Today in History - History - May 15th

1981George Harrison releases "All Those Years Ago" in UK

1990"Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent van Gogh sold for $82.5 million

1943Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).

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

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

1967Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman

1968"Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival

1961Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra

1796First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.

19635th Grammy Awards: I Left My Heart In San Francisco, Robert Goulet wins

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

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

1953George Brett, Glen Dale West Virginia, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP)

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

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

1825Author Wilhelm Grimm (39) weds Henriette Dorothea

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