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NOTE: Today: May 15
On this day...
May 15
:
Feast day
of
Saint Carthage
(
Catholicism
);
Nakba Day
in
Palestinian communities
Statue of Valentinian II
392
– Roman emperor
Valentinian II
(pictured)
was found hanged in his residence in
Vienne
, in present-day France.
1855
–
Thieves stole 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold
from a train travelling from London to
Folkestone
, England.
1864
–
American Civil War
: A small
Confederate
force, which included cadets from the
Virginia Military Institute
,
forced
the
Union Army
out of the
Shenandoah Valley
.
1904
–
Russo-Japanese War
: The Japanese battleships
Hatsuse
and
Yashima
sank after striking several
mines
off
Port Arthur
, China.
1916
–
Jesse Washington
, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in
Waco, Texas
.
Hilary of Galeata
(
d.
558)
Emily Dickinson
(
d.
1886)
K. M. Cariappa
(
d.
1993)
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