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Daily Calendar for Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Died

  • Pope Pius V –
  • Dr. David Livingstone (explorer, missionary) –
  • Spike Jones (band leader, musician, & comedian) –

Born

  • Benjamin Henry Latrobe (architect) –
  • Glenn Ford (actor) –
  • Jack Paar (entertainer) –
  • Joseph Heller (novelist) –
  • Rita Coolidge (singer) –
  • Joanna Lumley (actress) –
  • Tim McGraw (country singer) –
  • Ariel Gade (actress) –

Events

  • Great Britain formed–
  • Electric streetlights installed in Ottawa, Ontario–
  • Scofield Mine disaster occurred in Utah–
  • The Empire State Building was dedicated in New York City–
  • Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize–
  • Existence of Van Allen radiation belts announced–
  • Harper Lee won Pulitzer Prize for her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird–
  • Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas–

Weather

  • Polebridge, Montana, had a temperature of -5 degrees F–
  • Ice out, Dublin Lake in Dublin, New Hampshire (home of The Old Farmer’s Almanac)–

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