May Day

Mother Goose Day

Space Day

Empire State Building Opened (1931)

Astronomy Day

Leonardo da Vinci Died (1579)

Soviet Union Announced Fall of Berlin (1945)

Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa (1994)

Nat'l Scrapbooking Day

World Press Freedom Day

Nat'l Music Week

Nat'l Postcard Week

Teacher Appreciation Week

Intn'l Firefighters Day

Freedom Riders Left D.C. for New Orleans (1961)

Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)

Nat'l Teacher Day

World Asthma Day

John Scopes Arrested for Teaching Darwinism (1926)

First American in Space (1961)

Nat'l School Nurse Day

Robert Peary's Birthday (1856)

Sigmund Freud's Birthday (1856)

Hindenburg Disaster (1937)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Birthday (1840)

American Medical Association Formed (1847)

Lusitania Sunk (1915)

Germany Surrendered to Allies (1945)

World Red Cross Day

Harry S. Truman's Birthday (1884)

VE Day (1945)

Nat'l Bake Sale Day

John Brown's Birthday (1800)

Beatles Signed First Recording Contract (1962)

Mother's Day

Giant Squid Attack (1847)

First Transcontinental Railway Completed (1869)

Nat'l Police Week

Minnesota Admission Day (1858)

Children's Book Week

Nat'l Transportation Week

Kite Day

Florence Nightingale's Birthday (1820)

Jimmy Carter Visited Cuba (2002)

Tulip Day

U.S. Declared War on Mexico (1846)

"When the Saints Go Marching In" Recorded (1938)

Lewis and Clark Expedition Began (1803)

First Olympic Games Held in U.S. (1904)

First U.S. Space Station Launched (1973)

Intn'l Day of Families

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Created (1862)

First Air Mail Route Established in U.S. (1918)

Armed Forces Day

Biographers Day

First U.S. Nickel Minted (1866)

New York Stock Exchange Established (1792)

Supreme Court Ruled on Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Pope John Paul II's Birthday (1920)

Mount St. Helens Erupted (1980)

Nat'l Backyard Games Week

New England Confederation Formed (1643)

Lawrence of Arabia Died (1935)

Christopher Columbus Died (1506)

Dolley Madison's Birthday (1768)

Charles Lindbergh Began Transatlantic Flight (1932)

American Red Cross Established (1881)

Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic (1932)

Buy a Musical Instrument Day

Earthquake in China Claimed 20,000 Victims (1927)

Richard Nixon Visited the Soviet Union (1972)

Intn'l Jazz Day

Nat'l Turtle Day

Carolus Linnaeus's Birthday (1707)

South Carolina Admission Day (1788)

Wright Brothers Patented the Aircraft (1906)

First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844)

Brooklyn Bridge Opened (1883)

Israeli Troops Pulled Out of Lebanon (2000)

Memorial Day

Fork Debuted in U.S. (1630)

Babe Ruth Hit 714th Home Run (1935)

Jesse Owens Broke Three World Records (1935)

Dorothea Lange's Birthday (1895)

Sally Ride's Birthday (1951)

First Recorded Witch Execution (1647)

Rachel Carson's Birthday (1907)

Golden Gate Bridge Opened (1937)

Jim Thorpe's Birthday (1888)

Sierra Club Founded (1892)

Linda Finch Completed Earhart's Flight Around the World (1997)

Rhode Island Admission Day (1790)

Wisconsin Admission Day (1848)

Hillary and Tenzing Reached Mt. Everest Summit (1953)

Indianapolis 500 Debuted (1911)

Lincoln Memorial Dedicated (1927)

Earthquake in Afghanistan Killed 5,000 (1998)

World No Tobacco Day

First U.S. Copyright Law Enacted (1790)

Earthquake in Peru Killed 50,000 (1970)