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Daily Calendar for Saturday, May 11, 2019
Born
- Chang and Eng Bunker (original Siameseβ twinsβ) β
- Irving Berlin (composer) β
- Margaret Rutherford (actress) β
- Martha Graham (dancer) β
- Salvador Dali (artist) β
- Richard Feynman (physicist) β
- Sheila Burnford (author of The Incredible Journey) β
- Bernard Fox (actor) β
- Doug McClure (actor) β
- Boyd Gaines (actor) β
- Natasha Richardson (actress) β
- Jonathan Jackson (actor) β
- Cory Monteith (actor) β
- Matt Leinart (football player) β
Died
- Sir John Herschel (astronomer) β
- Lex Barker (actor) β
- Lester Flatt (musician) β
- Bob Marley (Reggae musician, founding member of The Wailers) β
- Douglas Adams (science fiction author) β
- Joseph Bonanno (gangster) β
- Doris Eaton Travis (last of the Ziegfeld Follies chorus girls) β
- Norman Lloyd (actor; died at 106 years old) β
Events
- First known dated printed book, Wang Jie’s copy of the Diamond Sutra publishedβ
- Prime Minister Spencer Perceval assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commonsβ
- A new dance called The Waltz arrived in English ballroomsβ
- President James Monroe rode on The Savannah to inspect the harbor defenses of Savannah, Georgia, making him the first U.S. president to ride on a steamboatβ
- Minnesota admitted as the 32nd stateβ
- Pullman strike ended in defeat for organized laborβ
- Glacier National Park in Montana establishedβ
- A 20-ton meteor fell to the ground near Blackstone, Virginiaβ
- Siam changed its name to Thailandβ
- Linda McCartney became the first woman photographer to shoot a Rolling Stone coverβ
- The first heart-lung transplant took place in Baltimore, Marylandβ
- After taking off from Miami, FL, a fire started by improperly-handled oxygen canisters in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592, and caused the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on boardβ
Weather
- A tornado hit Newark, New Jerseyβ
- A strong 2-day dust storm removed massive amounts of topsoil from the Great Plains in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowlβ
- Dust storms darkened skies from Oklahoma to the Atlantic Ocean β
- The Waco Tornado (registering at F5) hit downtown Waco, Texasβ
- Spring snowstorm hit western part of South Dakota. In some areas the snow was accompanied by thunder, lightning, sleet, and hailβ