FULL FLOWER MOON

Flowers spring forth in abundance this month. Depending on the Native American tribe, May’s Full Moon was called the Full Flower Moon as well as Mother’s Moon, Milk Moon, and Corn Planting Moon. The May Moon marked a time of increasing fertility with temperatures warm enough for safely bearing young, a near end to late frosts, and plants in bloom.

1720s

• 1721: SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS300 Years Ago

1880s

• BORN 1886: AL JOLSON (ENTERTAINER)
• 1889: FIRST PUBLIC ELEVATOR AT EIFFEL TOWER OPENED

1890s

• 1896: THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE WAS PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME

1900s

• 1906: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA INCORPORATED
• BORN 1907: JOHN WAYNE (ACTOR)

1910s

• BORN 1912: JAY SILVERHEELS (ACTOR WHO PLAYED “TONTO” ON THE LONE RANGER TV SERIES)

1920s

• BORN 1920: PEGGY LEE (ACTRESS)
• DIED 1924: VICTOR HERBERT (COMPOSER)

1950s

• BORN 1951: SALLY RIDE (ASTRONAUT; FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE)
• 1954: BOAT OF PHARAOH CHEOPS DISCOVERED NEAR GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA IN EGYPT

1960s

• 1961: THE HOST OF NBC’S TODAY SHOW, DAVE GARROWAY, ANNOUNCED HIS PLANS TO RETIRE FROM THE SHOW

1980s

• 1981: CANADA AND THE U.S. SIGNED THE PACIFIC ALBACORE TUNA TREATY

1990s

• BORN 1991: JULIANNA ROSE MAURIELLO (ACTRESS)

2000s

• DIED 2008: SYDNEY POLLACK (ACTOR & DIRECTOR)
• DIED 2008: EARLE H. HAGEN (COMPOSER; WHISTLED THE TUNE FOR THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW)

2010s

• DIED 2010: ART LINKLETTER (RADIO AND TELEVISION PERSONALITY)
• 2010: “MILLIONS” OF FROGS FORCED CLOSURE OF EGNATIA HIGHWAY IN GREECE
• 2018: FOR A FEW DAYS BEGINNING AROUND THIS TIME, GALVESTON, TEXAS, SHORES HAD ABNORMALLY BLUE WATER DUE TO A CHANGE IN OCEAN CURRENT

2020s

• 2021: TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.

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