THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008

Today is Thursday, May 15, the 136th day of 2008. There are 230 days left in the year.

1525 _ German Boer army surrounds, slaughters 5,000; ends Boer War

1536 _ Anna Boleyn and Lord Rochford accused of adultery, incest

1602 _ Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold

1618 _ Johannes Kepler discovers harmonics law

1730 _ Robert Walpole becomes England's first prime minister (was chief minister)

1905 _ Las Vegas, Nev., founded

1940 _ Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (U.S.)

1970 _ Beatles' last LP, ``Let It Be" is released in U.S.

1989 _ Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years

1991 _ Edith Cresson becomes France's first female premier