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May, 2003
Happy May!
May 1: May Day 
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 5: Alan Shepard's Flight (1961)
May 10: Mother's Day (Mexico)
May 11: Mother's Day (US and Canada)
May 12: Florence Nightingale's Birthday (1820)
May 14: Lewis and Clark leave St. Louis (1804)
May 17: Armed Forces Day
May 20: Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic (1932)
May 19: Victoria Day (Canada)
May 26: Memorial Day Observed
May 29: John F. Kennedy's Birthday (1917)
May 29: Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first people
to reach the summit of Mt. Everest (1953)
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"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life." -- Arthur Ashe. Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) was a U.S. tennis player and activist. He was born in Richmond, Virginia, on July 10, 1943. Ashe was the first African American to win the U.S. Championship (1968) and Wimbledon (1975). In 1985, Ashe was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Did you know the stadium where the U.S. Open Championship match is played was renamed Arthur Ashe Stadium in 1997?
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The IMA Hero™ Collection and author Mary W. Schaller gather at the site of the 1862 Burke Station Raid during the Civil War. This was one of the stops on the PAPA WAS A BOY IN GRAY TOUR Book Tour in 2001. >>The Papa
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Did you know President John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917? Yes. John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Today, his birthplace and boyhood home is the John F. Kennedy National Historic Site. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. He was the 35th President. >>Visit
the John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
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Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are my heroes. On May 29, 1953, they were the first people to reach the highest point on earth -- the summit of Mt. Everest. Hillary was a New Zealand beekeeper, and Norgay was a Napalese Sherpa. My goal is to climb Mt. Everest. It is both challenging and exciting to think of standing at the top of the world. >>Read about
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Question: Answer:
It is scheduled to be released on June 21, 2003. You can find ordering information in our Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Bookstore. Amazon.com is currently taking pre-orders for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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Question: Answer: Before Thomas Jefferson became president, he tried three times to organize expeditions to the land west of the Mississippi River. In 1803, Jefferson became President of the United States, and he formed this expedition. The official name of the expedition was the Corps of Discovery. It was led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The goal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was to find a water route across America to the Pacific Ocean. As Jefferson stated, the aim of the expedition would be to explore the Missouri River to find "the most direct and practicable water communication across the continent for purposes of commerce." Sacagawea was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. She served as an interpreter, diplomat, and peace symbol. Did you know Juan Ponce de León tried to find the Fountain of Youth, Francisco Coronado looked for the Seven Cities of Gold, and Henry Hudson searched for a passage from England to the Far East through the North Pole? Read more about these explorers in the IMA Hero™ Explorers Reading Program. >>Read
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