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— APRIL —
— MAY —
1 — ALL FOOLS' DAY.
6— WAR DECLARED WITH GERMANY— 1917.
7 — PEARY DISCOVERED NORTH POLE— 1909.
8— BATTLE OF APPOMATOX— 1865. LOUISIANA ADMITTED— 1812.
9— PALM SUNDAY.
SURRENDER OF GEN. LEE— 1865.
1 1— PASSOVER.
12— HALIFAX INDEPENDENCE RESOLUTIONS. In North Carolina.
13— JEFFERSON'S BIRTHDAY. In Alabama.
14 — GOOD FRIDAY. ASSASSINATION OF PRES. LINCOLN.
15— EASTER SATURDAY.
16— EASTER SUNDAY.
17— EASTER MONDAY.
19— PATRIOT'S DAY. In Maine and Massachusetts.
21— ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO. In Texas.
22 — MORTON'S BIRTHDAY. In Nebraska. ARBOR DAY. In Nebraska (Public Holiday).
23— SHAKESPEARE BORN— 1564.
24— FIRST NEWSPAPER ISSUED IN AMERICA —1704.
WAR BETWEEN U. S. AND MEXICO— 1846.
25— WAR DECLARED WITH SPAIN— 1898.
26— MEMORIAL DAY. In Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi.
SLAVERY ABOLISHED IN U. S.— 1865. FIRST SHOT OF WAR BETWEEN U. S. AND GERMANY— 1917.
27— GENERAL GRANT BORN— 1822.
28— PRESIDENT MONROE BORN— 1758.
30— LOUISIANA PURCHASED.
WASHINGTON BECAME FIRST PRESIDENT IN 1789.
RHODE ISLAND SETTLED— 1636.
1 — MAY DAY.
CHILD HEALTH DAY.
LABOR DAY. In Philippine Islands.
DEWEY'S VICTORY IN MANILA— 1898.
I 6— NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK (First Week
in May).
2— STONEWALL JACKSON SHOT — 1863. 5— NAPOLEON'S DEATH— 1821.
7— ARBOR DAY. In Rhode Island (Public
Holiday).
LUSITANIA TORPEDOED BY GERMANY— IN 1915.
9— BYRD AT NORTH POLE— 1926.
II— MINNESOTA ADMITTED— 1858.
12— FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE BORN— 1820. AMUNDSEN'S POLE FLIGHT— 1926.
14— MOTHER'S DAY (2nd Sunday). By Proclamation of the President. CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY. In Kentucky, North and South Carolina.
20— ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE MECKLENBURG DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. In North Carolina.
21— LINDBERGH'S FLIGHT TO PARIS— 1927.
23— SOUTH CAROLINA ADMITTED— 1788.
24— FIRST TELEGRAPH MESSAGE SENT— 1844. EMPIRE DAY. In Canada.
29— WISCONSIN ADMITTED— 1848.
30— CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY. In Virginia.
MEMORIAL DAY. In all the States, Territories, District of Columbia and Colonial Possessions, except Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North and South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Tennessee.
— JUNE —
1 — KENTUCKY ADMITTED— 1792. TENNESSEE ADMITTED— 1796.
3— CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY (Tenn.)
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