Daily Calendar for Sunday, May 24, 2020
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Sunday, May 24, 2020
Died
- Nicolaus Copernicus (astronomer) –
- William Lloyd Garrison (writer) –
- Duke Ellington (jazz composer, pianist, & bandleader) –
- Milton Shedd (co-founder of Sea World) –
- Dick Martin (comedian) –
- Tina Turner (singer) –
Born
- Queen Victoria (British monarch) –
- George Grey Barnard (sculptor) –
- Bob Dylan (musician) –
- Gary Burghoff (actor) –
- Patti LaBelle (singer) –
- Priscilla Presley (actress) –
- Jim Broadbent (actor) –
- Kristin Scott Thomas (actress) –
- John C. Reilly (actor) –
- Billy Gilman (country singer) –
Events
- Canada’s first medical graduate, William Logie, awarded degree by McGill University –
- Samuel Morse transmitted the first telegraphic message from the U.S. Supreme Court room, Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. The message: What hath God wrought –
- The steamer, Victoria, sank in Thames River near London, Ontario –
- Ohio Anti-Saloon League founded, Oberlin, Ohio –
- The Goodyear B-class (B-1) blimp made its inaugural flight. –
- First major league baseball night game was played in Cincinnati, Ohio –
- Aurora 7 took flight. It was the second U.S. manned orbital space flight –
- United States and USSR agreed to cooperate in space exploration –
- Crop circle discovered in Haysville, Kansas –
- Canada’s famous clock on the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa stopped for the first time –
Weather
- Snowstorm across Kentucky with accumulations of 4 to 6 inches of snow –
- Hail fell to a depth of 6 to 8 inches near Ada, Oklahoma –
- Snow whitened the Green Mountains of Vermont –
- The high temperature in Callville Bay, Nevada, reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit. –