This Month's Interactive Fun Facts Calendar

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			1 May Day	2 Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa (1994)	3 National Scrapbooking Day	4 International Firefighters Day
5 Cinco de Mayo (Mexico) May 5-12 National Music Week	6 International No Diet Day May 6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week	7 National Teacher Day World Asthma Day Composer Peter Tchaikovsky's Birthday (1840)	8 School Nurse Day World Red Cross Day	9 Beatles Signed First Recording Contract (1962)	10 First Transcontinental Railway Completed (1869)	11 Sports Writer Mike Lupica's Birthday (1952)
12 Mother's Day Kite Day May 12-18 Police Week Transportation Week	13 U.S. Declared War on Mexico (1846) May 13-19 Children's Book 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 Armed Forces Day International Museum Day
19 New England Confederation Formed (1643)	20 Charles Lindbergh Began Transatlantic Flight (1932)	21 American Red Cross Established (1881) Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic (1932)	22 Buy a Musical Instrument Day International Day for Biological Diversity	23 Wright Brothers Patented the Aircraft (1906) May 23-29 Backyard Games Week	24 First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844)	25 Fork Debuted in U.S. (1630)
26 Sally Ride's Birthday (1951)	27 Memorial Day First Recorded Witch Execution (1647)	28 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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