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On this day: May 15
May 15: Feast day of Saint Carthage; Nakba Day in Palestinian communities; Peace Officers Memorial Day in the United States
Statue of Valentinian II
392 – Roman emperor Valentinian IIwas found hanged in his residence in Vienne, in present-day France.
1725 – Bach led the first performance of his cantata Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
1855 – Thieves stole 224 poundsof gold from a train travelling from London to Folkestone, England.
1864 – American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union army out of the Shenandoah Valley.
1916 – Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas.
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On this day: May 15
May 15: Feast day of Saint Carthage; Nakba Day in Palestinian communities; Peace Officers Memorial Day in the United States
Statue of Valentinian II
392 – Roman emperor Valentinian IIwas found hanged in his residence in Vienne, in present-day France.
1725 – Bach led the first performance of his cantata Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
1855 – Thieves stole 224 poundsof gold from a train travelling from London to Folkestone, England.
1864 – American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union army out of the Shenandoah Valley.
1916 – Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas.
Hilary of GaleataEmily DickinsonK. M. CariappaMore anniversaries:
May 14
May 15
May 16
Archive
By email
List of days of the year
About
#this #day
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