Today in History: May 15

Today is May 15, 2016. Here is a look at what happened around the world on this day in the past:
In 1886, Poet Emily Dickinson died at age 55.
In 1930, Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard a United Airlines flight from San Francisco and Cheyenne, Wyo.
In1948, Hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
In 1970, Two black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi were killed when pol