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Friday, May 15, 2026 falls on a Friday. It is day 135 of the year, ISO week 20, in Q2.
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Friday, May 15
May 15, 2026 is day 135 of 365, ISO week 20, in Q2. The moon is New Moon and the zodiac sign is Taurus.
Day of year135
ISO week20
QuarterQ2
Days left230
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- New Moon
- Lunar age
- 28.3 days
- Illumination
- 2%
- Season
- Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, autumn in the Southern Hemisphere
Zodiac and Holidays
- Zodiac
- Taurus
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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Today's Celebrations
May 15
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Aoi Matsuri (Kyoto)
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Army Day (Slovenia)
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Achillius of Larissa
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Athanasius of Alexandria (Coptic Church)
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Hallvard Vebjørnsson (Roman Catholic Church)
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Hilary of Galeata
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Isidore the Laborer, celebrated with festivals in various countries, the beginning of bullfighting season in Madrid.
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Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (Roman Catholic Church)
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History for May 15
Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is hospitalised after an assassination attempt.
Three days before her seventeenth birthday, Jessica Watson arrived in Sydney after sailing non-stop and unassisted around the world.
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.
A runaway train loaded with hazardous chemicals traveled driverless for 66 miles (106 km) through Ohio before being stopped near Kenton.
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.
The Ryukyu Islands were returned to Japan by the United States, and the U.S. occupation government was abolished.
Police opened fire during a confrontation with a group of Jackson State College students, killing two students and injuring twelve others.
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.
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Robert Walls, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1950)
2024
Kamla Beniwal, Indian politician (born 1927)
2022
Frank Curry, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1950)
2022
Kay Mellor, English actress (born 1951)
2021
Oliver Gillie, British journalist and scientist (born 1937)
2020
Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer (born 1933)
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