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| 1st |
Mother Goose Day |
| 2nd |
Dr. Benjamin Spock's Birthday, 1903 |
| 3rd |
Israeli Premier Golda Meir's Birthday, 1898 |
| 4th |
Weather Observer's Day |
| 5th |
Cinco de Mayo |
| 6th |
Explorer Robert E. Peary's Birthday, 1856 |
| 7th |
English Ocean Liner Lusitania Sank, 1915 |
| 8th |
Victory in Europe Day, 1945 |
| 9th |
Ben Franklin Published First Cartoon, 1754 |
| 10th |
Golden Spike Day, 1869 |
| 11th |
Mother's Day |
| 12th |
Limerick Day - Poet Edward Lear's Birthday, 1812 |
| 13th |
First English Settlement Jamestown, VA Founded, 1607 |
| 14th |
Lewis and Clark Expedition Began, 1804 |
| 15th |
Artist Jasper Johns' Birthday, 1930 |
| 16th |
Biographers Day |
| 17th |
First Kentucky Derby, 1875 |
| 18th |
Mt. St. Helens Erupted, 1980 |
| 19th |
Victoria Day (Canada) |
| 20th |
Armed Forces Day |
| 21st |
Artist Henri Rousseau's Birthday, 1844 |
| 22nd |
First Atlas Published, 1570 |
| 23rd |
Ben Franklin Invented Bifocals, 1784 |
| 24th |
First Major League Baseball Night Game, 1935 |
| 25th |
Halley's Comet Appeared, 1531 |
| 26th |
Memorial Day (USA) |
| 27th |
Golden Gate Bridge Opened, 1937 |
| 28th |
Athlete Jim Thorpe's Birthday, 1888 |
| 29th |
Orator Patrick Henry's Birthday, 1736 |
| 30th |
Lincoln Memorial Dedicated, 1922 |
| 31st |
Poet Walt Whitman's Birthday, 1819 |