May 15 - Let's Discuss What Happened on This Day
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222222)
United States
May 14, 2019 11:09pm CST
National Chocolate Chip Day
1869 - Women's Suffrage
1905 - Las Vegas is founded
1928 - Mickey Mouse appears in his first cartoon
1940 - McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California
2003 - June Carter Cash passes away. She was an American singer/songwriter, guitarist, actress, dancer, comedian, author, philanthropist, humanitarian. She was born in 1929. She studied acting and appeared in movies: 1998-The Apostle, Last Days of Frank & Jesse James, and TV shows: 1957-Gunsmoke, 1993-97-Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman.
In 1960 she wrote Ring of Fire which became a big hit for her husband Johnny Cash. Keep on the Sunny Side is one of her hits. She won 5 Grammys. In 2003 she was #31 on CMT's 40 Greatest Women in Country Music. In 2009 she was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame.
Photo is from Pixabay.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
15 May 19
I wonder if Mickey Mouse ever ate at McDonald's.
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@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
15 May 19
i have searched this in the Philippine History.
On May 15, 1893, Jose Nepomuceno, known as the Father of Philippine Movies, was born in Manila. Nepomuceno pioneered the motion picture industry in the Philippines in 1917, and has produced several hundred films throughout his lifetime.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 May 19
Love June Carter, my favorite is long legged guitar picking man with Cash
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89450)
• Rupert, Idaho
15 May 19
That's all great information to know! I didn't knew she wrote Ring of Fire!
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
15 May 19
Awesome events that happened today!
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