Daily Calendar for Tuesday, May 22, 2029
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Tuesday, May 22, 2029
Born
- William Sturgeon (inventor) –
- Richard Wagner (composer) –
- Mary Cassatt (painter) –
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes) –
- Laurence Olivier (actor) –
- Peter Nero (pianist) –
- Paul Winfield (actor) –
- Morrissey (singer) –
- Naomi Campbell (model) –
- Alastair Ralphs (wrestler) –
- Ginnifer Goodwin (actress) –
- Apolo Ohno (Olympic speed skater) –
Died
- Martha Washington (U.S. First Lady) –
- Victor Hugo (writer) –
- Langston Hughes (writer) –
- Thurl Ravenscroft (character voice, most well known for Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes’ pitchman Tony the Tiger) –
- Tiffany Two (oldest known cat at the time) –
Events
- Train of 100-plus wagons left Independence, Missouri, for Oregon –
- Representative Preston Brooks caned Senator Charles Sumner in Senate –
- Patent granted for Wright brothers’ “Flying-Machine” –
- The American Cancer Society was founded –
- The Space Needle foundation was poured, Seattle, Washington –
- The foundation is poured for Seattle, Washington’s iconic Space Needle. –
- Barry Bishop and the other members of a National Geographic expedition team were the first Americans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Barry Bishop placed the U.S. flag on top of Mount Everest –
- First permanent IMAX theater opened in Toronto –
- Athlete Rick Hansen completed Man in Motion World Tour –
- Hubble telescope detected at least two more Saturn moons –
- the Canadian Space Agency launched its third astronaut recruitment campaign –
Weather
- Northeast Maine had 6 inches of snow –
- Lewiston, Maine, reached 101 degrees F –
- Rains caused flooding, New Mexico –
- Heavy rain brought the Pearl River ten feet above flood stage at Carthage, Mississippi –
- A 2.5 mile-wide tornado touched down near Hallam, Nebraska. –
- An EF-5 tornado devastated Joplin, Missouri, causing at least 155 deaths. An evaluation by the National Weather Service estimated the tornado’s wind speeds reached 198 miles per hour. –