This Day in History: May 15, 2026

  • May
    1972
    The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its Battle of Okinawa in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
  • May
    1972
    In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor of Alabama George Wallace while he is campaigni...
  • May
    1970
    President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
  • May
    1970
    Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during Jackson State killin...
  • May
    1963
    Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He b...
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