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Classroom Connect - May Connected Calendar
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May is National Bicycle Month, Barbecue Month, Egg Month, Flower Month, Hamburger Month, Mental Health Month, Photo Month, Physical Fitness and Sports Month, Senior Citizens Month, Better Speech and Hearing Month, Transportation Month, Better Sleep Month, National Strawberry Month,
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and a few more May ideas and Special Days to celebrate in May.
Fact Monster's Daily Feature gives loads of information about each day.
 A month of fun at Education World.
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Special Weeks in May
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May 6 - 12
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 National Family Week, Be Kind to Animals Week, National Music Week, National Nurses Week
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May 13 - 19
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National Etiquette Week, National Hospital Week, , National Transportation Week, Astronomy Week, PTA?Teacher Appreciation Week, National Pet Week, International Pickle Week
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May 20 - 26
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Public Transportation Week, National Police Week, National Bike Week, National Educational Bosses Week,
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May 27 - 31
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National Safe Boating Week
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May 1
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- May Day
- Hawaiian Lei Day
- Mother Goose Day |
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May 3
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- Space Day
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May 4
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- In 1973 Bob Matern set the world record for eating hamburgers. He ate 83 in just 2 1/2 hours.
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May 5
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- Cinco de Mayo
- Japanese Feast of Flags Day
- Kentucky Derby Day
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May 6
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- Leo Lionni's birthday (1910)
- The world's first postage stamp was issued in 1840 in?Great Britain.
- The Hindenburg Disaster (1937)
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May 7
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- National Teacher's Day
- Robert Browning's birthday (1812)
- Johannes Brahms' birthday (1833)
- Peter Tchaikosvsky's birthday (1840)
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May 8
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- Red Cross Day
- Coca-Cola was invented in 1886
- No Socks Day
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May 9
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- Sir James M. Barrie's birthday (1860) author of Peter Pan
-Mother's Day |
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May 12
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- Edward Lear's birthday (1812)
- Kite Day
- Ocean Day
- Nurse Day - Florence Nightingale's birthday (1820)
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May 13
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-Jamestown founded
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May 15
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- L. Frank Baum's birthday (1856)
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May 16
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- Bruce Coville's birthday (1950)
- Jim Henson dies (1990)
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May 17
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- Gary Paulsen's birthday (1939)
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May 18
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- Armed Forces Day
- 1980 Mount?St. Helens erupted
- Lillian Hoban's birthday (1925) |
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May 19
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- Circus Day
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May 20
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- Flower Day
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May 22
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- Arnold Lobel's birthday
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May 23
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- Margaret Wise Brown's birthday (1910)
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May 25
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- Frank Oz's birthday (1944)
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May 26
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- Sally Ride's birthday
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May 27
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- Golden Gate Bridge opened (1927)
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May 29
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- Patrick Henry's birthday (1736)
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy's birthday (1939 - 1963)
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May 30
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- Hug Your Cat Day |
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May 31
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- Walt Whitman's birthday (1819)
- Elizabeth Blackwell's birthday (1910)
- Memorial Day |
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On This Day from the New York Times Learning Network will give you facts about what happened each day in history. |
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