May 15

Happy Birthday RIP James Mason(1909–1984) Joseph Cotten(1905–1994) ; Madeleine Albright(Marie Korbelová)–80 Trinidad "Trini" Lopéz–80 Calogero "Chazz" Palminteri–65 Michael Oldfield–65 David Guez Charvet–45 Russell Hornsby–43 David Krumholtz–39 ; 1862 – President Lincoln signs a bill into law creating US Bureau of Agriculture (later renamed to USDA) ; 1905 – Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km2), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off ; 1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy" ; 1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.