Daily Calendar for Tuesday, May 20, 2025

First Council of Nicaea (which standardized how to calculate the date of Easter) likely convened – 0325
D. Hyde patented the fountain pen – 1830
Homestead Act signed – 1862
The Saturday Evening Post published its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting – 1916
Charles Lindbergh began first nonstop solo flight across Atlantic – 1927
First airplane catapulted from a dirigible – 1930
A 680-pound goliath grouper was caught off Fernandina Beach, Florida – 1961
Rare Madagascar teal duck born, Louisville Zoo, Kentucky – 2009
Up to 20 million honeybees escaped from a tractor-trailer after it overturned on a highway in Newark, Deleware – 2014

Strafford, Vermont, received 10 inches of snow – 1892
Six inches of snow fell on Lexington, Kentucky – 1894
Codell, Kansas, hit by a tornado – 1916
For the second year in a row, Codell, Kansas, was hit by a tornado on this date – 1917
For the third year in a row, Codell, Kansas, was hit by a tornado on this date – 1918
A tornado took to the ground in Kansas City, Missouri, and traveled 71 miles – 1957
Near Eloy, Arizona, scientists began a 3.5 week experiment to study the nature of dust devils. – 2002