Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya. Date: May 16, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
A devastating EF4 tornado kills nineteen people in Southeast Kentucky, hitting the towns of Somerset and London. Date: May 16, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)
The city of Las Vegas is founded in Nevada, United States. Date: May 15, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today)
More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales. Date: May 15, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This…
In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up. Date: May 15, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this…
A seventeen-year-old farmworker, Jesse Washington, is infamously lynched in Waco, Texas, USA, after being convicted of rape and murder. Date: May 15, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Finnish Civil War ends when the Whites took over Fort Ino, a Russian coastal artillery base on the Karelian Isthmus, from Russian troops. Date: May 15, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)
Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades. Date: May 15, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job. Date: May 15, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123. Date: May 15, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)