Historical Events  - May 15.

1718: The world’s first machine gun was patented by James Puckle.

1730: Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1836: Francis Bailey, a scientist, first observed the Belize beads that appear before the eclipse of the solar eclipse.

1889: The official inauguration of the Eiffel Tower was on this day, the opening day of the Exposition Universelle.

1928: Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, “Plane Crazy”.

1940: Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s restaurant.

1993: United Nations decided to celebrate May 15 as International Family Day.

2000: A landmine blast planted by militants at Mandipura in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district killed five people, including Jammu and Kashmir’s Minister of State for Energy Ghulam  Hasan Butt.

Famous Birthdays – May 15.

1817: Debendranath Tagore, a Hindu philosopher, and religious reformer.

1859: Pierre Curie, a French physicist.

1907: Sukhdev Thapar, an Indian revolutionary.

1967: Madhuri Dixit Nene, an Indian actress, producer, television personality, and music artist.

1987: Andy Murray, a British professional tennis player from Scotland.

1988: Ram Pothineni, an Indian film actor.

Death Anniversaries  - May 15.

1993: Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa, the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. 

1994: Omprakash Agrawal, an Indian professional snooker player.

1994: P Sardar, an Indian painter, and calendar maker.