Talk:May 15

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May 15: Independence Day in Paraguay (1811), Teachers' Day in Mexico and South Korea, Nakba Day in Palestinian communities.

• 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issued the papal bull ad exstirpanda, authorizing the use of torture on heretics during the Inquisition.
• 1756 - Seven Years' War: Britain declared war on France, two years after fighting began at the Battle of Jumonville Glen in the Ohio Country.
• 1928 - Cartoon characters Mickey and Minnie Mouse made their movie debut in Plane Crazy.
• 1934 - Prime Minister Kārlis Ulmanis dissolved the Saeima and established an authoritarian rule in Latvia.
• 1990 - Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet (pictured) was sold for US$82.5 million, at the time the world's most-expensive painting.

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According to Omar Khayyam he was born on May 31

I think that Karl Marx was born on 5th May. This is confirmed on his page.

Karl Marx was indeed born on the 5th, removing. -- Borameer ™ 21:24, 21 February 2007 (UTC)