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Mayfest is an annual four-day community festival in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, that began in 1973, held on 33 acres of Trinity Park. The festival attracts about 200,000 people during the first weekend of May. The event also includes the Mayfest Run, which has a USATF certified 10K, 5K and 1K Fun Run winding through Trinity Park along the ...
May 6, 2023 at 7:37 PM. It started with a report of baseball-size hail in far west Fort Worth. Fifteen minutes later, about 7:15 on the evening of May 5, 1995, thousands of revelers at the annual ...
Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex ( Dallas, Parker, and Tarrant counties) The 1995 Mayfest storm was a damaging hailstorm that struck parts of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex on May 5, 1995. It was the first singular thunderstorm with a damage toll exceeding $1 billion and at the time the costliest nontornadic thunderstorm in U.S. history. [1]
Dillo Day is an annual all-day music festival at Northwestern University that takes place at the end of spring quarter on the Lakefill. Started in the 1972/73 school year, it is organized by Mayfest Productions, a Northwestern student group, and is the largest student-run music festival in the country. Northwestern lists Dillo Day as one of its ...
Maifest. Maifest (or Mayfest in English) is the traditional German celebration of the arrival of spring. Maifest is still celebrated throughout Germany with the maibaum (maypole) decorated to show off the history and crafts of the town. Maifest, similar to Oktoberfest, has now become a popular celebration throughout the world.
Elected President. Bill Clinton. Democratic. The 1992 United States presidential election was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1992. Democratic Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas defeated incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot of Texas.
The 1976 United States presidential election was the 48th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. The Democratic nominee, former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter, narrowly defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford. This was the first presidential election since 1932 in which the incumbent was defeated, as ...
The 1876 United States presidential election was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1876. Following President Grant's decision to retire after his second term, U.S. Representative James G. Blaine emerged as frontrunner for the Republican nomination. However, Blaine was unable to win a majority at the 1876 ...