EVENTS & BIRTHDAYS for the Weeks of May 5 and May 12, 2001 **May 5 1867 Nellie Bly whose name became a synonym for female star reporter http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/world/ 1847 American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia) http://www.ama-assn.org/ Holiday: Mexico - Cinco de Mayo/Battle of Pueblo (1862) http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm **May 6 1856 Sigmund Freud - father of psychology http://psychology.about.com/science/psychology/cs/dreamlinks/index.htm 1889 Eiffel Tower in Paris, completed http://www.tour-eiffel.fr/tour_uk/ Holiday: Bulgaria - Shepherd's & Herdsman's Day **May 7 1840 Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (Votkinsk, Russia), composer (1812 Overture) http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5648/Tchaikovsky.htm 1915 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost http://members.aol.com/~bry1976/lusi.htm Holiday: None **May 8 1828 Jean Henri Dunant (Switzerland), founded Red Cross, YMCA (Nobel 1901) http://nobelprizes.com/nobel/peace/1901a.html 1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Washington http://canadahistory.about.com/aboutcanada/canadahistory/library/bl/gallery/ bl77-vancouver.htm Holiday: World - V-E Day, Victory in Europe (1945) http://www.winstonchurchill.org/endwar.htm **May 9 1873 Howard Carter Egyptologist who found King Tutankhamen's tomb http://guardians.net/egypt/tut1.htm 1960 Nigeria becomes a member of the British Commonwealth http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Nigeria.html Holidays: World - North Pole Flight Day (1926) http://members.tripod.com/PolarFlight/historicflights2.htm **May 10 1899 Fred Astaire (Omaha Neb), tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime) http://thor.prohosting.com/~fame/ 1930 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago) http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ Holiday - Thailand : Ploughing Ceremony http://www.regit.com/thailand/festival/ploughin.htm **May 11 1888 Irving Berlin [Isadore Balin], (Temun, Russia), composer (White Xmas) http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/biology/lewis/crosby/berlin.htm 1910 Glacier National Park established http://www.glacier.national-park.com/ Holiday - Minnesota Admission Day http://www.state.mn.us/ ** May 12 1820 Florence Nightingale (Florence, Italy), nurse (Crimean War) http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/ 1870 Manitoba becomes a province of Canada http://www.gov.mb.ca/cgi-bin/choose_home.pl Holiday - US : National Hospital Day (1921) **May 13 1856 Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art http://www.britannica.com/seo/p/peter-henry-emerson/ 1913 1st 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia) http://aeroweb.lucia.it/~agretch/Features/EarlySikorsky.html Holiday: US - Mothers Day http://www.holidays.net/mother/ **May 14 1885 Otto Klemperer (Breslau Germany), conductor (Das Ziel) http://www.concentric.net/~Onk145/Klemperer.htm 1804 Lewis & Clark set out from St Louis for the Pacific Coast http://www.lewisandclarktrail.com/ Holiday: Paraguay : Independence Day (1811) http://www.latinsynergy.org/paraguayinfo.htm **May 15 1856 Lyman Frank Baum, children's book author (Wizard of Oz) http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/6396/baum.htm 1862 Department of Agriculture created http://www.usda.gov/ Holiday: None **May 16 1905 Henry Fonda (Grand Is, Nebraska), actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond) http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/9766/hfonda.html 1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Sideline/7120/ Holiday: Caymans Islands - Commonwealth Day http://www.cayman-islands.com/ **May 17 1444 Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) http://artcyclopedia.com/artists/botticelli_sandro.html 1792 24 merchants form NY Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street http://www.nyse.com/ Holiday: Norway - Independence Day/Constitution Day (1814) http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/no.html **May 18 1868 Nicholas II, last Russian tsar (1894-1917) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/7398/ 1980 Mount St Helens erupts in Washington State http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm/ Holiday: Haiti : Flag Day/University Day http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ha.html <><><><><><><><>< Kath <mzmouser@earthlink.net> ~`* `*' `*' `* `*' `*' *' `*' *' `*' `* `*' *' `*' ~~~