Monday, May 15, 2023 is a Monday. It is day 135 of 2023 (37% through the year), ISO week 20, in Q2.
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Historical Milestones
Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is hospitalised after an assassination attempt.
Prime Minister of Slovakia →Three days before her seventeenth birthday, Jessica Watson arrived in Sydney after sailing non-stop and unassisted around the world.
Jessica Watson →Arsenal became the first football team in England's top flight to finish a season undefeated since Preston North End did so in 1888–1889.
Arsenal F.C. →A runaway train loaded with hazardous chemicals traveled driverless for 66 miles (106 km) through Ohio before being stopped near Kenton.
CSX 8888 incident →Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold at auction at Christie's in New York for US$82.5 million, making it the world's most expensive painting at the time.
Vincent van Gogh →The Ryukyu Islands were returned to Japan by the United States, and the U.S. occupation government was abolished.
Ryukyu Islands →Police opened fire during a confrontation with a group of Jackson State College students, killing two students and injuring twelve others.
Jackson State killings →Disapproving of General Tôn Thất Đính's handling of the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ordered an attack on his forces and ousted Đính from his post.
Tôn Thất Đính →The United Kingdom tested its first hydrogen bomb over Malden Island in Operation Grapple.
Thermonuclear weapon →Don Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, an event for Cub Scouts of the Boy Scouts of America where wooden cars built by the scouts are raced.
Pinewood derby →The British Army directed fleeing Croatian soldiers to surrender to the Yugoslav Partisans, beginning the Bleiburg repatriations.
British Army →Mickey and Minnie Mouse made their film debuts in the animated cartoon Plane Crazy.
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Questions & Answers
Monday, May 15, 2023 falls on a Monday.
1,216 days ago (3 years, 3 months, 28 days ago). It is day 135 of 2023 with 230 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Monday, May 15, 2023 is written as XV.V.MMXXIII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waning Crescent (approx. 22% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Taurus.