Daily Calendar for Tuesday, May 1, 2029
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Tuesday, May 1, 2029
Died
- Pope Pius V –
- Dr. David Livingstone (explorer, missionary) –
- Spike Jones (band leader, musician, & comedian) –
Born
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe (architect) –
- Glenn Ford (actor) –
- Jack Paar (entertainer) –
- Joseph Heller (novelist) –
- Rita Coolidge (singer) –
- Joanna Lumley (actress) –
- Tim McGraw (country singer) –
- Ariel Gade (actress) –
Events
- Great Britain formed –
- Electric streetlights installed in Ottawa, Ontario –
- Scofield Mine disaster occurred in Utah –
- The Empire State Building was dedicated in New York City –
- Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize –
- Existence of Van Allen radiation belts announced –
- The Goddard Space Flight Center was established in Greenbelt, Maryland –
- Harper Lee won Pulitzer Prize for her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird –
- Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas –
Weather
- Polebridge, Montana, had a temperature of -5 degrees F –
- Ice out, Dublin Lake in Dublin, New Hampshire (home of The Old Farmer’s Almanac) –