Daily Calendar for Saturday, May 24, 2025

Died

  • Nicolaus Copernicus (astronomer) –
  • William Lloyd Garrison (writer) –
  • Duke Ellington (jazz composer, pianist, & bandleader) –
  • Milton Shedd (co-founder of Sea World) –
  • Dick Martin (comedian) –
  • Tina Turner (singer) –

Born

  • Queen Victoria (British monarch) –
  • George Grey Barnard (sculptor) –
  • Bob Dylan (musician) –
  • Gary Burghoff (actor) –
  • Patti LaBelle (singer) –
  • Priscilla Presley (actress) –
  • Jim Broadbent (actor) –
  • Kristin Scott Thomas (actress) –
  • John C. Reilly (actor) –
  • Billy Gilman (country singer) –

Events

  • Canada’s first medical graduate, William Logie, awarded degree by McGill University –
  • Samuel Morse transmitted the first telegraphic message from the U.S. Supreme Court room, Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. The message: What hath God wrought –
  • The steamer, Victoria, sank in Thames River near London, Ontario –
  • Ohio Anti-Saloon League founded, Oberlin, Ohio –
  • First major league baseball night game was played in Cincinnati, Ohio –
  • Aurora 7 took flight. It was the second U.S. manned orbital space flight –
  • United States and USSR agreed to cooperate in space exploration –
  • Crop circle discovered in Haysville, Kansas –
  • Canada’s famous clock on the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa stopped for the first time –

Weather

  • Snowstorm across Kentucky with accumulations of 4 to 6 inches of snow –
  • Hail fell to a depth of 6 to 8 inches near Ada, Oklahoma –
  • Snow whitened the Green Mountains of Vermont –

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