May
May 1:
-Archie Williams African American athlete and teacher, Born 1915
-James Whittaker 1st American to climb Everest 1963
May 2:
- Osama Bin Laden Killed 2011
-Loch Ness Monster sighted 1933
May 3:
- Washington D.C. incorporated as a city 1802
-Macon Allen First African American admitted to bar 1854
May 4:
- Willie Mays breaks National League home run record 1965
-construction on Panama Canal begins 1904
May 5:
-Cinco De Mayo
-Alan Shepard 1st American in space 1961
May 6:
-Hindenburg goes up in flame 1937
-Steinbeck wins Pulitzer Prize for “Grapes of Wrath” 1940
May 7:
-Archibald Macleish American poet and writer, Born 1892
-Chatanooga Choo Choo recorded 1941
May 8:
-Harry S. Truman 33rd president, born 1884
-Victory Day in Europe
May 9:
-John Brown white abolitionist during the Civil War, born 1800
-Louis Armstrong beats Beatles on the charts 1964
May 10:
- Nelson Mandela inaugurated 1994
-“Mother” Maybelle Carter American Country Musician, born 1909
May 11:
- Minnesota enters the union 1858
-Bob Marley died 1981
May 12:
-Teddy Roosevelt’s trip to San Francisco recorded on film 1903
-Bob Dylan walks off the Ed Sullivan Show 1963
May 13:
-Jamestown (first settlement in Colonies) founded 1607
-President Polk declares war on Mexico 1846
May 14:
-Lewis and Clark depart on their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase 1804
-Clinton apologizes to Chinese leader for embassy bombing 1999
May 15:
-7 years war begins 1756
-Flight of Faith 7 1963
May 16:
-1st academy award ceremony 1929
-Louis XIV marries Marie Antoinette 1770
May 17:
-Brown vs. Board of Education 1954
-1st legal same-sex marriage performed in Massachusetts 2004
May 18:
-Mount St. Helen erupts 1980
-Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896
May 19:
-Malcolm X Civil Rights leader, born 1925
-Lorraine Hansberry playwright, born 1930
May 20:
-Homestead Act 1862
-Supreme court defends rights of homosexuals 1996
May 21:
- Amelia Earhart 1st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic 1932
-American Red Cross founded 1881
May 22:
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle English author of Sherlock Holmes, born 1859
-President Nixon in Moscow 1972
May 23:
- Margaret Fuller American journalist and women’s rights activist, born 1810
-Bonnie and Clyde killed 1934
May 24:
-Duke Ellington jazz musician, dies 1974
-Brooklyn Bridge opens 1883
May 25:
-Catholic Priest ordained in America 1793
-Constitutional Convention begins 1787
May 26:
-Dracula goes on sale in London 1897
-1st legal casino opens in the East 1978
May 27:
-Golden Gate Bridge opens 1937
-Hubert H. Humphrey Vice President to Johnson, born 1911
May 28:
-Jim Thorpe Native American and English, American Olympian, born 1888
-African American regiment departs for combat in the Civil War 1862
May 29:
- Danica Patrick is the first woman to lead the Indy 500 2005
-Wisconsin enters the union 1848
May 30:
-1st Indy 500 1911
-Gorbachev arrives in Washington for summit 1990
May 31:
-Walt Whitman American poet, Born 1819
-Big Ben starts working 1859
-Archie Williams African American athlete and teacher, Born 1915
-James Whittaker 1st American to climb Everest 1963
May 2:
- Osama Bin Laden Killed 2011
-Loch Ness Monster sighted 1933
May 3:
- Washington D.C. incorporated as a city 1802
-Macon Allen First African American admitted to bar 1854
May 4:
- Willie Mays breaks National League home run record 1965
-construction on Panama Canal begins 1904
May 5:
-Cinco De Mayo
-Alan Shepard 1st American in space 1961
May 6:
-Hindenburg goes up in flame 1937
-Steinbeck wins Pulitzer Prize for “Grapes of Wrath” 1940
May 7:
-Archibald Macleish American poet and writer, Born 1892
-Chatanooga Choo Choo recorded 1941
May 8:
-Harry S. Truman 33rd president, born 1884
-Victory Day in Europe
May 9:
-John Brown white abolitionist during the Civil War, born 1800
-Louis Armstrong beats Beatles on the charts 1964
May 10:
- Nelson Mandela inaugurated 1994
-“Mother” Maybelle Carter American Country Musician, born 1909
May 11:
- Minnesota enters the union 1858
-Bob Marley died 1981
May 12:
-Teddy Roosevelt’s trip to San Francisco recorded on film 1903
-Bob Dylan walks off the Ed Sullivan Show 1963
May 13:
-Jamestown (first settlement in Colonies) founded 1607
-President Polk declares war on Mexico 1846
May 14:
-Lewis and Clark depart on their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase 1804
-Clinton apologizes to Chinese leader for embassy bombing 1999
May 15:
-7 years war begins 1756
-Flight of Faith 7 1963
May 16:
-1st academy award ceremony 1929
-Louis XIV marries Marie Antoinette 1770
May 17:
-Brown vs. Board of Education 1954
-1st legal same-sex marriage performed in Massachusetts 2004
May 18:
-Mount St. Helen erupts 1980
-Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896
May 19:
-Malcolm X Civil Rights leader, born 1925
-Lorraine Hansberry playwright, born 1930
May 20:
-Homestead Act 1862
-Supreme court defends rights of homosexuals 1996
May 21:
- Amelia Earhart 1st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic 1932
-American Red Cross founded 1881
May 22:
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle English author of Sherlock Holmes, born 1859
-President Nixon in Moscow 1972
May 23:
- Margaret Fuller American journalist and women’s rights activist, born 1810
-Bonnie and Clyde killed 1934
May 24:
-Duke Ellington jazz musician, dies 1974
-Brooklyn Bridge opens 1883
May 25:
-Catholic Priest ordained in America 1793
-Constitutional Convention begins 1787
May 26:
-Dracula goes on sale in London 1897
-1st legal casino opens in the East 1978
May 27:
-Golden Gate Bridge opens 1937
-Hubert H. Humphrey Vice President to Johnson, born 1911
May 28:
-Jim Thorpe Native American and English, American Olympian, born 1888
-African American regiment departs for combat in the Civil War 1862
May 29:
- Danica Patrick is the first woman to lead the Indy 500 2005
-Wisconsin enters the union 1848
May 30:
-1st Indy 500 1911
-Gorbachev arrives in Washington for summit 1990
May 31:
-Walt Whitman American poet, Born 1819
-Big Ben starts working 1859