May 15

Today in History
• 1004 - Henry II the Saint crowned King of Italy
• 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda
• 1492 - Cheese and Bread rebellion: mercenaries kill 232 residents of Alkmaar, Netherlands
• 1525 - The battle of Frankenhausen: German peasant army surrounded, 5,000 slaughtered
• 1610 - Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII as French king
• 1672 - 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
• 1862 - Department of Agriculture created
• 1896 - Tornado kills 78 in Texas


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Bring Flowers To Someone Day
• International Family Day
• National Chocolate Chip Day
• National Tuberous Sclerosis Day
• Peace Officers Memorial Day
• Straw Hat Day
• TSC Global Awareness Day
• VBF Day of Awareness

Birthdays
• 1565 - Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam
• 1608 - René Goupil, French Catholic missionary (Canadian Martyrs)
• 1749 - Levi Lincoln, Sr., revolutionary, statesman, politician, acting Governor of Massachusetts
• 1791 - Baron Floris A van Hall, Dutch minister of Justice/Finance
• 1773 - Clemens L Metternich, Austrian prince
• 1817 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer
• 1859 - Pierre Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1903) and husband of Marie Curie
• 1845 - Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, U.S.S.R., zoologist/bacteriologist, Nobel 1908