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