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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