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National Jewish Heritage Month
Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month begins
Labor leader Mary Harris Jones born 1830
World Laughter Day
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Writer Nikki Tate born 1962
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Folksinger and ground-breaking banjoist, Pete Seeger born in 1919.
Swedish oceanographer V. Walfrid Ekman born 1874.
"Grandmother of the American Civil Rights Movement" Septima Poinsette Clark born 1898.
UN World Press Freedom Day
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International Space Day (1st Friday in May)
Actress and Ambassador Audrey Hepburn born 1929.
Hawaiian surfer Eddie Aikau born 1946
 
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Journalist Nellie Bly born 1865
Philosopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard born 1813
Children's Day in Japan celebrates growth and happiness of children
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Baseball player Willie Mays born 1931
Japan's first female astronaut Chiaki Mukai born 1952
Teacher Appreciation Week
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Football player Johnny Unitas born 1933
Composer Johannes Brahms born 1833
Poet Robert Browning born 1812
World AIDS Orphans' Day
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Founder of the Red Cross Jean Henri Dunant born 1828.
English naturalist and filmmaker David Attenborough born 1926.

International Red Cross Day
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Scottish author J.M. Barrie born 1860.
Archaeologist Howard Carter born 1874
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Children's illustrator Margret Rey born 1906.
Hispanic astronaut Ellen Ochoa born in 1958
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Painter Salvador Dali born 1904
Dancer and choreographer Martha Graham born 1894
 
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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
Mother's Day
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Singer and musician Stevie Wonder born 1950
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Filmmaker George Lucas born 1944
Portrait and landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough born 1727.
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Children's author L. Frank Baum born 1856
UN International Day of Families
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Author and journalist Studs Terkel born 1912
Graphic designer S. Neil Fujita born 1921.
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World Telecommunications Day
Pioneer of the smallpox vaccine Edward Jenner born 1749.
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International Museum Day
Ballerina Margot Fonteyn born 1919
Pope John Paul II born 1920.
 
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Civil Rights activist Malcolm X born 1925
Philanthropist and abolitionist Johns Hopkins born 1795.
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First Lady Dolley Madison born 1768.
Painter Henri Rousseau born 1844
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross 1881
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UN International Day for Biological Diversity
Detective story writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born 1859
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American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, Robert Moog born in 1934.
Business executive and philanthropist Alfred P. Sloan born 1875.
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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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Astronaut Sally Ride born 1951
Photographer Dorothea Lange born 1895
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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
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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