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Amnesty International Day
Amnesty International Day
May 28 all-day
 May 28, 1961. This Nobel Prize winning human rights organization was founded by London lawyer Peter Benenson after he read about two Portuguese students arrested simply for drinking a toast to freedom. He realized that[...]
Dionne Quintuplets born – Anniversary
Dionne Quintuplets born – Anniversary
May 28 all-day
 May 28, 1934. Five daughters (Marie, Cecile, Yvonne, Emilieand Annette) were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne, near Callander, Ontario, Canada. They were the first quints known to have lived for more than a few[...]
Jim Thorpe’s Birthday – Anniversary
Jim Thorpe’s Birthday – Anniversary
May 28 all-day
 May 28, 1888. Olympic gold medal track athlete, baseball player and football player, born at Prague, OK. Thorpe, a Native American, won the pentathlon and the decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games but later lost[...]
Sierra Club Founded – Anniversary
Sierra Club Founded – Anniversary
May 28 all-day
 28 May 1892. Founded by famed naturalist John Muir, the Sierra Club promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy. It has been especially important in the founding and protection of our national[...]
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Amnesty Issued for Southern Rebels – Anniversary
Amnesty Issued for Southern Rebels – Anniversary
May 29 all-day
 May 29, 1865. President Andrew Johnson issued a proclamation giving a general amnesty to all who participated in the rebellion against the US. High-ranking members of the Confederate government and military and those who owned[...]
Hug Your Cat Day
Hug Your Cat Day
May 29 all-day
 May 29. Cats act as if they don’t want or need attention but they do. Apricat, the pampered star of her own book series, has created a special day for humans to hug their cats[...]
Indy 500 Race
Indy 500 Race
May 29 all-day
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race is held each Memorial Day weekend and is the largest single-day sporting event in the US.
Mount Everest Summit Reached – Anniversary
Mount Everest Summit Reached – Anniversary
May 29 all-day
 On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I a Woman’ Speech – Anniversary
Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I a Woman’ Speech – Anniversary
May 29 all-day
 29 May 1851. During the Women’s Rights Convention held at Akron, OH, from May 28 to May 29, 1851, former slave Sojourner Truth delivered an impassioned speech that is now titled after its common refrain:[...]
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Benny Goodman’s Birthday – Anniversary
Benny Goodman’s Birthday – Anniversary
May 30 all-day
May 30, 1909. Jazz clarinetist and bandleader, born Benjamin David Goodman at Chicago, IL. The King of Swing reigned in popularity, especially in the 1930s and 1940s. His band was the first to play jazz[...]
First American Daily Newspaper published – Anniversary
First American Daily Newspaper published – Anniversary
May 30 all-day
 On May 30, 1783, The Pennsylvania Evening Post was first published in Philadelphia. Image: Public Domain
Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling
Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling
May 30 all-day
 May 30. Coopers Hill, near Gloucester, Stroud and Cheltenhamin the Cotswolds. Ancient tradition dating to pre-Roman times. Held continuously for the last 200 years, an event in which contestants race down a steep 300-yard hill[...]
Loomis Day
Loomis Day
May 30 all-day
 May 30. To honor Mahlon Loomis, a Washington, DC, dentist who received a US patent on wireless telegraphy in 1872 (before Marconi was born). Titled An Improvement in Telegraphing, the patent described how to do[...]
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Battle of Jutland – 100th Anniversary
Battle of Jutland – 100th Anniversary
May 31 all-day
 May 31 June 1, 1916. The largest naval battle of WWI involving 250 ships, including battleships took place in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark. The combatants were Britain’s Grand Fleet and Germany’s High Seas[...]
Copyright Law Passed – Anniversary
Copyright Law Passed – Anniversary
May 31 all-day
 On 31 May 1790, President George Washington signed the first US copyright law. It gave protection for 14 years to books written by US citizens. In 1891 the law was extended to cover books by[...]
Johnstown Flood – Anniversary
Johnstown Flood – Anniversary
May 31 all-day
 May 31, 1889. Heavy rains caused the Connemaugh River Dam to burst. At nearby Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the resulting flood killed more than 2,300 people and destroyed the homes of thousands more. Nearly 800 unidentified drowning[...]
Seinfeld Television Premiere – Anniversary
Seinfeld Television Premiere – Anniversary
May 31 all-day
May 31, 1990. Seinfeldt, “The show about nothing,” premiered on NBC to wide acclaim. The show revolved around the everyday lives of its four main leads, whose story lines intertwined for some surprising plot twists.[...]
Walt Whitman’s Birthday – Anniversary
Walt Whitman’s Birthday – Anniversary
May 31 all-day
May 31, 1819. Poet and journalist, born at West Hills, Long Island, NY. Whitmans best-known work, Leaves of Grass (1855), is a classic of American poetry. His poems celebrated all of modern life, includingsubjects that[...]
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Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf Hurricane Season Begins
Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf Hurricane Season Begins
Jun 1 all-day
Hurricane season in the US is June 1st through October 31st each year. Are you prepared in case of a hurricane?
Brigham Young’s Birthday – Anniversary
Brigham Young’s Birthday – Anniversary
Jun 1 all-day
June 1, 1801. Mormon church leader born at Whittingham, VT. Known as the American Moses, having led thousands of religious followers across 1,000 miles of wilderness to settle more than 300 towns in the West.[...]
Data Backup Day
Data Backup Day
Jun 1 all-day
 On the first day of each month, the genealogy community is urged to back up their genealogy data and all computer data. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com, CC0.
Heimlich Maneuver Introduced – Anniversary
Heimlich Maneuver Introduced – Anniversary
Jun 1 all-day
June 1, 1974. The June issue of the journal Emergency Medicinepublished an article by Dr. Henry Heimlich outlining a better method for aiding choking victims. Instead of the prevailing method of backslaps (whichmerely pushed foreign[...]
LGBT Pride Month begins
LGBT Pride Month begins
Jun 1 all-day
LGBT Pride Month is observed in June; on June 28, 1969, the clientele of a gay bar at New York City rioted after the club was raided bythe police.
Marilyn Monroe’s Birthday – 90th Anniversary
Marilyn Monroe’s Birthday – 90th Anniversary
Jun 1 all-day
June 1, 1926. American actress and sex symbol of the 50s, born at Los Angeles as Norma Jean Mortensen or Baker. She had an unstable childhood in a series of orphanages and foster homes. Her[...]
Plymouth Plantation Earthquake – Anniversary
Plymouth Plantation Earthquake – Anniversary
Jun 1 all-day
On June 1, 1638, the first recorded and described earthquake in North America took place at 2:00 pm local time on June 1, 1638.
Superman Debuts – Anniversary
Superman Debuts – Anniversary
Jun 1 all-day
The comic book Superman debuted on June 1, 1938 in Action Comics #1.
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Coronation Day (UK)
Coronation Day (UK)
Jun 2 all-day
On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was coronated at Westminster Abbey.
Marvin Hamlisch’s Birthday – Anniversary
Marvin Hamlisch’s Birthday – Anniversary
Jun 2 all-day
June 2, 1944. Composer and conductor of film and Broadway scores, born at New York, NY. A child prodigy accepted to Julliard at age seven, Hamlisch composed his first hit song before he turned 21.[...]
Salem Witch Trials Begin – Annivesary
Salem Witch Trials Begin – Annivesary
Jun 2 all-day
June 2, 1692. As the village of Salem was gripped by terror ofwitches, Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor Sir William Phips ordered a special court created on May 27, 1692, to expedite judgment of the more[...]
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Duke of Windsor Marriage – Anniversary
Duke of Windsor Marriage – Anniversary
Jun 3 all-day
June 3, 1937. The Duke of Windsor who, as King Edward VIII, had abdicated the British throne on Dec 11, 1936, was married to Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson of Baltimore, MD, at Monts, France. The[...]
Josephine Baker’s Birthday – Anniversary
Josephine Baker’s Birthday – Anniversary
Jun 3 all-day
June 3, 1906. The sensation of 1920s Paris, Baker was born into poverty at St. Louis, MO. She began working as a dancer at age 16 and went to Paris in 1925, where her semi-nude[...]
National Donut Day
National Donut Day
Jun 3 all-day
Founded in 1938 by the Salvation Army for fundraising during the Great Depression, National Donut Day is now an annual tradition. During WWI, doughnuts were served to doughboys by the Salvation Army. Later, symbolic paper[...]
Norman Brinker’s Birthday – Anniversary
Norman Brinker’s Birthday – Anniversary
Jun 3 all-day
June 3, 1931. Restaurant entrepreneur, born at Denver, CO. Lauded as the most influential person in the restaurant industry by Nations Restaurant News. Innovator of casual-dining concept of full-service for middle-class customers. Mainstreamed the salad[...]
Zoot Suit Riots – Anniversary
Zoot Suit Riots – Anniversary
Jun 3 all-day
June 3 8, 1943. In Los Angeles, CA, simmering racial uneaseexploded as 200 white sailors stormed into East LA and began beating Hispanics in response to an earlier altercation between a few sailors and some[...]
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