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Multicultural Film Festival
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Every 2nd Tuesday Each Month
2012
SUNDAY
MONDAY
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Eiffel Tower opens to
the public in 1889
Nonny Hogrogian bom,
1932
1st Stamp Collection
Started
Pulitzer Prize Estab
lished (1917)
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Mother's Day
Tulip Day
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WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
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Journey fro m the F al
Multicultural Film
Festival
North Portland Library
512 N. Killingsworth St.
Portland, Or 97217
5:00pm-7:30pm
National School Nurse
Day
Eleanor Estes bom, 190f
First Newspaper
Cartoon In the USA in
1754.
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Beginning of Lewis and
Clark Expedition In
1804.
National Dance Like a
Chicken Day
Eoin Colfer bom, 1965
Norma Fox
Mazer bom, 1931
Frank L . Baum Author
of The Wizard of Oz -
bom in 1856,
National Chocolate
Chip Day
Paul Zindel bom, 1936
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Victoria Day Celebrated
in Canada on the
Monday before May
25.
American Red Cross
Founded Founded by
Clara Barton in 1881.
Arnold Lobel bom, 1933
Buy-A-Musical
Instrument Day
Margaret Wise Brown
bom, 1910
Scott O' Dell bom, 1898
Peter Pamall bom, 1936
Penny Day
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Lindbergh Flight Day in
1927
Mary Pope Osborne
bom, 1949
TUESDAY
First US Nickel Minted
In 1866, called the
Shield Nickel’.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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Clean Up Your Room
Day
Christopher Paul bom,
1953
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First Kentucky Derby
In 1875
Gary Paulson bom,
1939
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Mary Had A Little
Lamb Published in
1830.
First Morse Code
Message Sent Sent
from Washington DC
to Baltimore in 1844.
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Golden Gate Bridge
Opens in 1937
Masking Tape Patented
in 1930
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Memorial Day
Jim Thorpe Bom in
1888
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John F. Kennedy Bom
in 1917
Andrew Clements bom,
1949
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Ice Cream Freezer
Patented In 1848 by
William Young
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Jay Williams bom, 1981
World No Tobacco Day
Monthly Observances
American Bike; Asparagus; Asthma & Allergy
Awareness; Better Hearing and Speech; Better
Sleep; Correct Posture; Healthy Vision; Bar-B-
Que Month; Duckling Month; Egg Month;
Flower Month; Hamburger Month; Mental Health
Month; Physical Fitness & Sports Month; Photo
Month; Older Americans Month; Salad Month;
Strawberry Month; Transportation Month; Get
Caught Reading Month
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'^.¿¿M onthly Observances
American Bike; Asparagus; Asthma & Allergy Awareness; Better Hearing and
Speech; Better Sleep; Correct Posture; Healthy Vision; Btir-B-Que Month; Duckling
Month; Egg Month; Flower Month; Hamburger Month; Mental Health Month;
Physical Fitness & Sports Month; Photo Month; Older Americans Month; Salad
Month; Strawberry Month; Transportation Month; Get Caught Reading Month