"Today in History: May 15th Events and Milestones"

[!CDATA[Today marks the 135th day of the year, with 230 days remaining in 2025. On this day in history, tragic events unfolded at Jackson State College in Mississippi in 1970, where two Black students lost their lives and 12 others were injured during student protests. President John Adams initiated the relocation of government offices from Philadelphia to the newly-built city of Washington in 1800. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln established the Department of Agriculture. The iconic Mickey Mouse made his first public appearance in a test screening of the short film "Plane Crazy" in 1928. The McDonald brothers opened the first McDonald's fast-food restaurant in San Bernardino, California, in 1940. The U.S. Supreme Court's In re Gault decision in 1967 granted juveniles accused of crimes the same due process rights as adults. Alabama Governor George C. Wallace was shot and paralyzed while campaigning for president in 1972. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death in 2015 for the Boston Marathon bombing. President Donald Trump launched "Operation Warp Speed" in 2020 to accelerate the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.]]