Daily Calendar for Saturday, May 19, 2029
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Saturday, May 19, 2029
Died
- Anne Boleyn (Henry VIII’s second wife) –
- Robert B. Thomas (founder of The Old Farmer’s Almanac) –
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (writer) –
- T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia”“) –
- Ogden Nash (poet) –
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (U.S. First Lady) –
- Walter Lord (author) –
- Charles Grodin (actor, talk show host) –
Born
- Johns Hopkins (philanthropist) –
- Carl Akeley (artist, biologist, & conservationist) –
- Malcolm X (civil rights activist) –
- Lorraine Hansberry (playwright) –
- Francis Richard Scobee (astronaut) –
- Nora Ephron (author & director) –
- Pete Townshend (musician) –
- Andre the Giant (wrestler & actor) –
- Jodi Picoult (author) –
- Kevin Garnett (basketball player) –
- Connor Wong (baseball player) –
Events
- Dark Day in New England –
- Author Oscar Wilde released from jail –
- Parks Canada, the world’s first national park service, was established as part of the Department of the Interior. –
- First Jumping Frog Jubilee in Calaveras County, California –
- 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in Imperial Valley, California –
- Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester threw a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals. It was the first major league no-hitter of the season –
- In Kansas, paraplegic Anna Sarol — with the assistance of braces, a walker, and her siblings — took steps across the graduation stage to receive her high school diploma. She had worked towards this moment ever since a gymnastics accident nearly four years before had left her paralyzed from the waist down. –
Weather
- Dark Day: Darkness fell at noon throughout New England due to smoke from western forest fires. –
- 99 degrees F at Central Park, New York City –
- Heavy rain and golf ball-size hail destroyed 80 percent of the crops in northwestern Texas –