Daily Calendar for May 2nd, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Orthodox Easter

Celebration of Easter by Orthodox Christians around the world following the Julian calendar. See how Easter dates are calculated at www.Almanac.com/easter

1510s

• Died 1519: Leonardo da Vinci (artist)

1670s

• 1670: Hudson's Bay Co. chartered

1840s

• 1843: First provisional government in the Pacific Northwest approved, Champoeg, Oregon

1880s

• 1885: Good Housekeeping magazine debuted

• 1887: First U.S. kindergarten for the blind opened

1900s

• Born 1903: Dr. Benjamin Spock (pediatrician)

1920s

• 1926: First drawing sent by radio across Atlantic

1930s

• Born 1930: Bernard Slade (television writer and playwright)

1940s

• 1946: Alcatraz Prison riots began

1950s

• Born 1952: Christine Baranski (actress)

• Died 1957: Joseph McCarthy (U.S. senator)

1960s

• 1964: Northern Dancer became first Canadian horse to win Kentucky Derby

• Born 1964: Kelly Gibson (golfer)

1970s

• 1972: Ninety-one people killed in mine disaster caused by a fire at the Sunshine Silver Mine in Idaho

• Died 1972: J. Edgar Hoover (Director of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation)

• Born 1972: Dwayne Johnson (actor)

• Born 1975: David Beckham (soccer player)

1980s

• Born 1985: Kyle Busch (race car driver)

• Born 1985: Sarah Hughes (Olympic gold medalist figure skater)

1990s

• 1997: The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial was dedicated, Washington, D.C.

• 1997: Tony Blair became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

2000s

• Died 2007: Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr. (one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the only man to fly in all three of NASA's earliest manned spaceships)

• Died 2009: Jack Kemp (football player & politician)

• 2009: Horse Mine That Bird won Kentucky Derby