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May 2022
May is “Flower Month”
May is “Flower Month”
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Sun. May. 1
Save the Rhino Day
2
Mon. May. 2
Elijah McCoy (inventor) born, 1844
Do a cloze activity on McCoy.
Leonardo da Vinci died, 1519
3
Tue. May. 3
Constitution Day, Japan
First airplane landed at North Pole, 1952
National Teachers Day
4
Wed. May. 4
Greenery Day, Japan
International Firefighters Day
5
Thu. May. 5
Cinco de Mayo
Children's Day, Japan
7
Sat. May. 7
Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel prize-winner, Hindu poet and composer) born, 1861
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Sun. May. 8
V-E Day - Victory in Europe, Germany's surrender in World War II, 1945
First Westminister Dog Show held, 1877
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Mon. May. 9
First Quarter Moon
12:21 AM GMT
First Newspaper Cartoon (in the USA), 1754
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Tue. May. 10
Independence Day, Israel
Peace Day
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Wed. May. 11
Salvador Dali born, 1904
Minnesota became a state, 1858
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Thu. May. 12
Manitoba became a province of Canada, 1870
Florence Nightingale born, 1820
13
Fri. May. 13
Republic of Ecuador was founded, 1830
Friday the 13th
Tulip Day
14
Sat. May. 14
Lewis and Clark start their expedition west, 1803
Thomas Gainsborough (artist) born, 1727
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Mon. May. 16
First US Nickel Minted, 1866
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Tue. May. 17
Constitution Day, Norway
French and Indian War Began, 1756
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Wed. May. 18
Flag Day, Haiti
Mount St. Helens Erupted, 1980
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Thu. May. 19
Sarah Peale (portrait artist) born, 1800
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Sat. May. 21
Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after the first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the plane,"The Spirit of St. Louis", 1927
Mary Anning (fossil hunter) born, 1799
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Sun. May. 22
Mary Cassatt born, 1844
International Day for Biological Diversity
National Bike to School Day
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Mon. May. 23
Victoria Day (Canada)
National Day (Amendment of the Constitution), Morocco
South Carolina became a state, 1788
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Tue. May. 24
First Morse Code Message Sent - from Washington DC to Baltimore, 1844
Read about Morse code, then write your name in Morse code.
25
Wed. May. 25
President John Kennedy announced Apollo goal of going to the Moon, 1961
Africa Day
29
Sun. May. 29
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the top of Mount Everest, 1953
Rhode Island became a state, 1790
Wisconsin became a state, 1848
30
Mon. May. 30
Mariner 9 was launched towards Mars, 1971
Lincoln Memorial Dedication
31
Tue. May. 31
Julius Richard Petri born, 1852
Petri invented the Petri dish. Label the bacterium.
National Save Your Hearing Day
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Wed. Jun. 1
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Thu. Jun. 2
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Fri. Jun. 3
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Sat. Jun. 4