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| | | | 1 Hawaiian Lei Day Mother Goose Day May Day Worthy Wage Day for child care providers | 2 Dr. Benjamin Spock's birthday born in 1903 Holocaust Remembrance day called Yom Hashoah, this year, Holocaust Remembrance day falls on Friday so it is actually observed the preceding Thursday Space Day | 3 Constitution Memorial Day in Japan |
4 National Weather Observers Day Susan's birthday from Sesame Street | 5 Childrens Day in Japan Cinco De Mayo | 6 International No Diet Day National Teacher Day | 7 1st Stamp Collection started Pulitzer Prize Established | 8 No Socks Day | 9 First Newspaper Cartoon in USA in 1754 National Family Child Care Providers Day | 10 Clean up Your Room Day |
11 Mother's Day Twilight Zone Day | 12 International Nurses Day Kite Day Limerick Day | 13 Tulip Day | 14 Beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804 | 15 Aoi Festival celebrated in Japan L.F. Baums's birthday Author of the Wizard of Oz born in 1856 National Chocolate Chip Day | 16 First US Nickel Minted in 1866 called the 'Shield Nickel' | 17 Armed Forces Day First Kentucky Derby in 1875 |
18 International Museum Day Mount St. Helens Erupted in 1980 Peace Day | 19 Circus Day the Ringling Brother's Circus opened in 1884 Victoria Day celebrated in Canada | 20 First Phot Sent from Space in 1990 the Hubble space telescope sends 1st photographs from space | 21 American Re Cross Founded by Clara Barton in 1881 Lindbergh Flight Day in 1927 Tattered Elf's Birthday | 22 Buy a Musical Instrument Day | 23 Penny Day | 24 First Morse Code Message Sent from Washington DC to Baltimore in 1844 |
25 National Missing Children's Day National Tap Dance Day | 26 Blueberry Cheesecake Day | 27 Golden Gate Bridge opens in 1937 Masking tape patented in 1930 | 28 Jim Thorpe's Birthday born in 1888 | 29 John F. Kennedy's Birthday born in 1917 | 30 Ice Cream Freezer Patented in 1848 by William Young | 31 Memorial Day World No Tobacco Day |
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