Happy Memorial Day (observed) Week!

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Zany June Holidays
Ever wonder what to celebrate? How about National Pink Day? Or Dare Day? Or even Paul Bunyan Day! Don't know when these holidays are? They're all in the month of June--and there are plenty more...

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Also, this week had a lot of very nifty things happen in history! Sir Edmund Hillary reached the top of Mount Everest, Stravinsky debuted his controversial ballet, “The Rite of Spring” in Paris, Dred Scott received his emancipation from his owners, and much more! There was so much, in fact, that I couldn’t decide just –what- to focus on, so I hope you don’t mind the information on the holidays for June. 

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And now, it’s time for:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
May 26
*Aleksandr Pushkin (1799)
*John Wayne (1907)
*Stevie Nicks (1948)
*Sally Ride (1951)
May 27
*Wild Bill Hickok (1837)
*Vincent Price (1911)
*Lee Baca (1942)
*Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes (1971)
May 28
*Sir Thomas Moore (1779)
*Jim Thorpe (1888)
*Hunter “Patch” Adams (1945)
*Zahi Hawass (1947)
May 29
*Patrick Henry (1736)
*Bob Hope (1903)
*Danny Elfman (1953)
*Rupert Everett (1959)
May 30
*Mel Blanc (1908)
*Bob Evans (1918)
*Wynonna Judd (1964)
*Kugimiya Rie (1979)
May 31
*Walt Whitman (1819
*Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898)
*Don Ameche (1908)
*Colin Farrell (1976)
June 1
*Brigham Young (1801)
*Marilyn Monroe (1926)
*Jonathan Pryce (1947)
*David Berkowitz (1953)

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