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May
Zodiac: Taurus April
20 - May 19 Birthstone:
Emerald Flower:
Lilly of the Valley
Reflects
the 2009-2010 SY
May may be named for Maia,
the Roman Goddess of spring
and fertility. Some
scholars suggest that May’s
name is derived from Mojores,
the Latin word for "older
men." Just as June is
dedicated to youth, May is
associated with older people.
In the United States, the
month of May is designated
as Senior Citizens Month.
National Month
Awareness
Month
Better Month
National Month
 National (May
27th & 28th) www.spellingbee.com
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Day -
Encourage respect for the law.
School Principals Day
completed
in New York
City, 1931.
National Week
(1-7th)
2009-2010
SY |
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wins
Pulitzer Prize, 1937.
National Historic Preservation
Week (2-8th) 2009-2010
SY
Teacher Appreciation Week (2-8th) 2009-2010
SY
National Week (2-9th)
2009-2010 SY |
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,
Empress
of Russia,
born 1729.
Be
Kind to Week
(3-7th)
2000-20109
SY |
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Four
students killed at University in Ohio, by National Guard Troops, over
a protest against US invasion of Cambodia in 1970 during the
. Several
were killed in Jackson, Mississippi.
Teacher
Appreciation
Day 2009-2010
SY
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established
at Churchill Downs, 1875.
,
German social
philosopher,
born 1818.
FACTOID: "
The Fifth Of May", commemorates
the victory
of the Mexicans over the French
army at The Battle Of Puebla in
1862. |
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wins a Pulitzer
Prize for ,
1940.
disaster, 1937. photos http://www.vidicom-tv.com/tohiburg.htm
,
Austrian psychiatrist,
born 1856.
National Day
[2010] (Week
6th-12th)
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British ocean liner sunk by German
sub, 1915.
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VE
Day, 1945. FACTOID: War
is Europe is over, British
and Americans celebrate. Museum
web site http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/veday.htm
,
33 president
(1945), born 1884.
discovered
in 1541 by (d. 5/21/1542).
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American
abolitionist,
born 1800. FACTOID: "The
old man
was very
calm before
and during
his ordeal
and, while
being driven
to the gallows,
he looked
at the passing
view and
said, 'This
is a beautiful
country.'" Hung
in the public
square at
Charleston,
Virginia
for his
raid on
Harpers
Ferry, VA.,
December
2, 1859.
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First completed in Utah,
1869.
Is
Fun Week (10-16th)
2009-2010
SY (www.rif.org)
First in
United States opened in Chicago,
1930.
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became
the 32nd state (settled in 1805),
1858.
,
Spanish artist,
born 1904.
John
Chapman, also
known as "," planter
of thousands
of apple trees,
born 1768. |
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,
English
nurse and
hospital
Administrator,
born 1820.
(d. 8/13/1910). |
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First
permanent English settlement in
the new world, ,
founded near the James River in
Virginia, 1607.
was
elected as one of the 7 council
members to govern this new colony.
- War declared
on Mexico, 1846. |
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In
1804, Merriwether Lewis (August
18, 1774) and William Clark (August
1, 1770) left St. Louis, Missouri
for Pacific Coast to explore
the Louisiana Purchase. FACTOID: Completed
2 years, 4 months and 10 days
later on September 23, 1806. They
traveled over 8,000 miles by boat,
horse, and on foot.
declared
an independent nation, 1948.
,
German physicist,
born 1686. |
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First passed
in Massachusetts, 1672. |
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First minted & circulated,
1866.
Day
[2009] - Celebrates
Army, Air
Force, and
Navy Day.
National Week (16-22nd)
2009-2010 SY (www.ntweek.org)
National Week
(16-22nd)
2009-2010 SY
National Awareness
Week (16-22nd)
2009-2010 SY (www.weather.gov) |
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in
public schools declared unconstitutional
by U.S. Supreme Court, 1954. ,
1954
established
in 1792,
making and
the a
major
factor
for the
economy.
Kingdom
of founded
1782. FACTOID: The age
began about 750 AD, emerging
from Norway across to America
500 years
before Christopher Columbus.
, born 1939. Newbery
Award winning author whose book, "Hatchet" impacted
readers so much they sent letters
stating the story of Brian Robeson
was left unfinished by his early
rescue. Paulsen decided to write "Brain's
Winter" showing
what would have happened if
Brian had not been rescued.
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born
in St. Petersburg, Russia, 1868.
erupts in 1980,
killing 57
people
and devastating over 210 miles of
wilderness.
Head
of the "Lochness
monster" first
discovered,
1964. FACTOID: Sightings
of Sasquatch "Big
Foot" in
American Northwest
or the "Abominable
Snowman" in
the Himalayas
have also been
reported. |
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(Mother
of Elizabeth I), who was married
to King Henry VIII for 3 years,
beheaded in 1536.
, leader of
Black Militant group, born
1925.
,
born 1930. (D.
1/12/1965) American
playwright whose
drama, ,
received many
awards and recognitions. |
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Dolly
Madison born 1768. FACTOID: She
was White House hostess (1801-1809)
and First Lady (1809-1817). Rescued
many pieces of art & papers
during fire during
the War of 1812, including the
famous painting of George Washington
by (born December
23, 1755).
signed by President
Lincoln to grant public lands
to small farmers at a low cost,
1862. |
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First
test explosion of conducted in
Pacific Ocean, 1956.
American founded
1881.
completes her
transatlantic flight, 1932. |
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,
doctor and author who wrote
many science fiction novels,
romances, and plays, most
famous for creating detective
Sherlock Holmes, born 1859.
(d. 7/7/1930) |
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became
the 8th
state (settled
in 1670),
1788. FACTOID: One
of the original 13 colonies.
NHTSA
Buckle Up America
Week (23-29th)
2009-2010 SY
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- First telegraph
message, "What hath God
Wrought?" was transmitted
by Samuel F. B. Morse, an American
inventor in 1844. FACTOID: First
Atlantic telegraph cable between
England and United States was
completed on July 27, 1866.
Exploration
of by John W.
Powell, an American Geologist
began, 1869.
opened after
14 years and 27 deaths while being
constructed, 1883. |
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Ralph
Waldo ,
American essayist,
philosopher,
and poet,
born 1803.
National Day [2010] |
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The
Funeral ship
of the Egyptian Cheops
was unearthed
in a limestone
chamber near
the in
Egypt, 1954.
epidemic,
1721.
Actor ,
born 1907. |
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First execution
in America witnessed, 1647. FACTOID: The "witches" were
hung on June 10, 1692.
opened
in San Francisco, 1937.
National (May
27th-28th,
2009) www.spellingbee.com |
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National (May
27th-28th,
2009) www.spellingbee.com |
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,
35th President
(1961),
born 1917. FACTOID: He
was assassinated
as he rode
in a motorcade
along the
streets
of Dallas,
Texas, November
22, 1963.
became
the 30th state (settled in 1766),
1848.
became
the 13th state
(settled in
1636), 1790. FACTOID: One of the
original 13
colonies. |
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Tsar born
in Moscow 1672.
American
poet , born
1819. "Leaves of Grass" FACTOID: Died
penniless on March 26, 1892.
player,
Joe
Namath, who led the New York
Jets to the 1969 Super Bowl
championship, born 1943.
First expedition
organized 1853.
Sheet
Asphalt patented
1870.
(b.
1412), a peasant
girl who became
the savior
of France,
is
burned at
the stake
for heresay,
1431. |
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Johnstown
: Heavy
rain and a neglected dam
lead to the
catastrophe
in which 2,209 people die
and a once prosperous town
is destroyed by a 30 ft high
debris filled wall of water
nearly a half mile wide,
1889.
[2010] - Day
to honor the
memory of
those killed
in all wars,
not just the
Civil War
as it first
started out. |
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