📜 This Day in History
May 15
392Roman emperor Valentinian II was found hanged in his residence in Vienne, in present-day France.- 1855Thieves stole 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold from a train travelling from London to Folkestone, England.
- 1904Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese battleships Hatsuse and Yashima sank after striking several mines off Port Arthur, China.
- 1945The British Army directed fleeing Croatian soldiers to surrender to the Yugoslav Partisans, beginning the Bleiburg repatriations.
- 1972The Ryukyu Islands were returned to Japan by the United States, and the U.S. occupation government was abolished.
- 2024Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is hospitalised after an assassination attempt.
