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First Sat.
Kentucky Derby,
Louisville, Kentucky at the Churchill Downs
Racecourse (Triple Crown)
May 5
Cinco de Mayo
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First four-minute mile - May 06, 1954 -
HISTORY.com
First Four Minute Mile-HQ(Roger Bannister1954)
- YouTube
Four-minute mile - Wikipedia
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born May 6, 1915
Orson Welles
Orson Welles - Film Actor, Actor, Director - Biography.com
Citizen Kane released - May 01, 1941 - HISTORY.com
Orson Welles - Wikipedia
May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985,
an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio,
and film. He is remembered for his innovative
work in all three: in theatre, most notably
Caesar (1937), a
Broadway adaptation of
William Shakespeare's
Julius Caesar; in
radio, the legendary
1938 broadcast "The
War of the Worlds"; and in film,
Citizen Kane (1941),
consistently ranked as one of the
all-time greatest films.
Citizen
Kane (1941) - IMDb
Citizen Kane - The Theatrical Trailer - YouTube
Wisconsin
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Portland is weird? St. Paul is boring? Well,
yes and no – Twin Cities
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Oregon | St. Paul,
Minnesota |
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Nature Notes on Steve's Walk with Jason @ Roberts, May 6, 2017: Sunny
Northern Waterthrushes, Palm Warblers, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, a
White-throated Sparrow, a Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrows (calls), Wood Ducks,
Mallards, Crows, an Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warblers (calls),
Gnatcatchers, Robins, a Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpeckers (calls),
Cowbirds, Grackles, a Broad-winged Hawk flying in circles, a Cooper’s Hawk
chased by several Crows, Chickadees, a Crow chased by a Red-winged
Blackbird, Turkeys: a Tom Turkey displays,
a Great Egret, Cardinals, a White-bellied Nuthatch, a House Wren calls
a Muskrat, Gray Squirrels, a Red Squirrel,
American Toad calls
Blooming: Redbud, Crabapple, Juneberry (almost done), Columbine, Elderberry,
Violet, Canada Violet, Dandelion, Creeping Charlie
Fallen fruits or flowers: Black Willow?, Maple?, unidentified seeds: looking
like a sort of a green leaf (half an inch long).
Activities: Walking, Birding, Running, Biking, Playing Golf,
Nature Notes 2017
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Famous People who everybody knows in
Japan
The Three Unifiers - Japan Under the Shoguns
Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu
Info from Explore
Japan Info
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Battle of Puebla
May 5
Cinco de Mayo
Letter 59 |
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フォトギャラリー
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Noise created by humans is pervasive in US
protected areas
Phys.org
Green
12693 170505 born May
5, 1942
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette - Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer -
Biography.com
Tammy Wynette - Wikipedia
born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998, an American
country music
singer-songwriter and one
of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers.
Wynette was called the "First Lady of Country Music", and her best-known song, "Stand
by Your Man", is one of the best-selling hit
singles by a woman in the history of country music. Many of her hits dealt with
classic themes of loneliness,
divorce, and the
difficulties of life and relationships.
tammy wynette - stand by your man - YouTube
Stand by Your Man - Wikipedia
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12692 170505 Golden Week April 29
- May 5 each year
Golden Week (Japan) - Wikipedia
Children's Day (Japan) - Wikipedia May 5
each year
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Japan Info
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Derby Results 2017 Kentucky Derby & Oaks May 5 and 6,
2017 Tickets, Events, News
Always Dreaming 2017 Kentucky Derby & Oaks May 5 and
6, 2017 Tickets, Events, News
Always Dreaming wins 143rd Kentucky Derby - YouTube
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2017 Kentucky Derby & Oaks May 5 and 6, 2017 Tickets, Events, News
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- YouTube
Kentucky Derby 2017 By the Numbers E! News -
YouTube
HorseCenter - Kentucky Derby 2017 Picks &
Analysis - YouTube
May 6, 2017, First Sat.
Kentucky Derby,
Louisville, Kentucky at the Churchill Downs
Racecourse (Triple Crown)
Kentucky
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The world's biggest snowkiting race
Norway, MSN
12689 170504-0505 born May 4,
1958
Keith Haring
Keith Haring - Artist, Activist - Biography.com
From 1982: Keith Haring - YouTube
Keith Haring Documentary - YouTube
Keith Haring Uncovered
(Collingwood mural doco) - YouTube
Keith Haring - Wikipedia
May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990, an
American artist and
social activist whose
work responded to the
New York City street
culture of the 1980s by expressing concepts of birth, death, sexuality, and
war. Haring's work was often heavily political and his imagery has become a
widely recognized visual language of the 20th century.
Pennsylvania |
Art
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May The 4th (Be With You) Compilation from the JukinVideo Vault - YouTube
Star Wars Day, May the 4th
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Gene Vincent records “Be-Bop-A-Lula” - May 04, 1956 -
HISTORY.com
Be Bop A Lula ( best version ) Gene VINCENT - YouTube
Music
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What People Earn 2017: Celebrity Salaries Then and Now
Parade
America
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What People
Earn Parade
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World Press Freedom Day 3 May
United Nations
World Press Freedom Day - Wikipedia
May 3
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Weekend Box Office Results for April 28-30, 2017 - Box
Office Mojo
1 The Fate of the Furious 2
How to Be a Latin Lover (2017) - IMDb
3
Baahubali 2 The Conclusion (2017) - IMDb 4 The
Boss Baby 5
The Circle (2017) - IMDb
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born May 3, 1919 Pete
Seeger
Pete Seeger - Environmental Activist, Anti-War
Activist, Children's Activist, Civil Rights Activist, Guitarist, Songwriter,
Singer - Biography.com
Pete Seeger Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - YouTube
Pete Seeger & Judy Collins - Turn, Turn, Turn - YouTube
Pete Seeger - Wikipedia
Peter "Pete" Seeger, May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014,
an American folk singer and
social activist. A
fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit
records during the early 1950s as a member of
the Weavers, most
notably their recording of
Lead Belly's "Goodnight,
Irene", which topped the charts for 13
weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were
blacklisted during
the
McCarthy Era. In the
1960s, he re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of
protest music in
support of
international disarmament,
civil rights,
counterculture, and
environmental causes.
Pete Seeger - We shall overcome - YouTube
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Music
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On this date: Joe DiMaggio makes his MLB debut - Stats
& Info- ESPN May 3, 1936
Mrs. Robinson - Wikipedia
Simon And Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (with lyrics) - YouTube
Music
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End of an era at the FBI - May 02, 1972 -
HISTORY.com
J. Edgar Hoover the Spy Video - Prohibition -
HISTORY.com
Joseph McCarthy dies - May 02, 1957 -
HISTORY.com
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born May 2, 1729
Catherine the Great
Catherine II biography.com
known as Catherine the Great
Documentary Films: Getting to Know the Real Catherine the Great - YouTube
Catherine the Great - Wikipedia Catherine II of Russia (Russian:
Екатерина Алексеевна Yekaterina Alekseyevna), also
known as Catherine the Great (Екатерина II Великая,
Yekaterina Velikaya; 2 May [O.S.
21 April] 1729 – 17 November [O.S.
6 November] 1796, the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of
Russia, reigning from 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67. Born in
Stettin,
Pomerania,
Prussia as Sophie
Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, she came to power following a
coup d'état when her
husband,
Peter III, was
assassinated. Russia was revitalised under her reign, growing larger and
stronger than ever and becoming recognised as one of the
great powers of Europe.
...
Catherine the Great (Poker
Face by Lady Gaga) - YouTube
List of Russian rulers - Wikipedia
12679 170502 Nature Notes on Kris' Morning Walk:
May 2, 2017:
Sunny
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Orange-crowned Warblers, a Northern Waterthrush, a
Palm Warbler, a Black and White Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Cardinals
(calls), Blue Jay calls, Robins, Horned
Grebes, Ruddy Ducks, White-throated Sparrows, a Lincoln Sparrow,
a Swamp Sparrow, Chickadees, Red-winged Blackbirds (calls), a Nuthatch,
Coots, Mallards, a Sharp-shinned Hawk (most likely) flying overhead, a young Bald Eagle soaring in circles, a Least Bittern*
flying overhead
*
Least Bittern, Identification, All About Birds -
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Note: Our first bird in our
lives.
Herons
Gray Squirrels
Western Chorus Frog calls
Listen to the calls
Chorus Frog Call - YouTube
Tree frogs: Western/Boreal chorus frog: Minnesota DNR
The western chorus frog is
among Minnesota's smallest frogs.
Frogs
a Bee House for native bees
Blooming: Dandelion, Eastern Redbud (Judas-tree), Juneberry (Serviceberry), Elderberry, Violet,
Canada Violet,
River Birch catkins, catkin-like fruits fallen on the ground (Laurel or
Black Willow),
Mushrooms: several kinds, for example, inky caps?
*************************
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Phoebes, Mallards, a Downy Woodpecker nest?,
Red-winged Blackbirds,
Crows, Canada Geese, Egrets, a Blue Heron in flight, sparrows (unidentified)
a bee (our first
one of the season, unidentified species) sucking nectar from Dandelion flowers, a Green Darner
dragonfly,
Several Painted
Turtles sunning on logs in the pond
Two people, who we met in the park, are saying that they spotted a Northern
Harrier.
Pocket Gopher's Mounds
Blooming: Dandelion, Violet, Creeping Charlie, Elderberry,
Crabapples almost begin to bloom and their leaves begin to appear, a tree
has catkins, leafing out (unidentified),
River Birch with catkins, Boxelder with tiny samaras,
Duckweed, Moss
May 1, 2017: It snowed for a while, St. Paul, MN.
Nature Notes 2017
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May Day around the world
photos, MSN
0501 May Day (Springtime
Festival:
春祭り)
<
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mayday.html > For example:
Mayday
Parade and Festival (Photos)
フォトギャラリー |
Mayday Baskets
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Herbert Hoover dedicates Empire State Building
- May 01, 1931 - HISTORY.com
Developing the Empire State Building Video -
New York City - HISTORY.com
New York
Presidents:
Herbert Hoover #31
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12675 170430
Long after their bones were gone, Neanderthals'
DNA survived in cave - CBS News
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born April 29, 1933
Willie
Nelson
Willie Nelson biography.com
music videos
Willie Nelson - Wikipedia
born April 29, 1933, an American
musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. ...
He was one of the main
figures of
outlaw country, a
subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to
the conservative restrictions of the
Nashville sound.
Willie Nelson - Topic - YouTube
Willie Nelson Greatest Hits | Best Songs Of Willie Nelson - YouTube
Music
|
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South Vietnam surrenders - Apr 30, 1975 - HISTORY.com
Fall of Saigon 1975 - YouTube
Minnesota Honors Vietnam Era Veterans
Presidents:
Richard Nixon #37 |
Gerald Ford #38
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Nature Notes: April 29, 2017:
Cloudy
a Palm Warbler, a small Hawk (likely a male Cooper’s Hawk or Sharp-shinned
Hawk), Marsh Wrens?, Ruddy Ducks in the distance, Gadwalls, Sandpipers,
Yellowlegs, Tree Swallows, a Sandhill Crane, Wood Ducks, Mallards, Canada
Geese, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals (calls), Song Sparrows (calls),
a White-throated Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbirds (calls), a Bald Eagle nest, a Young Bald Eagle flying
overhead, Robins, Trumpeter Swans, an unhatched egg left on the goose nest,
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Egrets, Crows, Blue-winged Teals, Green-winged
Teals, Forster’s Terns, a Killdeer (calls), Willets, Nuthatches, Chickadees
(alarm calls), a male Ruby-crowned Kinglet, many Northern Shovlers, Phoebes,
a male Hooded Merganser, an old Pileated Woodpecker nest
Birders, who we met on the trail, spotted: Northern Waterthrush,
Yellow Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Buffleheads, Sora
calls, a Hermit Thrush, a Barn Swallow in flight, Goslings,
Muskrat Lodges, a Beaver Lodge
Western Chorus Frog calls
Blooming: Dandelion, Violet, Violet (white color, but not Canada Violet:
unidentified),
Creeping Charlie?
Bracket mushrooms
April 27, 2017: Cloudy Temp.: around 32 F
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Robins, Egrets fishing, a Canada Goose, Red-winged
Blackbirds,
Pocket Gopher’s Mounds
No Western Chorus Frog calls
Blooming: Elderberry, Box-Elder (flowers are done, small samaras),
Almost all trees and shrubs leafing out, including Aspen
Nature Notes 2017
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World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C. - Apr
29, 2004 - HISTORY.com
World War
II Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
National World War II Memorial - Wikipedia
WWII
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Riots erupt in Los Angeles - Apr 29, 1992 -
HISTORY.com
1992 Los Angeles riots - Wikipedia
Los Angeles Riots, 1992 (1) - YouTube
1992 LA RIOTS - YouTube
California
12669 170428
Fyre Festival just proved Instagram influencers
are utter nonsense
Mashable
Fyre Festival: When a $12,000 luxury festival
in a Caribbean paradise turns into chaos - CNN.com
12668 170428
Antarctica's Blood Falls not so mysterious, but
still freaky as heck | Popular Science
Waterfalls
12667 170428
born c. April 28, 1937
Saddam Hussein
Biography.com Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein's Wikipedia c. 1937 - December 30, 2006,
the fifth
President of
Iraq, serving in this
capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. ...
In 2003, a coalition led by the U.S.
invaded Iraq to
depose Saddam, in which U.S. President
George W. Bush and
British Prime Minister
Tony Blair accused
him of possessing
weapons of mass destruction
and having
ties to al-Qaeda.
Saddam's Ba'ath party was disbanded and elections were held. Following
his capture on 13
December 2003, the
trial of Saddam took
place under the
Iraqi Interim Government.
On 5 November 2006, Saddam was convicted of charges of
crimes against humanity
related to the
1982 killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites,
and was sentenced to death by
hanging.
His execution was
carried out on 30 December 2006.
Saddam Hussein Biography & Facts | Britannica.com
Saddam Hussein: Life and Execution of the Iraqi
Dictator - YouTube
Presidents
George W. Bush
#43 | George H. W. Bush
#41
Iraq War
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born April 28, 1758 James Monroe
#5
President Monroe is born - Apr 28, 1758 - HISTORY.com
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 (APUSH Review - Period 4) - YouTube
Virginia
Presidents
James Monroe #5
12665 170428
April 28, 2001 Dennis Tito, the first space tourist
First Space Tourist: How a U.S. Millionaire Bought a
Ticket to Orbit
Space station welcomes tourist Dennis Tito
(2001) - YouTube
[Interview] Dennis Tito on the Late Show - May
21 2001 - YouTube
How Close Are We To Space Tourism? - YouTube
In Space.
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Fleeting warblers worth a neck crick
Star Tribune, 04/19/2017, PressReader.com
Birding Warblers - YouTube
Warblers |
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170427
The Most Recognizable Structure in Every State
(and How Much It Cost to Build)
MSN
America
12662
170427
NFL
Draft 2017 – NFL.com
2017 NFL Draft Grades for Round 1 picks -
CBSSports.com
Sports 2017
12661
170427
The 'Blue Whale' Suicide Challenge That's
Killing Kids: What Parents Need to Know
Yahoo
Blue Whale Suicide Game - YouTube
12660
170427
born April 27, 1791 Samuel Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse - Inventor - Biography.com
Samuel Morse - Wikipedia
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872, an American painter
and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in
his middle age Morse contributed to the
invention of a
single-wire
telegraph system based on
European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of the
Morse code, and helped to
develop the commercial use of telegraphy. ...
Samuel Morse The Telegraph - YouTube
Massachusetts
12659
170427
President Grant is born - Apr 27, 1822 -
HISTORY.com
Ohio
Presidents:
Ulysses S. Grant
#18
12658
170427
Man, Dog, Sun
"Astronomy Photo of the Day" by
NASA
April 11, 2017
Germany
Astronomy
12657
170427 Nature Notes on Kris' Morning Walk: April 25, 2017:
Cloudy
Yellow-rumped Warblers, Cardinals, Robins, Horned
Grebes, Song Sparrows (calls), White-throated Sparrows, a Gnat Catcher,
Chickadees (alarm calls*, spring calls), Red-winged Blackbirds (calls), a
Nuthatch, Mallards, an old Oriole nest
*
2005/06/23/ Chickadees' alarm calls
carry information about size threat of predator
a Black Squirrel
Western Chorus Frog calls
Blooming: Dandelion, Juneberry (Serviceberry), Elderberry, Violet
Almost all trees and shrubs begin to leaf out.
weird looking mushrooms
Nature Notes 2017
12656 170426
Mountaineers Capture Avalanche Up-Close in Canada's
Rocky Mountains
MSN video
Avalanche - Wikipedia " ...
Avalanches are most common during winter or
spring but glacier movements may cause ice and snow avalanches at any time of
year.
..."
Weather
12655 170426
When Swarm met Steve - Swarm - Observing the Earth - Our
Activities - ESA
Astronomy
12654 170426
Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl - Apr 26, 1986 - HISTORY.com
12653 170426
born April 26, 1822
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted - Architect, Writer - Biography.com
Frederick Law Olmsted - Wikipedia
April 26, 1822 – August 28,
1903, an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public
administrator. He is popularly considered to be the father of American
landscape architecture.
Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urban
parks with his senior partner
Calvert Vaux, including
Central Park in
New York City,
Golden Gate Park in
San Francisco and
Elm Park in
Worcester, Massachusetts,
considered by many to be the first municipal park in America.
36
Hours in Central Park, New York The New York Times - YouTube
Frederick Law Olmsted Designing America - YouTube
Connecticut | Central Park,
New York
12652 170426
Mexicans No Longer Make Up Majority Of Immigrants In U.S.
Illegally | NPR
America
12651 170425-0427
NASA Image Shows Earth Between the Rings of Saturn |
NASA
Cassini:
Mission to Saturn
Cassini–Huygens - Wikipedia
Cassini's Grand Finale Tour at Saturn
"Astronomy Photo of the Day" by
NASA
January 25, 2017
Astronomy
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