Today in History: May Posts | Citizen U Primary Source Nexus

May 1	May 2
1864: Benjamin Henry Latrobe 1931: Empire State Building	1882: James F. Byrnes 1885: Good Housekeeping
May 3	May 4
1494: Jamaica	1626: Manhattan Island 1894: Bird Day
May 5	May 6
1862: Cinco de Mayo 1925: Charles Darwin & Teaching Evolution	1856: Robert E. Peary 1864: General James Longstreet
May 7	May 8
1892: Archibald MacLeish 1915: Lusitania Lost	1846: Zachary Taylor 1886: Coca-Cola
May 9	May 10
1754: Join or Die 1813: Siege of Fort Meigs 1914: Celebrating Mothers	1865: Jefferson Davis Captured 1869: Transcontinental Railroad Completed
May 11	May 12
1858: Minnesota	1850: Henry Cabot Lodge
May 13	May 14
1864: Arlington National Cemetery 1908: Gifford Pinchot	1607: Jamestown
May 15	May 16
1856: L. Frank Baum 1856: Committee of Vigilance & Vigilantes	1804: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody & Kindergarten 1868: Impeachment
May 17	May 18
1814: Norway 1875: Kentucky Derby	1896: Plessy v. Ferguson 1955: Mary McLeod Bethune
May 19	May 20
1795: Johns Hopkins 1863: Siege of Vicksburg 1935: Lawrence of Arabia	1862: Homestead Act
May 21	May 22
1796: Reverdy Johnson 1881: Clara Barton & the Red Cross	1802: Martha Washington
May 23	May 24
1865: Pennsylvania Avenue 1911: New York Public Library	1844: First Telegraphic Message Sent
May 25	May 26
1803: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1878: Bill “Bojangles” Robinson & Tap Dancing	1864: Montana
May 27	May 28
1837: Wild Bill Hickok 1937: Golden Gate Bridge	1851: Woman’s Rights Convention 1888: Jim Thorpe
May 29	May 30
1736: Patrick Henry 1848: Wisconsin	1868: Memorial Day
May 31
1819: Walt Whitman

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