May 15 is the 135th day of the year. There are 230 days left.
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Today's number is 15
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15 is the product of 2 primes, 3 and 5 15 is the magic number for a 3 by 3 magic square 15 is phosphorus 15 balls are used in eight ball and rotation pocket billiards There are 15 tokens on each side at the start of backgammon 15 is the age when a hispanic girl has a quinceanera A 15 puzzle has 15 blocks numbered 1 through 15 in a 4 by 4 box 15 is a repeating digit, or repdigit, in binary; 1111
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15 is also bumfit
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Title 15 of the US Code is COMMERCE AND TRADE.
15 BCE was the Year of the consulship of Drusus and Piso Drusus built the via Claudia Augustus through Italy Vienna became a Roman frontier city Future Roman general Germanicus was born Future Roman poet Phaedrus was born
15 CE was the Year of the consulship of Caesar and Flaccus Germanicus launched a two-pronged attack from Vetera and Moguntiacum. On his return journey, he recaptured the Eagle of Legion XIX, visited the battlefield of the Teutoburg Wald, and then arranged for the burial of the remains of Varus' army. (Yes, that damn Varus!) Nicolaus of Damascus wrote a biography of the Emperor Augustus The Greek philosopher Apollonius of Tyana was born
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On this day in:
1252 -- Pope Innocent IV authorized the torture of heretics. 1618 -- Johannes Kepler confirmed third law of planetary motion 1648 -- The Treaty of Westphalia was executed 1793 -- Diego Marin Aguilera flew a glider for about 360 meters 1811 -- Paraguay declared its independence 1836 -- Francis Baily saw "Baily's beads" 1850 -- The Bloody Island massacre of Pomo Indians by the US Cavalry. 1869 -- Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Woman Suffrage Association. 1905 -- Las Vegas, was founded 1911 -- The Supremes declared Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly and ordered it broken up 1940 -- The first McDonald's opened in San Berdoo 1941 -- The first flight of the first British jet aircraft. 1942 -- The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was created 1943 -- Joseph Stalin dissolved the Comintern 1948 -- The officially recognized start of the 1948 Arab - Israeli War. 1957 -- Britain tested its first H-Bomb. 1958 -- Sputnik 3. 1960 -- Sputnik 4. 1963 -- The launch of the final Mercury mission 1969 -- People's Park's Bloody Thursday, the cops murdered James Rector & wounded many others with 00 buckshot. 1970 -- Nixon named Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female US Army generals 1970 -- Cops murdered Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green & wounded 12 others at Jackson State 1972 -- Arthur Bremer shot and paralyzed Alabama Governor George Wallace during his Presidential Campaign 1974 -- The Ma'alot massacre by the DFLP 1988 -- The Soviet army began withdrawing from Afghanistan, handing it over to various US supported groups 1991 -- Edith Cresson became the first female premier of France 1997 -- The US acknowledged the existence of the Secret War in Laos 2008 -- California legalized same-sex marriage
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1567 -- Claudio Monteverdi, musician, singer, composer & priest 1689 -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, playwright and author 1759 -- Maria Theresia von Paradis, pianist and composer 1856 -- L. Frank Baum, novelist 1857 -- Williamina Fleming, astronomer 1859 -- Pierre Curie, physicist 1890 -- Katherine Anne Porter, writer 1898 -- Arletty, Arletty 1900 -- Ida Rhodes, mathematician and programmer 1902 -- Richard J. Daley, politician 1903 -- Maria Reiche, mathematician & archaaeologist instrumental in preserving the Nazca Lines 1904 -- Clifton Fadiman, author, editor, critic, radio and TV personality 1905 -- Abraham Zapruder, shot the Zapruder film 1915 -- Paul Samuelson, economist 1918 -- Eddy Arnold, singer, guitarist, actor and songwriter 1923 -- Richard Avedon, photographer 1935 -- Utah Phillips, singer, poet, songwriter, storyteller and guitarist 1936 -- Anna Maria Alberghetti, singer and actor 1937 -- Madeleine Albright, politician 1937 -- Karin Krog, singer 1937 -- Trini Lopez, singer and actor 1938 -- Nancy Garden, author, wrote Annie on my Mnd 1940 -- Roger Ailes, Fox news lowlife 1942 -- Lois Johnson, country-western singer 1942 -- K. T. Oslin, ditto 1943 -- Freddie Perren, songwriter, producer, arranger, etc. (I will Survive) 1948 -- Brian Eno, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, producer 1953 -- Mike Oldfield, guitarist, singer and songwriter 1955 -- Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer, composer, and songwriter
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Died this day in:
1461 -- Domenico Veneziano, painter 1886 -- Emily Dickinson, poet 1974 -- Paul Gonsalves, saxophonist 1989 -- Johnny Green, songwriter, composer, conductor, pianist, and arranger. "Body & soul" 2003 -- June Carter Cash, guitarist, singer and songwriter 2007 -- Jerry Falwell, prominent christofascist bigot and hatemonger
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Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such: Nakba Day International Conscientious Objectors Day
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So, for music Claudio Monteverdi Maria Theresia von Paradis, pianist and composer Eddy Arnold Utah Phillips Anna Maria Alberghetti Karin Krog Trini Lopez Lois Johnson K. T. Oslin Freddie Perren Brian Eno Mike Oldfield Lia Vissi Paul Gonsalves Johnny Green June Carter Cash-
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Claudio Monteverdi
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Maria Theresia von Paradis, pianist and composer
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Eddy Arnold
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Utah Phillips
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Anna Maria Alberghetti
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Karin Krog
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Trini Lopez
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Lois Johnson
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K. T. Oslin
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Freddie Perren wrote stuff like
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Brian Eno
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Mike Oldfield
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Lia Vissi
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Paul Gonsalves
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Johnny Green
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June Carter Cash
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OK, what's on your minds?
Bonus: Tubular Bells
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