May 18, 2016 Page 13 It Does Good Things TM This page is sponsored by Oregon Lottery R C alendar May 2016 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 1 Hawaiian Lei Day 2 Dr. Benjamin Spock Born in 1903 May Day Worthy Wage Day For child care providers. 8 9 Eleanor Estes born, 1906 First Newspaper Cartoon In the USA in 1754 Mother’s Day No Socks Day 15 Norma Fox Mazer born, 1931 National Chocolate Chip Day 22 Arnold Lobel born, 1933 Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day 29 John F. Kennedy born in 1917 Andrew Clements born, 1949 16 First US Nickel Minted In 1866 23 Victoria Day in Canada Margaret Wise Brown born, 1910 Penny Day 30 Memorial Day 3 National Teacher Day National Sun Day Constitution Memo- rial Day, Japan 4 National Weather Observers’ Day Susan’s Birthday (Sesame Street) 10 Clean Up Your Room Day Christopher Paul Curtis born, 1953 11 National School Nurse Day Twilight Zone Day 17 First Kentucky Derby In 1875 Gary Paulson born, 1939 24 First Morse Code Message Sent (from Washington DC to Baltimore, 1844) 31 World No Tobacco Day 18 International Museum Day Mt St. Helens Erupted, 1980 25 National Missing Children’s Day National Tap Dance Day FRIDAY 5 Leo Lionni born, 1910 Cinco de Mayo Children’s Day In Japan 6 7 Space Day Eiffel Tower opens to the public in 1889 1st Stamp Collection Started Pulitzer Prize Estab- lished (1917) 13 14 12 International Nurses Day Kite Day Limerick Day SATURDAY Tulip Day Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedi- tion In 1804 National Dance Like a Chicken Day 19 20 21 Circus Day (Ringling Brother’s Circus opened in 1884) Lindbergh Flight Day (1927) Mary Pope Osborne born, 1949 Armed Forces Day American Red Cross Founded by Clara Barton, 1881 26 27 28 Blueberry Cheesecake Day Golden Gate Bridge Opens in 1937 Masking Tape Patented in 1930 Jim Thorpe Born in 1888