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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 15
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Andrea Gyarmati in Hungary; water polo player (Olympics, 1948-60).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Don Kenyon; cricket player (England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Ursula Thiess in Hamburg, Germany; actress (Monsoon, Bengal Brigade, Americano).
- 100th: 1924 - Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at age 71.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of David Robin Francis Guy Greville; 8th Duke of Warwick.
- 90th: 1934 - Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for John Dillinger, dead or alive.
- 90th: 1934 - Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia.
- 80th: 1944 - 14,000 Jews of Munkacs, Hungary deported to Auschwitz.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Gunilla Hutton in Göteborg, Sweden; actress (Petticoat Junction).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Miruts Yifter in Ethiopia; 5000km/10,000km runner (Olympics-gold-1980).
- 80th: 1944 - Cincinnati Reds' Clyde Shoun no-hits Boston Braves, 1-0.
- 80th: 1944 - Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Winston Churchill and King George VI discuss D-Day plan.
- 80th: 1944 - Sergei Aleksi becomes guardian of Patriarch Throne.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Andrea Gyarmati in Hungary; water polo player (Olympics-1948-1960).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Bob Beauchemin in Winnipeg, Canada; golfer (West Coast Open-1982, 1983).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Pierre Trentin in France; 1000m time trials (Olympics-gold-1968).
- 60th: 1964 - Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at age 61.
- 60th: 1964 - Sporting Portugal wins fourth Europe Cup II at Antwerp, Belgium.
- 60th: 1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of A J Hinch in Wavely, Iowa, USA; baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Addilson dos Santos; soccer player (Sparta).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Ahmet Rodan Zappa, son of Frank; rocker (Z, 2 Hip 4 TV).
- 50th: 1974 - Mail truck terrorists take school in Maälot, 30 killed.
- 50th: 1974 - Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president of Germany.
- 30th: 1994 - 40th McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Laura Davies.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Frederik baron van Pallandt murdered at age 61; Danish singer (Nina and F).
- 30th: 1994 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican/American actor (Armand in Camille), dies at age 88 (born 1905).
- 30th: 1994 - Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at age 71.
- 30th: 1994 - [Henry] John Baker, resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at age 79.
- 25th: 1999 - 125th Preakness: Chris Antley on Charismatic wins in 1:55.2.
- 20th: 2004 - Arsenal complete a whole English Premiership season unbeaten, 38 games.
- 20th: 2004 - South Africa is awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- 20th: 2004 - Ruslana wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 for Ukraine with the song "Wild Dances", in Istanbul, Turkey.
- 15th: 2009 - General Motors eliminates 1100 car dealerships in the US.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of Jean-Luc Dehaene, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1940).
- 5th: 2019 - Billionaire Steve Cohen buys Jeff Koons' 3-foot tall sculpture of an inflatable rabbit in New York for US$91 million.
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