This Month's Interactive Fun Facts Calendar

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		1 May Day World Asthma Day	2 Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa (1994)	3 National Scrapbooking Day	4 International Firefighters Day	5 Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
6 International No Diet Day May 6-13 National Music Week	7 May 7-13 Children's Book Week May 7-11 Teacher Appreciation Week	8 National Teacher Day World Red Cross Day	9 School Nurse Day Beatles Signed First Recording Contract (1962)	10 First Transcontinental Railway Completed (1869)	11 Sports Writer Mike Lupica's Birthday (1952)	12 Kite Day
13 Mother's Day May 13-19 Police Week Transportation Week	14 First Olympic Games Held in U.S. (1904)	15 Int'l Day of Families	16 Biographers Day	17 International Day Against Homophobia	18 International Museum Day	19 Armed Forces Day
20 Charles Lindbergh Began Transatlantic Flight (1932) May 20-26 Backyard Games Week	21 Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic (1932)	22 Buy a Musical Instrument Day	23 Turtle Day	24 First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844)	25 Fork Debuted in U.S. (1630)	26 International Jazz Day Sally Ride's Birthday (1951)
27 First Recorded Witch Execution (1647)	28 Memorial Day Athlete Jim Thorpe's Birthday (1888)	29 Hillary and Tenzing Reached Mt. Everest Summit (1953)	30 Lincoln Memorial Dedicated (1927)	31 World No Tobacco Day

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