Sunday, May 15, 2011

May 15

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1252 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, thetorture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. The Cure Torture Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
2. 1618  Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion(he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made). Rainer Maria Planetary Look Now Look Again
3. 1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun. Hal Al Shedad Machine Gun Textures of Tomorrow
4. 1793 Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5-6 meters, during one of the first attempted flights. Gong I Never Glid Before Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 2)
5. 1905 Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off. Suicide Las Vegas Man Second Album
6. 1928  Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy Ponytail Flabbermouse Do Whatever You Want All the Time
7. 1940 McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California. The Cardigans Happy Meal Life
8. 2010 Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. Danielson Cast it at the Setting Sail Ships

(Historical facts about May 15 are from Wikipedia.)

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