May 15th


1567: Mary, Queen of Scots, marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband. The paparazzi goes into a frenzy trying to get the first portraits of the couple painted in time for the next day's papers.


1940: McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California. The field of profitable cardiology is born.


2010: Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo... but she is too busy texting to notice.