.B. McInnes, son of T.R. McInnes, proposes to the House of Commons that a mint be established in Canada. After lengthy and careful attention, the scheme is turned down.
- 1920 - Effective date of redesign of Canadian 1-cent coin.
- 1967 - The US Department of Trade & Commerce imposes an export ban on silver, to cease an accelerating demand on its supplies.
- 1903 - US Treasury Department purchases 250,000 ounces of silver for the San Francisco Mint.
- 1936 - Congress authorizes 1936 Wisconsin Centennial commemorative half dollar.
- 1936 - Congress authorizes 1936 Bridgeport, Connecticut, Centennial commemorative half dollar.
- 1936 - Congress authorizes 1936 Delaware Tercentenary commemorative half dollar.
- 1965 - US President Lyndon Johnson announces the start of resumed silver dollar production.
- 1965 - The Denver Mint begins production of 1964-dated Peace silver dollars, intended for circulation.
- 2008 - The US Mint releases the 2008 John Quincy Adams Presidential dollar coins into circulation.
- 1845 - Last of the epic horse races at the Union Course on Long Island, New York. Peytona of the South defeats Fashion of the North, twice.
- 1862 - Union Grounds, in Brooklyn New York, the first baseball enclosure, opens.
- 1876 - Second Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38.25.
- 1894 - 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41.
- 1906 - New York Giants' Hooks Wiltse strikes out four batters in one inning.
- 1912 - 37th Preakness: Clarence Turner on Colonel Holloway wins in 1:56.6.
- 1912 - Detroit Tigers' Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a New York Highlanders' game and is suspended.
- 1918 - 43rd Preakness (1st Division): Johnny Loftus aboard War Cloud wins in 1:53.6.
- 1918 - 44th Preakness (2nd Division): Charles Peak aboard Jack Hare Junior wins in 1:53.4.
- 1918 - Washington Senators' Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18-inning game.
- 1919 - Brooklyn Dodgers score ten runs in 13th inning to beat Cincinnati Reds 10-0.
- 1920 - Soccer team ADO '20 forms in Heemskerk.
- 1926 - 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8.
- 1935 - Pittsburgh Pirates beat Philadelphia Phillies 20-5.
- 1937 - 63rd Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard War Admiral wins in 1 minute 58.4 seconds.
- 1944 - Cincinnati Reds' Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0.
- 1948 - 74th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:02.4.
- 1948 - Australia scores 721 runs in one day versus Essex, world record.
- 1948 - Donald Bradman scores 187 Australia versus Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five.
- 1952 - Detroit Tigers' pitcher Virgil Trucks no-hits Washington Senators, 1-0.
- 1952 - Johnny Longden becomes second jockey to ride 4,000 winners.
- 1953 - Heavyweight Rocky Marciano knocks out Joe Walcott in Chicago, Illinois for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1959 - 100th anniversary of first college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams; Teams re-enact the original contest.
- 1960 - Chicago Cubs' Don Cardwell no-hits Saint Louis Cardinals, 4-0.
- 1963 - Tottenham Hotspur wins third Europe Cup II at Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- 1964 - Sporting Portugal wins fourth Europe Cup II at Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1965 - 91st Preakness: Ron Turcotte aboard Tom Rolfe wins in 1:56.2.
- 1965 - Canadian Football Players Association organizes.
- 1966 - First day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex versus Somerset.
- 1966 - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Invitational.
- 1967 - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
- 1968 - First American League game played in Milwaukee, is a 4-2 California Angels' win against Chicago Cubs.
- 1970 - South Africa excluded from Olympic play.
- 1971 - 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54.
- 1973 - Nolan Ryan pitches his first no-hitter game, as the California Angels defeat the Kansas City Royals 3-0.
- 1975 - 11th Mayor's Trophy Game, New York Yankees beat New York Mets 9-4.
- 1976 - 102nd Preakness: John Lively aboard Elocutionist wins in 1:55.
- 1977 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic.
- 1980 - Philadelphia Flyers score 8 goals against New York Islanders in playoffs.
- 1981 - Leonard Barker of Cleveland Indians pitches perfect game versus Toronto Blue Jays.
- 1982 - 108th Preakness: 16-year-old Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4.
- 1983 - Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic.
- 1985 - Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- 1987 - Record archery score for a pair over 24 hours, is set.
- 1988 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic.
- 1989 - Toronto Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston.
- 1989 - US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule.
- 1991 - England's Queen Elizabeth II is President George Bush's guest at the Oakland Athletics - Baltimore Orioles game played at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium.
- 1991 - Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- 1991 - The Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox play a game for 4 hours and 11 minutes setting a new record for slowest game ever played in nine innings.
- 1993 - 119th Preakness: Mike Smith aboard Prairie Bayou wins in 1:56.6.
- 1993 - Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas opens.
- 1993 - Montreal Expos retire their first number, #10 for Rusty Staub.
- 1994 - 40th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies.
- 1999 - 125th Preakness: Chris Antley on Charismatic wins in 1:55.2.
- 2004 - Arsenal complete a whole English Premiership season unbeaten, 38 games.
- 2004 - South Africa is awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- 2010 - Lookin at Lucky racehorse finishes first at the 135th running of the Preakness Stakes in Pimlico, Maryland.
- 2022 - At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Ohio, USA, the Lexus Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio race is held, round 5 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 #10 Acura DPi driven by Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque.
- Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 7th overall is the DragonSpeed USA LLC #81 ORECA LMP2 07 driven by Jaun Pablo Montoya and Henrik Hedman.
- Finishing 1st in LMP3 class and 13th overall is the Core Autosport #54 Ligier JS P320 driven by Colin Braun and Jon Bennett.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 19th overall is the Turner Motorsport #96 BMW M4 GT3 driven by Robby Foley and Bill Auberlen.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats San Francisco Giants by score 15-6.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Oakland Athletics by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Colorado Rockies by score 8-7.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Boston Red Sox by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Chicago White Sox by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Minnesota Twins beats Cleveland Guardians by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats New York Mets by score 8-7.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Miami Marlins by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Baltimore Orioles by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Washington Nationals by score 8-0.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Cincinnati Reds by score 1-0.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Atlanta Braves by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL Western Conference 1st Round, game 7: Calgary Flames defeats Dallas Stars by score 3-2, winning series 4-3.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL Eastern Conference 1st Round, game 7: New York Rangers defeats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 4-3, winning series 4-3.
- 1836 - Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse.
- 1955 - Building of space travel center at Baikonur, Kazachstan begins.
- 1958 - USSR launches Sputnik III.
- 1960 - Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed.
- 1963 - The final Mercury mission is launched, with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper - who becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space.
- 1981 - Soyuz 40 carries two cosmonauts (one Rumanian) to Salyut 6.
- 1987 - The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform, which fails to reach orbit.
- 1997 - STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission.
- 1896 - Tornado kills 78 in Texas.
- 1968 - A tornado strikes Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA, at 10 PM, killing 36.
- 2005 - A passenger ferry capsizes and sinks in strong winds in the Bura Gauranga River in Bangladesh, leaving over 100 people missing.
- 1837 - Bank of Virginia suspends specie payments.
- 1845 - Last of the epic horse races at the Union Course on Long Island, New York. Peytona of the South defeats Fashion of the North, twice.
- 1862 - US Department of Agriculture is created.
- 1862 - USA General Benjamin F Butler issues "Woman's Order" - women of New Orleans to be treated as whores as a result of their treatment of USA soldiers.
- 1862 - Battle of Drewry's Bluff (Fort Darling), Virginia, CSA.
- 1862 - Battle of Princeton, West Virginia.
- 1864 - Battle of New Market, Virginia.
- 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia (third day).
- 1864 - Skirmish at Marksville (Avoyelles) (Red River Campaign).
- 1869 - Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman's Suffrage Association in the USA.
- 1896 - Tornado kills 78 in Texas.
- 1903 - US Treasury Department purchases 250,000 ounces of silver for the San Francisco Mint.
- 1905 - A land auction is held in the founding of Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1911 - Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Indiana University, incorporates.
- 1911 - US Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act).
- 1918 - The US Post Office Department begins the first regular airmail service (between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington DC).
- 1928 - Walt Disney's first silent film featuring Mickey Mouse, Plane Crazy premieres as a sneak preview at a theatre on Sunset Boulevard, in Los Angeles, California.
- 1929 - Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio, USA).
- 1930 - Ellen Church becomes first airline stewardess, United Airlines (San Francisco to Cheyenne).
- 1933 - First voice amplification system to be used in US Senate.
- 1934 - Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for John Dillinger, dead or alive.
- 1940 - First successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300.
- 1940 - Nylon stockings go on sale for first time, in the USA.
- 1940 - McDonald's opens its first restaurant, in San Bernardino, California.
- 1942 - Gasoline first rationed in US (17 Eastern States).
- 1944 - Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Winston Churchill and King George VI discuss D-Day plan.
- 1955 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1955 - Britain, France, US and USSR sign the Austrian State Treaty restore Austria's independence.
- 1957 - 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launches a crusade.
- 1962 - US marines arrive in Laos.
- 1963 - The final Mercury mission is launched, with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper - who becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space.
- 1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1965 - US President Lyndon Johnson announces the start of resumed silver dollar production.
- 1968 - A tornado strikes Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA, at 10 PM, killing 36.
- 1969 - Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from US Supreme Court.
- 1970 - Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named first female US generals.
- 1972 - Okinawa island is reunified with Japan as American occupation ends.
- 1972 - George Wallace is shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland, USA.
- 1972 - Ryukyu Island and Daito Island are returned to Japan after 27 years of US control. Ryukyu Islands cease issuance of postage stamps.
- 1980 - Shawn Weatherly, of Sumter, South Carolina, crowned 29th Miss USA/Miss Universe-1980.
- 1980 - First trans-US balloon crossing (Maxie Anderson and son Chris).
- 1981 - Donna Payant is murdered by serial killer Lemuel Smith - the first time a female prison officer has been killed on-duty in the United States.
- 1983 - Madison Hotel (Boston, Massachusetts) destroyed by implosion.
- 1985 - An explosive device sent by the Unabomber injures John Hauser at University of California in Berkeley.
- 1988 - Second American Comedy Awards: Robin Williams and Tracey Ullman.
- 1991 - Defense for Panama President Manuel Noriega releases documents claiming Noriega was "CIA's man in Panamá".
- 1992 - New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores.
- 1992 - Part of Cruger Avenue in Bronx renamed Regis Philbin Avenue.
- 1997 - ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com.
- 1997 - STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission.
- 2008 - CBS announces it will buy web media company CNET Networks for about US$1.8 billion.
- 2008 - California Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage.
- 2008 - The Simpsons Ride officially opens at Universal Studios Orlando, in Florida, USA.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama nominates Rosa Gumataotao Rios to be next US treasurer.
- 2009 - General Motors eliminates 1100 car dealerships in the US.
- 2019 - Billionaire Steve Cohen buys Jeff Koons' 3-foot tall sculpture of an inflatable rabbit in New York for US$91 million.
Other history:
- 1718 - James Puckle of London, England, patents world's first machine gun.
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