On This Day
May 15
International Day of Families
1893 Montreal Hockey Club win the First Stanley Cup
1926 New York Rangers are granted a franchise by the NHL.
1928 Mickey Mouse starts in his first cartoon Plane Crazy
1940 San Bernardo, California McDonald’s first Restaurant
1981 The Harlem Globetrotters appear on Gilligan’s Island
1981 SCTV debuts on NBC starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Rick Moraines, & Catherine O'Hara.
1985 The song Raspberry Beret is releasd by Prince
1995 Die Hard with a Vengeance is released in movie theaters directed by John McTiernan starring Bruce Willis & Samuel L. Jackson
Happy Birthday
1856 L. Frank Baum author of the book Wizard of Oz
1914 Walter Edward Turk Borda NHL goaltender played for Toronto Maple Leafs 5 x Stanley Cup Champion, 2 x Vezina Trophy, in 1967 was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, & fought in World War 2.
1936 Wavy Gravy activist, clown
1948 Brain Eno musician
1957 Ken Von Erich Wrestler
1958 Ron Siommons WWE Hall of Fame
1961 Grandmaster Melle Mel One of the founding fathers of Hip Hop music.
1975 Ray Lewis NFL linebacker
1978 Dwayne De Rosario football player with Toronto FC, San Jose Earthquakes & the Canadian National team.
1978 Kriss Taylor model
1980 Ariel X adult entertainer
1982 Jessica Sutta singer actress, The Pussycat Dolls
1989 Kiki Vids adult entertainer
1991 Girl Crush Pop Star
1992 Jocelyn Chew Model for Ralph Lauren
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