Daily Calendar for Sunday, May 16, 2021
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Sunday, May 16, 2021
Born
- William Henry Seward (politician) –
- Henry Fonda (actor) –
- Studs Terkel (writer) –
- Theodore Holmes Bullock (neuroscientist) –
- Liberace (entertainer) –
- Pierce Brosnan (actor) –
- Olga Korbut (Olympic gold medalist/gymnast) –
- Debra Winger (actress) –
- Joan Benoit Samuelson (runner, Olympic gold medalist) –
- Janet Jackson (singer) –
- Tracey Gold (actress) –
- Tucker Carlson (television commentator) –
- David Boreanaz (actor) –
- Jim Sturgess (actor) –
- Thomas Sangster (actor) –
Died
- Andy Kaufman (comedian & actor) –
- Sammy Davis Jr. (entertainer) –
- Jim Henson (creator of The Muppets) –
Events
- Marie Antoinette (age 14) married future King Louis XVI of France (age 15) –
- U.S. Congress gave authorization to mint the nickel –
- Charles Elmer Hires invented root beer –
- A dam on the Mill River in western Massachusetts broke, causing a deadly flash flood –
- Grand League of the American Horseshoe Pitchers Association was organized in Kansas City, Kansas –
- Joan of Arc was canonized –
- President John F. Kennedy began a 3-day visit to Canada –
- Fire broke out at tire dump, St-Amable, Quebec –
- In downtown Houston, Texas, large, black grackles, in an effort to protect their fallen offspring, attacked the heads, hair, and backs of pedestrians. –
- Canadian Victoria Cross unveiled –
- Discovery of 2.6-billion-year-old water in Ontario mine announced –
Weather
- Due to a dam break on the Mill River, a flash flood caused 143 deaths near Northampton, Massachusetts –
- Portland, Maine, received 4.88 inches of rain in 24 hours –
- The temperature in Blitzen, Oregon, was 108 degrees F, a record high for this date –
- Tornado in Portland, Maine –
- Sioux City, Iowa, set daily minimum and maximum temperature records within the same day—the low was 33 degrees F; the high was 91 degrees F –