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1
May Day
.
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Labor Movement
,
Working Class
,
International Worker's Day
Mother Goose
Day.
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Nursery Rhymes
2
Inventor
Elijah McCoy
is born in 1844.
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The Real McCoy
,
Inventors
,
Engines
3
Margaret Thatcher
becomes the United Kingdom's first female prime minister in 1979.
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Parliament
,
Prime Minister
4
Four student protestors are killed at
Kent State
in 1970.
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Vietnam
,
Student Protests
International Firefighter's Day
.
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Fire
,
Firefighters
5
Cinco de Mayo
.
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Battle of Puebla
,
Benito Juarez
6
Psychoanalyst
Sigmund Freud
is born in 1856.
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Psychoanalysis
,
Dream Symbolism
,
Ego
National Teacher's Day
.
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Teachers
,
Teacher Appreciation
7
$180 million dollar out-of-court settlement is reached in
Agent Orange
lawsuit.
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Herbicidal Warfare
,
Vietnam
8
President
Harry Truman
is born in 1884.
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Truman Doctrine
,
Marshall Plan
,
Atomic Bombings
German Surrender
is signed on VE Day in 1945.
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Victory in Europe Day
,
WWII
9
Abolitionist
John Brown
is born in 1800.
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Harper's Ferry
,
Slavery
10
Ceremony is held to mark completion of 1st U.S.
transcontinental railroad
in 1869.
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Railroad
,
Transportation
,
Trains
11
Mother's Day
.
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Motherhood
,
Mothers
,
Families
Artist
Salvador Dali
is born in 1904.
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Surrealism
12
Nurse and Activist
Florence Nightingale
is born in 1820.
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Nursing
,
Lady With the Lamp
13
Great
Dust Bowl
storm occurs in 1934.
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Depression
,
Migrants
,
Oakies
,
Grapes of Wrath
14
Lewis and Clark
begin their expedition in 1803.
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Louisiana Purchase
15
Johannes
Kepler
discovers the Law of Harmonics in 1618.
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Scientific Revolution
,
Laws of Planetary Motion
16
Mississippi River
steamboat
service begins in 1817.
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Mississippi River
17
Supreme Court rules on
Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education
in 1954.
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Civil Rights
,
Segregation
,
Separate but Equal
18
Mt. St. Helens
erupts in 1980.
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Volcanoes
19
Ringling Bros.
circus
premieres in 1884.
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Ringling Bros.
20
Entrepreneur
Levi Strauss markets blue jeans in 1873.
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Clothing
,
Jeans
21
Aviator
Charles Lindbergh
lands the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris in 1927.
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Aviation
,
Spirit of St. Louis
22
First reported sighting of the
Loch Ness monster
in 1933.
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Nessie
23
Scientist
Carolus Linnaeus
is born in 1707.
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Taxonomy
,
Classification
24
Brooklyn Bridge
is opened in 1883.
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Bridges
,
Suspension Bridges
25
Athlete
Jesse Owens
equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour in 1935.
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African Americans
,
Olympics
,
Track and Field
26
Astronaut
Sally Ride
is born in 1951.
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Astronauts
,
Space Travel
Memorial Day
.
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Decoration Day
,
Military
27
Queen Mary
sails from Southampton on her maiden voyage in 1936.
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Transportation
,
Passenger Ships
28
Olympic Champion
Jim Thorpe
is born in 1888.
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Olympics
,
Pentathlon
,
Decathlon
29
Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay reach
Mt. Everest
summit in 1953.
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Edmund Hillary
,
Tenzig Norgay
,
Mountain Climbing
,
Explorers
30
U.S. launches Surveyor I to the
moon
in 1966.
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Lunar Exploration
,
Space Travel
,
NASA
31
Poet
Walt Whitman
is born in 1819.
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Leaves of Grass
,
O Captain My Captain
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