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Post by Charity on May 17, 2005 10:03:40 GMT -5
May 17 0218 7th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet www.isleofavalon.co.uk/GlastonburyA...m/ed-empr2.htmlseds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/ni...ets/halley.html1673 Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/jolmar.html1804 Lewis & Clark begin exploration of the Louisiana Purchase www.lewis-clark.org/lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab4.htm1845 Rubber band patents 1846 Saxophone is patented by Antoine Joseph Sax alpha.furman.edu/~cleaman/SxPtnts.htmThe First Kentucky Derby May 17, 1875 On May 17, 1875, the horse, Aristides, and his rider, Oliver Lewis, crossed the finish line ahead of the rest of the field at the first ever Kentucky Derby. The horse's owner, H.P. McGrath, and a roaring crowd in the stands looked on. Aristides, a Thoroughbred named after an ancient Greek general, earned extra alfalfa that day in Louisville. What would you have seen in Louisville that first race day? www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/pag...b/recon/derby_1
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Post by Charity on May 18, 2005 9:44:25 GMT -5
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Post by Charity on May 30, 2005 13:06:52 GMT -5
May 29 1630 Charles II king of England (1660-85) was born 1739 Patrick Henry was born 1826 Ebenezer Butterick inventor (tissue paper dress pattern) was born 1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th state 1861 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army 1968 Truth in Lending Act signed into law May 30 MEMORIAL DAY 1498 Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America www1.minn.net/~keithp/cctl.htm1821 James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose 1896 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC) 1872 Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy 1966 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/timeline/May 31 1790 US copyright law enacted arl.cni.org/info/frn/copy/timeline.html1868 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton OH 1879 Madison Square Garden opens its doors 1955 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
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Post by Charity on Apr 30, 2006 21:22:31 GMT -5
REMINDER FOR MAY 1
May 1
TODAY IS GO SHOP AT WALMART DAY!!!!!! HAVE FUN!!!! GET THOSE SHOPPING LISTS OUT. SUPPORT AMERICA!!!!!
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