Dr. Paul Dudley White
Doctor Paul Dudley White was born on June 6, 1886, in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
American History
Happy Birthday John F. Kennedy
The youngest man ever elected President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.
The Homestead Act
On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.
National Hospital Day
On May 12, 1921, the US celebrated National Hospital Day for the first time.
The First Mother’s Day
On May 10, 1908, the first official Mother’s Day celebration was held in Grafton, West Virginia.
Happy Birthday Harry Truman
President Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri on May 8, 1884.
1939 New York World’s Fair
On April 30, 1939, the New York World’s Fair opened at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York.
Birth of John J. Audubon
Jean Rabin Audubon (later known as John James Audubon) was born on April 26, 1785, in Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue – today’s Haiti.
Mendez v. Westminster
On April 14, 1947, the court case of Mendez v. Westminster was decided in favor of Gonzalo Mendez, an early success in the fight against segregation.