Daily Calendar for Thursday, May 15, 2025
Born
- L. Frank Baum (author) –
- Williamina Fleming (astronomer) –
- Pierre Curie (chemist) –
- Katherine Anne Porter (novelist) –
- Emmitt Smith (football player) –
- Rod Smith (football player) –
- Josh Beckett (baseball player) –
- Andy Murray (tennis player) –
Died
- Emily Dickinson (poet) –
- June Carter Cash (singer) –
- Jerry Falwell –
- Barbara Stuart (actress) –
Events
- English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold arrived at Shoal Hope in what is now Massachusetts. They caught so many cod there they renamed it Cape Cod –
- Johannes Kepler verified his Third Law of Planetary Motion –
- James Puckle was granted a patent for his Defence Gun, the world’s first rapid-fire gun –
- The Baily’s Beads solar eclipse phenomenon was first described –
- Rain and fish fell from the sky in Olneyville, Rhode Island. Most of the fish measured 2- to 4-inches long. –
- Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess, at Boeing Air Transport –
- First live TV pictures received from a U.S. spacecraft, (Faith 7) –
- Governor George Wallace of Alabama was shot –
- Boston Red Sox player Manny Ramirez hit his 400th home run –
- Four bear cubs playing on a backyard trampoline was caught on video in Avon, Connecticut –
Weather
- Thirty-six inches of snow, Haverhill, New Hampshire –
- Ninety-two degrees F at Portland, Oregon –
- 85 degrees F, Olympia and Seattle, Washington –
- 94 degrees F in Theilman, Minnesota –
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