This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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May 15th, 2008	Event	California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state s own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
May 15th, 2008	Death	Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (born in 1919)
May 15th, 2008	Death	Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (born in 1956)
May 15th, 2008	Death	Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (born in 1960)
May 15th, 2007	Death	Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (born in 1933)
May 15th, 2007	Death	Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (born in 1955)
May 15th, 2005	Death	Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (born in 1917)
May 15th, 2003	Death	June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (born in 1929)
May 15th, 2003	Death	George Francis, British gangster (born in 1940)
May 15th, 1998	Death	Earl Manigault, American basketball player (born in 1944)

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