Today in History - History - May 15th

200742nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley wins

1991President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Balt Oriole game

1918Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game

1829Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith

1967Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman

1941Joe DiMaggio starts 56-game hitting streak; Yanks lose 13-1

1973California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0

1536Anne Boleyn & brother George, Lord Rochford, accused of adultery and incest

1869National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

1948Bradman scores 187 Aust v Essex, 124 minutes, 33 fours 1 five

1969Emmitt Smith, running back (Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader)

1981Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, daughter of Princess Anne

1978David Krumholtz, NYC, actor (Billy Kulchak-Chicago Sons)

1975Ray Lewis, Bartow Florida, American football linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)

1965Director Martin Scorsese (22) weds Laraine Brennan in New York

2010Actress and model Danneel Harris (33) weds actor Jensen Ackles (34) at the Rosewood Crescent Court Hotel in Dallas, Texas

1978Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (1939-41, 1949-66) and its longest-serving, dies of a heart attack at 83

2003June Carter Cash, American musician and singer dies aged 73