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1
May
Day
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2
Leonardo
da Vinci dies 151
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3
Constitution
of
May 3, 1791
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4
Rhode
Island Independence Day
National
Day of Prayer
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6
Hindenburg
Explosion - 1937
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7
Archibald MacLeish, poet, dramatist, and ninth Librarian of
Congress, was born in 1892
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8
In
1846, General Zachary Taylor defeated a detachment of the Mexican
army in a two-day battle at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma.
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9
Europe
Day
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10
The
Completion of the Transcontinental Railway, 1869
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11
Conjoined
Twins Chang and Eng Bunker born in Siam - 1811
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12
National
Limerick Day
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13
Mother's
Day
Leprechaun
Day
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14
Edward
Jenner tested the first smallpox vaccine 1796
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15
International
Day of Families
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16
David Edward Hughes, inventor of the carbon microphone, was
born. 1831
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17
New
York Stock Exchange Anniversary (1792)
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18
International
Museum Day
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19
Armed
Forces Day
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20
Amelia
Earhart Flew across the Atlantic - 1932
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21
American
Red Cross Founding Day (1881)
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22
German
Composer Richard Wagner Born 1813
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23
Penny
Day
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24
Brooklyn
Bridge Opened First Time in 1883
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25
Race
to Space
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26
First
American Woman in Space 1983
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27
Henry
Kissinger born 1923
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28
Memorial
Day
Golden Gate Bridge was Opened to the public in 1937
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29
Today
in History: Patrick Henry Born in 1736
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30
Confederate
Memorial Day (Virginia)
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31
Johnstown,
PA, Flood - 1889
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