On This Day for May 15 - Edith Cresson appointed French premier, Madeleine Albright is featured, and more

Created: 2020-05-15 10:04 Updated: 2020-05-15 10:04 Notebook: On this Day in History

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May 15

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Madeleine Albright

FEATURED EVENT

1991

Edith Cresson appointed French premier

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2003: American singer and songwriter June Carter Cash—a leading figure in country music , especially noted for her work with the Carter Family and Johnny Cash—died in Nashville. [Take our musical forms and styles quiz.]

1972: While campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Alabama Gov. George Wallace was wounded and left permanently paralyzed below the waist in an assassination attempt. [Test your knowledge of U.S. presidential elections.]

1969: American lawyer and judge Abe Fortas became the first U.S. Supreme Court justice to resign under threat of impeachment. [Why are there nine justices on the Supreme Court?]

1928: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse made his debut with the premiere of the cartoon Plane Crazy. [Take our Disney quiz.]

Inverted airplane airmail stamp, U.S., 1918

1918: The first regular airmail route in the United States opened, between New York City and Washington, D.C.

Tenzing Norgay (right) and Edmund Hillary showing the kit they wore to the top of Mount Everest, June 26, 1953.

1914: Mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, who, with Sir Edmund Hillary , was the first person to stand atop the summit of Mount Everest, was born in Tshechu, Tibet. [How much do you know about Mount Everest?]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1948

Brian Eno
British musician and producer

1987

Andy Murray
Scottish tennis player

1975

Ray Lewis
American football player

1937

Madeleine Albright
United States secretary of state

1969

Emmitt Smith
American football player