Daily Calendar for May 3rd, 2021

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

1650s

• 1654: First toll bridge (toll for animals began), Rowley, Massachusetts

1800s

• 1802: Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city

1850s

• Died 1856: Adolphe Charles Adam (composer)

1900s

• Born 1903: Bing Crosby (singer)

• Born 1906: Mary Astor (actress)

1910s

• 1915: "John McCrae wrote poem "In Flanders Fields"

1920s

• Born 1921: Sugar Ray Robinson (boxer)

1930s

• Born 1933: James Brown (singer)

• 1938: First U.S. telecast of a book review

1940s

• Born 1947: Doug Henning (magician)

1970s

• 1971: First broadcast of National Public Radio's All Things Considered50 Years Ago

• Born 1974: Dulé Hill (actor)

2000s

• 2003: The Old Man of the Mountain located in Franconia Notch, NH, fell from his perch

• 2007: Three veterans’ names were added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• 2008: Dale Davis, a legally blind 78-year old man from Alta, Iowa, bowled a perfect game during league play

2010s

• Died 2016: Frank Levingston (at time of death, was oldest surviving WWII veteran)