Daily Calendar for Saturday, May 20, 2023
Died
- Christopher Columbus (explorer) –
- Joseph Carr (president of NFL) –
- Gilda Radner (actress) –
- Stephen Jay Gould (paleontologist & author) –
- Robin Gibb (musician; member of the Bee Gees) –
Born
- William Thornton (architect) –
- Dolley Madison (U.S. First Lady) –
- William Fargo (businessman) –
- Allan Nevins (historian) –
- Jimmy Stewart (actor) –
- Joe Cocker (musician) –
- Cher (singer & actress) –
- Tony Stewart (race car driver) –
- Trinity Rodman (soccer player) –
Events
- First Council of Nicaea (which standardized how to calculate the date of Easter) likely convened–
- D. Hyde patented the fountain pen–
- Homestead Act signed–
- The Saturday Evening Post published its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting–
- Charles Lindbergh began first nonstop solo flight across Atlantic–
- First airplane catapulted from a dirigible–
- A 680-pound goliath grouper was caught off Fernandina Beach, Florida–
- Rare Madagascar teal duck born, Louisville Zoo, Kentucky–
- Up to 20 million honeybees escaped from a tractor-trailer after it overturned on a highway in Newark, Deleware–
Weather
- Strafford, Vermont, received 10 inches of snow–
- Six inches of snow fell on Lexington, Kentucky–
- Codell, Kansas, hit by a tornado–
- For the second year in a row, Codell, Kansas, was hit by a tornado on this date–
- For the third year in a row, Codell, Kansas, was hit by a tornado on this date–
- A tornado took to the ground in Kansas City, Missouri, and traveled 71 miles–
- Near Eloy, Arizona, scientists began a 3.5 week experiment to study the nature of dust devils.–
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