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Ignis [Latin] Fire, Brightness. Metaphor for intensity or passion."Pyr" in Greek (πυρ)

Some 05/15 observances:
-Peace Officers Memorial Day
-Straw Hat Day
-International Family day
-Bring Flowers to Someone Day

Famous People Born 05/15:
1786-Dimitris Plapoutas
1856-L. Frank Baum
1845-Ilya Mechnikov
1918-Eddy Arnold
1969-Emmitt Smith

Some Historic Events on 05/15:

884-Marinus I ends reign as Catholic Pope

1004-Henry II crowned King of Italy

1252-PopeInnocent IVissues papal bull ad exstirpanda

1464-Battle of Hexham

1492-Cheese & Bread rebellion

1525-Battle of Frankenhausen

1536-Anne Boleyn& her brother George accused of adultery & incest

1610-Louis XIII appointed King

1672-1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts

1701-War of the Spanish Succession begins

1711-Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism" published anonymously

1718-James Puckle patents world's 1st machine gun

1796-France & Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris

1800-KingGeorge IIIsurvives 2nd assassination attempt
-Pope Pius VIIcalls for return to Gospel principles

1817-1st private mental health hospital opens in US

1829-Joseph Smith"ordained" by John the Baptist, according to Joseph Smith

1862-Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
-USDA Created

1864-Battle of New Market, Virginia
-Skirmish at Marksville

1869-National Woman Suffrage Association forms (NY)

1882-Russian TsarAlexander IIIbans Jews from living in rural Romania

1883-Italy signs military treaty with Austria-Hungary & Germany

1896-Tornado kills 78 in Texas

1897-Scientific-Humanitarian Committee founded in Berlin (first-ever LGBT rights organization)

1902-"Bailundo Revolt" begins

1905-Las Vegas founded in Nevada

1908-Reich Association Law comes into force

1911-Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)

1916-Asiago, Italy, falls to Austrian troops

1918-Finnish Civil War ends
-Greek troops land at Ottoman-held city of Smyrna

1919-Winnipeg General Strike begins

1922-Germany turns over Upper Silesia region to Poland

1928-Mickey Mouse makes 1st appearance in silent film "Plane Crazy"

1932-Prime Minister of Japan, Inukai Tsuyoshi killed

1933-1st voice amplification system used in US Senate

1934-Karlis Ulmanis names himself fascist dictator of Latvia

1935-Moscow Metro opens to public

1938-Red coalition of Belgium formed

1940-German troops occupy Amsterdam
-Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau
-1st McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California

1941-Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music

1942-Gasoline 1st rationed in US

1944-14,000 Jews of Munkacs, Hungary, deported toAuschwitz

1945-World War II: Final skirmish in Europe, near Prevalje, Slovenia

1948-End of British Mandate over Palestine
-Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi Arabia attack Israel

1950-Adnan Menderes elected PM of Turkey

1951-AT&T becomes 1st US corp to have a million stockholders
-1st vaginoplasty procedure in UK

1953-Rocky Marciano's 1st world heavyweight title defense

1955-US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
-Britain, France, US & USSR restore Austria's independence

1957-Britain tests its 1st hydrogen bomb
-Soviet Union tests world's 1st ICBM

1958-USSR launches Sputnik III

1960-Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit

1963-Last Project Mercury flight launched

1964-US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1966-South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die

1970-Elizabeth Hoisington & Anna Mae Mays named 1st female US generals
-France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll

1971-IRA's William Reid shot dead by British soldiers in Belfast

1972-Assassination attempt on US GovernorGeorge Wallace
-Ryukyu Is & Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 yrs of US control
-Okinawa reverts to Japanese control.

1974-Beginning of Ulster Workers' Council strike
-Ma'alot massacre: Palestinian terrorists take school hostage, 25 killed (mostly children) & 68 injured

1988-The Soviet Union begins withdrawing troops from Afghanistan

1991-Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female prime minister

1995-China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC

1997-Launch of ABCNEWS.com

2008-California becomes 2nd U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage

2009-Eurostat report that Austria, Belgium, & Romania have all entered recession

2013-The Eurozone records a recession for 6th straight quarter

2017-outbreak of cholera kills 115 in Yeme; State of Emergency declared
-UN Security Council condemns North Korea missile test

2018-58 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces & 1700 hospitalized on Gaza border
-Taliban forces claim control of Farah, Afghanistan

2019-Alabama passes law banning abortion in almost all cases
-Mexico City declares environmental emergency

2020-Germany officially enters recession due to COVID-19

2022-Finland declares intention to apply to join NATO