What Happened on my Birthday May 15

Today is May 15, the 136th day. There are 229 days left in the year. Did you ever wonder
"What happened on my birthday May 15?" "What famous person was born on my birthday May 15", "What historical event took place on the day I was born, May 15?", " What does my birthday reveal about my personality ?" or "What special celebrations took place during my birth month, May?" This blog offers information about historical happenings, famous birthdays and Numerology

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May 15 Events

Today's Highlight in History:
On May 15, 1918, U.S. airmail began service between Washington, Philadelphia and New York. ..see picture

What Happened on my Birthday May 15 in US

1911, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Co., ruling it was a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1930, registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard an Oakland, Calif.-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport, a forerunner of United Airlines.
1942, wartime gasoline rationing went into effect in 17 eastern states, limiting sales to three gallons a week for nonessential vehicles.
1958, Vice President Richard Nixon received a hero's welcome on his return from a violence-marred tour of Latin America.
1958, the MGM movie musical "Gigi," starring Leslie Caron as a young French courtesan-in-training, was released.
1963, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper blasted off aboard Faith 7 on the final mission of the Project Mercury space program.
1972, George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer and left paralyzed while campaigning in Laurel, Md., for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1975, U.S. forces invaded the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. (All 40 crew members had already been released safely by Cambodia; some 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in the operation.)
1998 Trapped in blazing shopping malls, hundreds of looters burned to death in rioting that laid smoking waste to Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. Leaders of eight countries, including the U.S., opened a three-day summit in Birmingham, England.
2003 Emergency officials rushed to a series of mock catastrophes in the Chicago area on the busiest day of a national weeklong exercise. Runaway Texas Democrats boarded two buses and returned home after a self-imposed weeklong exile in Oklahoma that succeeded in killing a redistricting bill they opposed. The three-year championship reign of the Los Angeles Lakers came to a decisive end as the San Antonio Spurs overpowered the Lakers 110-82 to win the Western Conference semifinal series 4-to-2. Country music star June Carter Cash died in Nashville, Tenn., at age 73.
2007 The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who built the Christian right into a political force, died in Lynchburg, Va., at age 73. Yolanda King, the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51. President Bush chose Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute to oversee the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as a war czar. . Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy from the Academy of Country Music.

What Happened on my Birthday May 15 in UK and Other History

1948, hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
1988, the Soviet Union began the process of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, more than eight years after Soviet forces had entered the country.
2007 Prime Minister Bertie Ahern became the first Irish leader to address the joint houses of the British Parliament

Famous Birthdays

1909 Actor James Mason
1926 Playwright Sir Peter Shaffer ("Amadeus")
1935 Cricketer Ted Dexter
1937 Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
1937 Singer Trini Lopez
1953 Musician-composer Mike Oldfield ("Tubular Bells")

What does my birthday reveal about my personality

Numerology was an accepted part of ancient mathematics and revolves around the study of numbers, with each number from 0 to 9 representing a different personality trait based on its association with planets and/or moons in our solar system.

May 15
15 ie 1+5=6

6 is your primary birth path. You are A Caregiver, you feel a strong sense of responsibility, are idealistic and need to feel useful to be happy

To get your secondary birth path you need to work out your year
Example: if you were born in 1991 that is 1+9+9+1=20 which is 2+0=2
so add month 5 to day 6 to your year calculation. In this example 5+6+2=13 which is 1+3=4 so you are also the most trustworthy, practical, and down-to-earth of individuals, a Pragmatist.

Note 11 is 11 not 1+1=2 and 22 is 22 not 2+2=4

Number 1 = One who has a need for personal attainment or an Achiever. Number 2 = One who clearly sees the full spectrum of viewpoints in any argument or situation, Idealist. Number 3 = Artist, one that emphasizes expression, sociability, and creativity. Number 4 = The most trustworthy, practical, and down-to-earth of individuals, a Pragmatist. Number 5 = An Opportunist, one of those people who is always striving to find answers to the many questions that life poses. Number 6 = A Caregiver, you feel a strong sense of responsibility, are idealistic and need to feel useful to be happy. Number 7 = A Seeker, one with a peaceful and affectionate soul. Number 8 = Affluent, one who is very independent, forceful and competitive. Number 9 = A Philosopher, a person with compassion, generosity, and a very humanitarian attitude. Number 11 = A Visionary, one with spiritual awareness, understanding and knowledge beyond the grasp of others. Number 22 = A Global Thinker, the most powerful of all the Life Path numbers. This individual can achieve enormous success, prestige, and fame if they have the desire and willingness to achieve it.

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What Happened on my Birthday May 15

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