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Daily Calendar for Sunday, May 16, 2021

Born

  • William Henry Seward (politician) –
  • Henry Fonda (actor) –
  • Studs Terkel (writer) –
  • Theodore Holmes Bullock (neuroscientist) –
  • Liberace (entertainer) –
  • Pierce Brosnan (actor) –
  • Olga Korbut (Olympic gold medalist/gymnast) –
  • Debra Winger (actress) –
  • Joan Benoit Samuelson (runner, Olympic gold medalist) –
  • Janet Jackson (singer) –
  • Tracey Gold (actress) –
  • Tucker Carlson (television commentator) –
  • David Boreanaz (actor) –
  • Jim Sturgess (actor) –
  • Thomas Sangster (actor) –

Died

  • Andy Kaufman (comedian & actor) –
  • Sammy Davis Jr. (entertainer) –
  • Jim Henson (creator of The Muppets) –

Events

  • Marie Antoinette (age 14) married future King Louis XVI of France (age 15)–
  • U.S. Congress gave authorization to mint the nickel–
  • Charles Elmer Hires invented root beer–
  • Grand League of the American Horseshoe Pitchers Association was organized in Kansas City, Kansas–
  • Joan of Arc was canonized–
  • President John F. Kennedy began a 3-day visit to Canada–
  • Fire broke out at tire dump, St-Amable, Quebec–
  • In downtown Houston, Texas, large, black grackles, in an effort to protect their fallen offspring, attacked the heads, hair, and backs of pedestrians.–
  • Canadian Victoria Cross unveiled–
  • Discovery of 2.6-billion-year-old water in Ontario mine announced–

Weather

  • Due to a dam break on the Mill River, a flash flood caused 143 deaths near Northampton, Massachusetts–
  • Portland, Maine, received 4.88 inches of rain in 24 hours–
  • The temperature in Blitzen, Oregon, was 108 degrees F, a record high for this date–
  • Tornado in Portland, Maine–
  • Sioux City, Iowa, set daily minimum and maximum temperature records within the same day—the low was 33 degrees F; the high was 91 degrees F–

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