Also on May 15
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Bank closing day (DK) · Day after Ascension Day (BE) · Día de la Familia (VE)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Yom Yerushalayim יום ירושלים holiday
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2013 — An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days. ↗
- 2010 — Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. ↗
- 2008 — California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court... ↗
- 2004 — Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim... ↗
- 1997 — The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1997 — Ousmane Dembélé, French footballer
- 1993 — Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1990 — Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player.
- 1990 — Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist.
- 1989 — Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer
🏀 Sports on this Date
- WNBA: Minnesota Lynx @ Dallas Wings — 00:00 Final
- NHL: Vegas Golden Knights @ Anaheim Ducks — 01:30 Final
- WNBA: New York Liberty @ Portland Fire — 02:00 Final
- MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 02:10 Final
- Premier League: Liverpool @ Aston Villa — 19:00 Full Time
- MLB: Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates — 22:40 Final