Daily Calendar for May 19th, 2021

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

St. Dunstan's Day

Traditional weather lore has it that St. Dunstan was a great brewer who sold himself to the devil on the condition that the devil would blight the apple trees to stop the production of cider, Dunstan's rival drink. This is said to be the cause of the wintry blast that usually comes about this time.

Every Year

• St. Dunstan's Day

1530s

• Died 1536: Anne Boleyn (Henry VIII's second wife)

1780s

• 1780: "Dark Day" in New England

1790s

• Born 1795: Johns Hopkins (philanthropist)

1840s

• Died 1846: Robert B. Thomas, founder of The Old Farmer's Almanac

1860s

• Born 1864: Carl Akeley (artist, biologist, & conservationist)

• Died 1864: Nathaniel Hawthorne (writer)

1890s

• 1897: Author Oscar Wilde released from jail

1920s

• Born 1925: Malcolm X (civil rights activist)

• 1928: First Jumping Frog Jubilee in Calaveras County, California

1930s

• Born 1930: Lorraine Hansberry (playwright)

• Died 1935: T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia")

• Born 1939: Francis Richard Scobee (astronaut)

1940s

• 1940: 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in Imperial Valley, California

• Born 1941: Nora Ephron (author & director)

• Born 1945: Pete Townshend (musician)

• Born 1946: Andre the Giant (wrestler & actor)

1960s

• Born 1966: Jodi Picoult (author)

1970s

• Died 1971: Ogden Nash (poet)

• Born 1976: Kevin Garnett (basketball player)

1990s

• Died 1994: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (U.S. First Lady)

2000s

• Died 2002: Walter Lord (author)

• 2008: Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester threw a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals. It was the first major league no-hitter of the season