Daily Calendar for Monday, May 3, 2021
Died
- Adolphe Charles Adam (composer) –
- Frank Levingston (at time of death, was oldest surviving WWII veteran) –
Born
- Bing Crosby (singer) –
- Mary Astor (actress) –
- Sugar Ray Robinson (boxer) –
- James Brown (singer) –
- Frankie Valli (singer) –
- Doug Henning (magician) –
- Dulé Hill (actor) –
Events
- First toll bridge (toll for animals began), Rowley, Massachusetts–
- Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city–
- First U.S. telecast of a book review–
- First broadcast of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered–
- The Old Man of the Mountain located in Franconia Notch, NH, fell from his perch–
- Three veterans’ names were added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial–
- Dale Davis, a legally blind 78-year old man from Alta, Iowa, bowled a perfect game during league play–
Weather
- The temperature dipped to 39 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix, Arizona–
- Nearly a foot of rain fell within eight hours in New Orleans–
- The area west of Mooresville, North Carolina, had baseball-size hail–
- Lake Kemp, Texas, had baseball-size hail–
- Red River flood peaked in Manitoba–
- Tornadoes struck Oklahoma, killing 44 people and causing $1.3 billion in damage.–
- Powerful Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta–
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