Empire State Building Opened (1931)

May Day

Mother Goose Day

Space Day

May 1 - 7
Nat'l Postcard Week

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Leonardo da Vinci Died (1579)

Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa (1994)

Soviet Union Announced Fall of Berlin (1945)

Nat'l Scrapbooking Day

World Press Freedom Day

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

Intn'l Firefighters Day

May 4 - 10
Nat'l Computer Education Week

Nat'l Music Week

Teacher Appreciation Week

Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)

First American in Space (1961)

John Scopes Arrested for Teaching Darwinism (1926)

Hindenburg Disaster (1937)

Nat'l Teacher Day

Robert Peary's Birthday (1856)

Sigmund Freud's Birthday (1856)

World Asthma Day

American Medical Association Formed (1847)

Germany Surrendered to Allies (1945)

Lusitania Sunk (1915)

Nat'l School Nurse Day

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Birthday (1840)

Harry S. Truman's Birthday (1884)

Mount Pelee Erupted, Killing 40,000 (1902)

VE Day (1945)

World Red Cross Day

Beatles Signed First Recording Contract (1962)

John Brown's Birthday (1800)

Peter Pan Day

Astronomy Day

First Transcontinental Railway Completed (1869)

Giant Squid Attack (1847)

Nat'l Bake Sale Day

Mother's Day

Minnesota Admission Day (1858)

May 11 - 17
Nat'l Police Week

Nat'l Transportation Week

Florence Nightingale's Birthday (1820)

Jimmy Carter Visited Cuba (2002)

Kite Day

May 12-18
Children's Book Week

Tulip Day

U.S. Declared War on Mexico (1846)

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

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

First U.S. Space Station Launched (1973)

Lewis and Clark Expedition Began (1803)

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

Intn'l Day of Families

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

Biographers Day

First U.S. Nickel Minted (1866)

Armed Forces Day

New York Stock Exchange Established (1792)

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

Mount St. Helens Erupted (1980)

Pope John Paul II's Birthday (1920)

May 18 - 24
Buckle Up America! Week

Nat'l Backyard Games Week

Frog Jump Day

Lawrence of Arabia Died (1935)

New England Confederation Formed (1643)

Charles Lindbergh Began Transatlantic Flight (1932)

Christopher Columbus Died (1506)

Dolley Madison's Birthday (1768)

Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic (1932)

American Red Cross Established (1881)

Buy a Musical Instrument Day

Earthquake in China Claimed 20,000 Victims (1927)

Richard Nixon Visited the Soviet Union (1972)

Carolus Linnaeus's Birthday (1707)

Nat'l Turtle Day

South Carolina Admission Day (1788)

Wright Brothers Patented the Aircraft (1906)

Brooklyn Bridge Opened (1883)

First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844)

Israeli Troops Pulled Out of Lebanon (2000)

Babe Ruth Hit 714th Home Run (1935)

Fork Debuted in U.S. (1630)

Intn'l Jazz Day

Jesse Owens Broke Three World Records (1935)

Memorial Day

Dorothea Lange's Birthday (1895)

Sally Ride's Birthday (1951)

First Recorded Witch Execution (1647)

Golden Gate Bridge Opened (1937)

Rachel Carson's Birthday (1907)

Jim Thorpe's Birthday (1888)

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

Sierra Club Founded (1892)

Hillary and Tenzing Reached Mt. Everest Summit (1953)

Rhode Island Admission Day (1790)

Wisconsin Admission Day (1848)

Earthquake in Afghanistan Killed 5,000 (1998)

Indianapolis 500 Debuted (1911)

Lincoln Memorial Dedicated (1927)

Earthquake in Peru Killed 50,000 (1970)

First U.S. Copyright Law Enacted (1790)

World No Tobacco Day