May

May 2002

May is: National Physical Fitness and Sports Month as well as National Book Month

May 1	Mother Goose Day School Principals' Day
May 2	Sibling Appreciation Day
May 3
May 4
May 5	Cinco De Mayo
May 6	Babe Ruth Hit First Major League Home Run - 1915 Hindenburg Exploded - 1937
May 7	National Teacher Day Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Premiered - 1824 Lusitania Sank - 1915
May 8	Germany Surrendered to Allied Commanders - 1945 V-E Day - 1945 John S. Pemberton Invented Coca Cola - 1886 Birthday of President Harry S. Truman - 1884-1972
May 9	Admiral Byrd Flew to North Pole - 1926
May 10	Fort Ticonderoga Taken by Ethan Allen - 1775 Jefferson Davis Captured - 1865 Golden Spike Day - 1869 First Submarine circumnavigation of Globe - 1960
May 11
May 12
May 13	America's First Printing Press Patented - 1821
May 14	Settlement of Jamestown - 1607 First Smallpox Vaccination - 1796 Lewis and Clark Began Expedition - 1804 Carlsbad National Park Established - 1930
May 15	Slave Trade Act Signed - 1820 Nez Perce National Historical Park Established - 1965
May 16	Authorization of U.S. Nickel Coin - 1866
May 17	New York Stock Exchange Organized - 1792 First Kentucky Derby - 1875 Supreme Court Decided Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, KS - 1954
May 18
May 19
May 20	Homestead Act Signed - 1862 Amelia Earhart Flew Across the Atlantic - 1932
May 21	American Red Cross Founded - 1881 Lindbergh Completed First Nonstop Flight, New York to Paris - 1927
May 22	First Steamboat Crossing of Atlantic - 1819 Crater Lake National Park Established - 1902 Great Smoky Mountains National Park Established - 1926 Shenandoah National Park Established - 1926
May 23	Joan of Arc Captured - 1430 Captain Kidd Hanged for Piracy - 1701 Bifocals Invented by Benjamin Franklin - 1785
May 24	First Passenger Railroad Service - 1830 Samuel Morse Sent Code Over Wires - 1844 Brooklyn Bridge Opened - 1883
May 25
May 26
May 27	Golden Gate Bridge Opened - 1937 Birthday of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok - 1837-1876 Birthday of Rachel Carson - 1907-1964
May 28	Birthday of Joseph Guillotin - 1738-1814 Birthday of Jim Thorpe - 1886-1953
May 29	President Andrew Johnson Granted Amnesty to Southern Rebels - 1865 Mt. Everest Summit First Reached - 1953 Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Established - 1963 Birthday of Patrick Henry - 1736-1799 Birthday of President John F. Kennedy - 1917-1963
May 30	Joan of Arc Burned at the Stake - 1431 Hernando DeSoto Landed in Florida - 1539 Lincoln Memorial Dedicated - 1922
May 31	American Continental Army Established - 1775