MAY 15 | Birthdays and Events
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Notable Birthdays for May 15
Levi Lincoln, Sr. (1749-1820) - President Thomas Jefferson's first Attorney General.
L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) - Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Ida Rhodes (1900-1986) - Pioneer in computer programming.
Frank Evans Heart (1929-2018) - Computer engineer who was the first to work on the first routing computer for ARPANET.
Notable Birthdays for May 15
1672 - The first copyright law enacted by Massachusetts.
1862 - The Department of Agriculture is created.
1869 - Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton found the National Woman Suffrage Association in New York.
1905 - The city of Las Vegas is founded.
1928 - Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in the film Plane Crazy.
1933 - The first voice amplification system (microphone) is used in the Senate.
1940 - The first McDonald's restaurant is opened.
1942 - Gas is rationed in the U.S.
1944 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Winston Churchill and King George VI discuss plans for D-Day in Europe.