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)