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The Merchant's House Museum is a historic house museum at 29 East Fourth Street in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The four-story edifice, built by the hatter Joseph Brewster between 1831 and 1832 as a speculative development, was sold in 1835 to the merchant Seabury Tredwell. It was the Tredwell family's residence for almost a century, with the structure remaining in the family until the death of the youngest child in 1933. A distant relative purchased the building and in 1936 transformed it into a museum. It is the only 19th-century residence in Manhattan with its original exterior and interior intact. The museum's collection has more than 4,500 items owned by the Tredwell family, including pieces of furniture, clothing, household items, and personal items. The building's facade and interior are New York City designated landmarks, and the building is a National Historic Landmark. (Full article...)

I. B. Donalson

• ... that fighter pilot I. B. Donalson (pictured) was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions while commanding a boat?
• ... that Alamat's "Maharani" made them the first Pinoy pop boy band to enter the Billboard Philippines Hot 100?
• ... that Native American Legends of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley was compiled over concerns that the stories would be lost?
• ... that swimmer Anja Margetić refused to participate at the Mediterranean Games after learning she would not be able to compete under the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
• ... that an Ohio TV station broadcast Little League baseball from a ballpark on the station grounds, known as "Telecast Field"?
• ... that cinematographer Jason Kwan, a frequent collaborator with Pang Ho-cheung, made his directorial debut by adapting a novella written by Pang?
• ... that Ireland won the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships, receiving their first European gold medal in athletics since 1998?
• ... that the first work of fan fiction featuring a romantic relationship between the Winchester brothers in Supernatural was published one day after the first episode aired?
• ... that The World's Biggest Gang Bang III was so popular that it crashed the server?

José Mujica

• Former president of Uruguay José Mujica (pictured) dies at the age of 89.
• Robert Francis Prevost is elected as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first Catholic pope born in the United States.
• Friedrich Merz is elected Chancellor of Germany and sworn in alongside his coalition government.
• Zhao Xintong defeats Mark Williams to win the World Snooker Championship.

May 15: Feast day of Saint Carthage (Catholicism); Nakba Day in Palestinian communities; Peace Officers Memorial Day in the United States

Statue of Valentinian II

• 392 – Roman emperor Valentinian II (pictured) was found hanged in his residence in Vienne, in present-day France.
• 1725 – Bach led the first performance of his cantata Ich bin ein guter Hirt, BWV 85, about Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
• 1855 – Thieves stole 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold from a train travelling from London to Folkestone, England.
• 1864 – American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union army out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• 1916 – Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas.