15/05/10

George III survived two assassination attempts in 1800.  Richard and Maurice McDonald opened a restaurant in San Bernardino, California, in 1940 which featured what they called the "Speedee Service System".  The Red Army began its withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1988.

Born today:
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), Pierre Curie (1859-1906), Katherine Ann Porter (1890-1980), Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1941), James Mason (1909-1984), Jasper Johns (1930), Brian Eno (1948), Mike Oldfield (1953), Patrice Evra (1981) and Andy Murray (1987).


It is Teachers' Day in Mexico and South Korea.