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May Holidays & Fun DaysThe information listed below comes from the website: http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/april.htmClick on a link to find out more about that "holiday."The information and links have been set up to provide helpful and/or fun information; however, when you click on any of these links you will be leaving the Middletown Township Public Schools web site. The Middletown Township Public School District does not assume responsibility for content material posted on links beyond our site. Opinions expressed on those websites are those of the host site and do not reflect any official position on the part of The Middletown Township Public School District.Month:- Asian American Month
- Foster Care Month
- Gifts from the Garden Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Mystery Month
- National Barbecue Month
- National Bike Month
- National Blood Pressure Month
- National Hamburger Month
- National Photograph Month
- National Recommitment Month
- National Salad Month
- Older Americans Month
- Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Weekly Celebrations:
- Nurse's Week - first full week of month
- Wildflower Week - week two
- National Bike Week - third week
- National Police Week - third week of month
- Emergency Medical Services Week - fourth week of month
May 2020 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
May 1
International Tuba Day - first Friday in May
Space Day - first Friday in May
May 2
Free Comic Book Day - first Saturday in May
Herb Day - first Saturday in May
Kentucky Derby Day - first Saturday in May
National Fitness Day - first Saturday in May
May 3
May 4
National Candied Orange Peel Day
May 5
National Teacher's Day - Tuesday of first full week of May
May 6
Bike to School Day - First Wednesday in May
May 7
May 8
Child Care Provider Day or Daycare Provider Day - Friday before Mother's Day
Military Spouses Day the Friday before Mother's Day
World Red Cross Day / World Red Crescent Day
May 9
International Migratory Bird Day the second Saturday in May
National Train Day- Saturday closest to May 10th
National Windmill Day - the second Saturday in May
May 10
Lilac Sunday second Sunday in May
Mother's Day second Sunday in May
May 11
May 12
May 13
National Receptionist Day the second Wednesday in May
School Nurses Day the Wednesday during Nurse's Week
May 14
May 15
National Bike to Work Day - third Friday of month
National Endangered Species Day - third Friday in May
May 16
Armed Forces Day - third Saturday of month
May 17
May 18
Victoria Day(Canada) - Monday preceding the 25th
May 19
World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day
May 20
May 21
National Waiters and Waitresses Day
May 22
Don't Fry Friday - Friday before Memorial Day
May 23
International Jazz Day - Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.
May 24
May 25
Memorial Day last Monday of month
National Missing Children's Day
May 26
May 27
May 28
May 29
May 30
Mint Julep DayWater a Flower Day
May 31
This Day in History - May
Historical events in the month of May, by Day: http://holidayinsights.com/history/history05.htm
1 England releases the first 1st adhesive postage stamp(1840)
1 The first wagon train 1841 1st wagon train leaves Independence, Mo for California (1841)
1 "Buffalo Bill" Cody's first Wild West Show (1883)
1 Construction begins on the first skyscraper, the 10 story Home Insurance Company building in Chicago, IL. (1884)
1 The Empire State Building was dedicated. (1931)
1 Cereal food "Cheerios" hits store shelves. (1941)
1 Slugger Mickey Mantle hits his first home run (1951)
1 Mr. Potato Head is introduced. (1952)
2 Good Housekeeping Magazine first hits the newsstands. (1885)
2 Lou Gehrig plays in his 2,130th game, a baseball record that will last for 57 years until Cal Ripken come along. (1939)
3 Christopher Columbus discovers "St Iago". It is later renamed Jamaica. (1494)
3 Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut with 3 hits for the NY Yankees. (1936)
3 Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer prize for "Gone With the Wind. (1937)
4 Manhattan Island is sold! Indians agree to the deal in exchange for $24 in cloth & buttons (1626)
4 Phonograph is played for the first time at the Grand Opera House. (1878)4 Academy of Motion Pictures is founded. (1934)
4 Atlanta Penitentiary has a new resident after Al Capone is convict of income tax evasion. (1932)
4 Soap operas "Another World" and "As the World Turns" premiere. (1964)
5 Mexican forces under Benito Juarez defeated French troops in the Battle of Puebla. Today this battle is celebrated as Cinco de Mayo. (1862)
5 North Bend, Ohio gets on the map. It's the site of the fist US train robbery (1865)
5 The New York Stock Exchange crashes, causing the "Great Panic of 1893". (1893)
5 Alan Shepard rides "Freedom 7" to becomes 1st American in space. (1961)
6 John Deere produces the first steel plow. (1833)
6 The Yale lock is patented. (1851)
6 The Paris Exposition opens with the just completed Eiffel Tower as it's centerpiece. (1889)
6 The Dirigible Hindenburg explodes into flames at Lakehurst, NJ. (1937)
6 Chunnel linking England & France officially opens. (1994)
7 The first inaugural ball is held in honor of George Washington and his wife . (1789)
7 George Eastman patents the Box Camera. (1888)
7 The World's largest pearl (6.4kg.) was discovered in the Philippines. (1934)
7 Big band leader Glenn Miller records the "Chattanooga Choo Choo". (1941)
7 Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Rhims, France, ending WWII in Europe. (1945)
7 The Beatles last album is released- "Long and Winding Road". (1970)
8 The U.S. Post Office is established. (1794)
8 V-E Day, Germany signs unconditional surrender. (1945)
8 Mad Magazine hits the newsstands. (1952)
8 The World Health Organization announces that Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide. (1980)
9 A "Golden Spike" was driven into the railroad tracks at Promontory Summit, Utah, connecting the tracks of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, creating the first Transcontinental railroad. (1869)
9 The syrup for Coca Cola is invented by Atlanta Pharmacist John Styth Permerton. (1886)
9 The lawnmower is patented. (1899)
9 Americans Richard Boyd and Floyd Bennett become the first to fly over the North Pole. (1926)
9 The Birth control pill is approved by the FDA. (1960)
10 The first color pictures of Earth from space are sent back from Apollo 10. (1969)
10 Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president. (1994)
11 Einstein's presents his Theory of General Relativity. (1916)
11 BF Goodrich manufactures the first tubeless tire. (1947)
11 Jay Forrester patents computer core memory. (1951)
12 The flush toilet is patented. (1792)
13 The Rolling Stones record the now infamous song "Satisfaction". (1965)
13 The Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres. (1970)
13 "Mr. October", Reggie Jackson becomes the first major league ballplayer to strike out 2,000 times. (1983)
14 A party of settlers led by John Smith establish the first permanent English settlement in New World at Jamestown Va. (1607)
14 Vaseline petroleum jelly slides onto store shelves for the first time. (1878)
14 The first U.S. space station, "Skylab" is launched. (1973)
14 The last episode of Seinfeld is aired. It's a sad day in May for millions of Seinfeld followers. (1998)
15 President Abraham Lincoln established the Department of Agriculture (USDA) (1862)
15 Regular airmail service inaugurated (between New York, Philadelphia & Washington DC) . (1918)
15 Nylon stockings hit the market for first time (1940)
15 "If I had a Hammer" by Peter, Paul, and Mary wins a Grammy (1963)
16 Charles Hires invents Root Beer. (1866)
17 "And They're Off!" as the first Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs. (1875)
18 Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of France (1804)
19 Ringling Brothers circus premieres. (1884)
20 Hubble Space Telescope transmits photograph's from space (1990)
21 The American Red Cross was formed. (1881)
22 Former Vice President Aaron Burr is tried and acquitted for treason. (1807)
22 The Great Train Robbery. (1868)
22 First reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. (1933)
22 The debut of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". (1967)
23 Legendary bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde Barrow are shot to death in a police ambush in Louisiana. (1934)
24 Nursery Rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was written by Mary Hale of Boston. (1830)
25 Ford ceases production of the Model "T". (1927)
25 The movie blockbuster "Star Wars" is released. (1978)
26 Michael Jackson marries Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley. (1994)
27 Achsah Young is the first woman to be executed as a witch in Massachusetts. (1647)
27 The pop-up toaster is patented. (1919)
27 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British navy. (1941)
28 President Franklin D. Roosevelt pushes a button that opens San Fransisco's Golden Gate Bridge. (1937)
29 Famous Abraham Lincoln quote: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, & of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time". (1849)
29 Sir Edmund Hillary is on top of the world. He is the first person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. (1953)
29 Bing Crosby sings "White Christmas" into the record books as the biggest selling record. (1942)
30 The brassiere is invented. As we understand, it received a lot of support. (1889)
31 The trans-Alaska pipeline is completed. (1977)
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