Bookish Calendar

May Day

Mother Goose Day

1961 – The Freedom Rides began in the southern states in the U.S.

1519 – Artist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci, died

Cinco de Mayo

1867 – Lady journalist, Nellie Bly, was born

1937 – The Hindenburg burst into flames

1833 – Johannes Brahms, composer, was born

1840 – Composer Peter llyich Tchaikovsky was born

1945 – Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day). World War II in Europe comes to an end

1909 – Benny Goodman, band leader and clarinetist, was born.

1860 -Author J.M. Barrie was born

1869 – The Golden Spike ceremony was held in Utah to celebrate the completion of the U.S. Transcon-tinental Railroad

1820 – Pinoeer nurse, Florence Nightingale, was born

Mother’s Day

1607 – The Founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia

1804 – The Lewis and Clark expedition begins

1925 – Malcom X was born

1768 – Dolley Madison was born

1927 – Charles Lindbergh began his famous solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean

1933 – Seabiscuit, the great recehorse, was born

1878 – Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, the famous tap dancer, was born

1907 – Writer and conser- vationist, Rachel Carson, was born

 1878 – Dancer, Isadora Duncan, was born

1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge was opened

Memorial Day (USA)

1736 - Patrick Henry, leader during the American Revolution, was born

1917 – American President, John F. Kennedy, was born

1953 – Climbers reached the top of Mount Everest for the first time.

1819 – Poet and journalist, Walt Whitman, was born

Hurricane season starts (USA)

World Environment Day

1944 – The operation known as D-Day began in France.

1755 – Revolutionary soldier Nathan Hale was born.

1848 – The birthday of painter Paul Gauguin

1867 – Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright was born

1880 – The first woman to join Congress, Jeanette Rankin, was born

1910 – Undersea diver, Jacques Cousteau, was born

1929 – Young diarist, Anne Frank, was born

1215 – The Magna Carta was signed (Magna Carta Day)

1812 – The War of 1812 began

1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte was beaten by Wellington at Waterloo

1903 – Baseball player Lou Gehrig was born

Junteeth (USA)

The first day of summer 

Fairy Day

1948 – The Berlin airlift begins

1950 – The Korean War began

1880 – Helen Keller was born

The birthday of the song “Happy Birthday to you.”

1919 – The Treaty of Versailles was signed