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May 15th, 2008	Event	California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state s own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
May 15th, 1997	Event	The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
May 15th, 1991	Event	Edith Cresson becomes France s first female prime minister.
May 15th, 1990	Event	Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
May 15th, 1988	Event	Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Red Army begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
May 15th, 1987	Event	The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
May 15th, 1972	Event	The island of Okinawa, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, reverts to Japanese control.
May 15th, 1972	Event	In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to be become President.
May 15th, 1970	Event	President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
May 15th, 1970	Event	Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.

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