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May Events 2012

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May 2012
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		Mother Goose Day Hawaiian Lei Day May Day Worthy Wage Day For child care providers. 1	Dr. Benjamin Spock Born in 1903. 2	National Sun Day Constitution Memorial Day in Japan 3	Space Day National Weather Observers' Day Susan, from Sesame Street (BDay) Dan Wood (BDay) 4	Kentucky Derby takes place today Leo Lionni (BDay) Cinco de Mayo (Additional sites below) Children's Day In Japan 5
Eiffel Tower opens to the public, 1889 6	Nonny Hogrogian (BDay) 1st Stamp Collection Started Pulitzer Prize Established 7	National Teacher Day Always the Tuesday of the first full week of May. No Socks Day 8	National School Nurse Day Eleanor Estes (BDay) First Newspaper Cartoon In the USA in 1754. 9	Clean Up Your Room Day Christopher Paul (BDay) 10	Twilight Zone Day Peter Sis (BDay) Mark Lupica (BDay) 11	International Nurses Day Kite Day Limerick Day 12
Mother's Day Tulip Day 13	Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition In 1804. National Dance Like a Chicken Day Eoin Colfer (BDay) 14	Norma Fox Mazer (BDay) Frank L . Baum Author of The Wizard of Oz - born in 1856. National Chocolate Chip Day Paul Zindel (BDay) 15	First US Nickel Minted In 1866, called the 'Shield Nickel'. 16	First Kentucky Derby In 1875 Gary Paulson (BDay) 17	Lillian Hoban (BDay) International Museum Day Mount St. Helens Erupted In 1980. Visit Your Relatives Day 18	Armed Forces Day The third Saturday of May. Circus Day The Ringling Brother's Circus opened in 1884. 19
Lindbergh Flight Day in 1927 Mary Pope Osborne (BDay) 20	Victoria Day Celebrated in Canada on the Monday before May 25. American Red Cross Founded Founded by Clara Barton in 1881. 21	Arnold Lobel (BDay) Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day 22	Margaret Wise Brown (BDay) Scott O' Dell (BDay) Peter Parnall (BDay) Penny Day 23	First Morse Code Message Sent Sent from Washington DC to Baltimore in 1844. 24	Martha Alexander (BDay) National Missing Children's Day National Tap Dance Day 25	Blueberry Cheesecake Day 26
Golden Gate Bridge Opens in 1937 Masking Tape Patented in 1930 27	Memorial Day Jim Thorpe Born in 1888 28	John F. Kennedy Born in 1917 Andrew Clements (BDay) 29	Ice Cream Freezer Patented In 1848 by William Young. 30	Jay Williams (BDay) World No Tobacco Day 31

Also see our other May Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities

Special Goings-On
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week (1st Week)
Be Kind to Animals Week (1st Week)
National Postcard Week (1st Week)
Teacher Appreciation Week (1st Week)
National Children's Book Week (Early Week in May)
National Pet Week (1st Week)
National Police Week (3rd Week)
National Transportation Week (3rd Week)
National Backyard Games Week (Last full week before Memorial Day.)

American Bike Month
Asparagus Month
Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Better Sleep Month
Correct Posture Month
Healthy Vision Month
National Bar-B-Que Month
National Duckling Month
National Egg Month
Flower Month
National Hamburger Month
National Mental Health Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
National Photo Month
Older Americans Month
National Salad Month
National Strawberry Month
Transportation Month
Get Caught Reading Month

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