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May Day
Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month begins
Labor leader Mary Harris Jones born 1830
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Writer Nikki Tate born 1962
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UN World Press Freedom Day
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Nomination deadline for 2008 World of Children Awards
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Journalist Nellie Bly born 1865
Philosopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard born 1813
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Baseball player Willie Mays born 1931
Japan's first female astronaut Chiaki Mukai born 1952
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Football player Johnny Unitas born 1933
Poet Robert Browning born 1812
Composer Johannes Brahms born 1833
World AIDS Orphans' Day
World Laughter Day
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International Red Cross Day
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Archaeologist Howard Carter born 1874
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Dancer and choreographer Martha Graham born 1894
Painter Salvador Dali born 1904
Mother's Day
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Skateboarder Tony Hawk born 1968
Nurse Florence Nightingale born 1820
International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth
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Singer and musician Stevie Wonder born 1950
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Filmmaker George Lucas born 1944
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UN International Day of Families
Children's author L. Frank Baum born 1856
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright born 1937
Global Citizenship Competition deadline
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Author and journalist Studs Terkel born 1912
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World Telecommunications Day
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Ballerina Margot Fonteyn born 1919
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Civil Rights activist Malcolm X born 1925
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Painter Henri Rousseau born 1844
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross 1881
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Detective story writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born 1859
UN International Day for Biological Diversity
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Submissions for AFI ScreenNation's 1st Challenge, Hometown Claim to Fame, are being accepted through June 30th. Winner announced July 15.
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Singer and songwriter Bob Dylan born 1941
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Poet and essayist Ralph W. Emerson born 1803
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Photographer Dorothea Lange born 1895
Astronaut Sally Ride born 1951
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Secretary of State Henry Kissinger born 1923
Dancer Isadora Duncan born 1878
Ecologist and writer Rachel Carson born 1907
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Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani born 1944
Olympic champion Jim Thorpe born 1888
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy born 1917
UN International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Comedian Bob Hope born 1903
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Bandleader and musician Benny Goodman born 1909
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UN World No-Tobacco Day
Poet Walt Whitman born 1819
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