HERE ARE THE HOLIDAYS OF MAY 7 - 14:

SUN MAY 7:Radio Day (USSR)
MON MAY 8:Red Cross Day
   Harry S Truman Day
   V-E Day
   Furry Dance (UK)
   John Henry Dunant Birthday
TUE MAY 9:Romania Independence Day
   Victoria Day (Poland)
   Ploughing Ceremony (Thailand)
WED MAY 10:Mother's Day (Guatemala)
THR MAY 11:Minnisota Day
    Cormorant Fishing Begins (Japan)
    Holy Day of Letters (Bulgaria)
    St. Cyril and Methodius (Yugoslavia)
FRI MAY 12:Florence Nightengale Day (UK)
    "Saint" Tammany's Day
    J.V.Snellman's Day (Finland)
    Hospital Day
    Festival of the Tricolor (Italy)
SAT MAY 13:Abbotsbury Garland Day (UK)
    National Rally Day (Liberia)
THIS WEEK IS:Be Kind to Animals Week
      National Family Week
      National Walking Week
THIS MONTH IS:National Home Decorating Month
       Better Hearing and Speech Month
       National Barbecue Month
       Bike Safety Month
       Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
       Fungal Awareness Month
       Touring Theater Month
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THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION:
 What great ruler died of a nosebleed on his wedding night?(answer below)
LAST WEEK"S TRIVIA:
 Why was there a big uproar about the 12-foot-high statue honoring
steelworkers that was unveiled at a Pittsburgh arts festival in 1990?
 ANS:  It wasn't made of steel.  Sculptor Luis Jimenez used fiberglass,
claiming that "it holds up better than steel."
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HERE ARE THE HOLIDAYS OF THE SUMMER:
SUN MAY 14:Mother's Day
    Festival of Joan of Arc (France)
    Paraguay Independence Day
    Anniversary of the Guinean Democratic Party (Guinea)
    Kamuzu Day (Malawi)
MON MAY 15:Peace Officer's Memorial Day
    St. Dympha's Day
    Nameday of Tzar Boris III (Bulgaria)
    National Unity Day (Latvia)
    St. Isidore of the Ploughmen (Spain)
TUE MAY 16:Flag Day of the Army (Finland)
WED MAY 17:Norway Independence Day
    World Telecommunications Day
    Constitution Day (Nauru)
THR MAY 18:Flag Day (Haiti)
    La Piedras Battle Day (Uruguay)
FRI MAY 19:Youth and Sports Day (Turkey)
    V.I.Lenin Pioneer Organization Founding Day (USSR)
SAT MAY 20:Armed Forces Day
    I Am an American Day
    Mecklenburg Day of Independence
    Cameroon Independence Day
    Dolly Madison Day
    M.P.R. Day (Zaire)
THIS WEEK: Police Week
    Emergency Medical Services Week
SUN MAY 21:Sts. Constantine and Elena (Russia)
    Battle of Iquique (Chile)
    Victoria's Day
MON MAY 22:National Maritime Day
TUE MAY 23:Labour Day (Jamaica)
WED MAY 24:British Empire Day
    Day of Slav Letters (Bulgaria)
    Battle of Pichincha Day (Ecuador)
THR MAY 25:African Freedom Day
    National Missing Children Day
    Argentina Independence Day
    Jordan Independence Day
    Bermuda Day
    OAU day (Equitorial Guinea)
FRI MAY 26:Samuel Pepys Day (UK)
SAT MAY 27:Navy Memorial Day (Japan)
    Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
THIS WEEK: National Park Week
    Pickle Week
SUN MAY 28:Memorial Day (Puerto Rico)
    Frontier Corps Day (USSR)
MON MAY 29:Memorial Day
    Decoration Day
    Whitmonday
    Jefferson Davis Day
    Grovely Rights Day
    Oak Apple Day (UK)
    Rhode Island Admission Day
TUE MAY 30:Anguilla Day
WED MAY 31:Public Holiday (Brunei)
THR JUN 1:Pere Marquette Day
FRI JUN 2:Republica Italina Day
SAT JUN 3:Confederate Memorial Day
SUN JUN 4:Italy Constitution Day
MON JUN 5:World Environment Day
   Denmark Constitution Day
TUE JUN 6:Flag (Sweden)
WED JUN 7:Glenn Miller Festival
   Boone Day
THR JUN 8:Dairy Day
   Saints Rhipimes and Gainne's Day (Armenia)
   St. Medardus (Belgium)
SAT JUN 10:Time-observance Day (Japan)
THIS WEEK: National Safe Boating Week
    Lyme Disease Awareness Week
SUN JUN 11:Children's Day
    King Kamehameha Day
MON JUN 12:Philipines Independence Day
TUE JUN 13:St. Anthony
WED JUN 14:Flag Day
THR JUN 15:Magna Carta Day
    Saints Sahag and Mesrob (Armenia)
    St. Vitus (Yugoslavia)
    Idaho Pioneer Day
SAT JUN 17:Bunker Hill Day
    Lyoveldio Island Day
THIS WEEK: National Little League Baseball Week
SUN JUN 18:Father's Day
MON JUN 19:Emancipation Day
    Seperation Day
    New Church Day
TUE JUN 20:West Virginia Day
    Saint Naum's Day
THR JUN 22:St. Paulina
    Summer Begins
FRI JUN 23:Luxembourg Independence Day
    People in Denmark Celebrate Summer
    St. John's Eve
    Herb Evening (Latvia)
SAT JUN 24:St. John the Baptist
    Jean Baptiste Day
    San Juan Day
    Midsummer Day (Finland)
    St. Ivan (Hungary)
SUN JUN 25:Mozambique Independence Day
    St. Pontius Pilate Day
MON JUN 26:Malaysia Independence Day
THR JUN 29:St. Peter's Day
    St. Paul's Day
FRI JUN 30:Zaire Independence Day
    Twelve Apostles Day (Greece)
SAT JUL 1:Canada Day
   Dominion Day
   Admirality Court (UK)
   Burundi Independence Day
   Sts. Cosma and Damiano (Greece)
SUN JUL 2:Festival of the Palio (Italy)
TUE JUL 4:Independence Day
WED JUL 5:Venezuela Independence Day
THR JUL 6:Malawi Independence Day
   Martyrdom of Jan Hus (Czechoslovakia)
FRI JUL 7:Feast of Tanabata (Japan)
SAT JUL 8:Durham Miners' Gala
THIS WEEK:Shrimp Festival (Belgium)
   Riever's Week (UK)
SUN JUL 9:Anniversary of the Battle of Sempach (Swiss)
MON JUL 10:Bahamas Independence Day
    St. Felicitas Day
    Orangemen's Day
TUE JUL 11:Mongolia Day
    St. Placidus Festival (Swiss)
    National Cheer Up the Lonely Day
WED JUL 12:Republica Democratica de Sao Tome e Principe Day
THR JUL 13:Nathan Bedford Forrest Day
    Orange Day
    The Night Watch (France)
FRI JUL 14:Bastille Day
    Iraq Independence Day
    Feast of Lanterns (Japan)
SAT JUL 15:National Ice Cream Day
    St. Swithin
    St. Vladimir
THIS WEEK: Captive Nations Week
SUN JUL 16:Bennington Battle Day
    Festival of the Madonna of Carmine (Italy)
MON JUL 17:Munoz Rivera Day
    Afghanistan Independence Day
THR JUL 20:Columbia Independence Day
    Sweet Corn Day
    St. Elijah
FRI JUL 21:Minnisota Aquacentennial
    Liberation Day
    Belgium Independence Day
    Loyal Temperance Union Day
SUN JUL 23:Saudi Arabia Independence Day
MON JUL 24:Mormon Pioneer Day
TUE JUL 25:Peurto Rico Constitution Day
    Ebernoe Horn Fair (UK)
    Pardon of St. Anne d'Auray Day (France)
WED JUL 26:St. Ann
    Liberia Independence Day
THR JUL 27:Dr. Jose C. Barbosa Day
    St. Panteleimon
FRI JUL 28:Peru Independence Day
SAT JUL 29:Watermelon Day
    St. Martha
    St. Olav (Norway)
SUN JUL 30:Crater Day
TUE AUG 1:Lammas (UK)
   Switzerland Independence Day
WED AUG 2:Picnic Day
FRI AUG 4:Coast Guard Day
   Santo Domingo's Day (Peru)
SUN AUG 6:Bolivia Independence Day
   Feast of the Transfiguration
MON AUG 7:Jamaica Independence Day
   Canada Civic Holiday
   Colorado Day
   Chatauga Day
WED AUG 9:Singapore Independence Day
THR AUG 10:Ecuador Independence Day
FRI AUG 11:John Alden Day
SAT AUG 12:Ponce de Leon Day
    St. Clare
THIS WEEK: Eisteddfod (UK)
SUN AUG 13:Victory Day
MON AUG 14:V-J Day
TUE AUG 15:Congo Independence Day
    Assumption Day
WED AUG 16:St. Roche (Italy)
THR AUG 17:Gabon Independenc Day
    Indonesia Independence Day
FRI AUG 18:Meriwether Lewis Day
SAT AUG 19:Aviation Day
SUN AUG 20:Homeless Animal Day
MON AUG 21:Priddy Fair (UK)
    Yukon Territory Discovery Day
WED AUG 23:Romania Independence Day
    William Wallace Day (Scotland)
THR AUG 24:St. Bartholomew's Bun Race (UK)
FRI AUG 25:Uruguay Independence Festival
SAT AUG 26:Women's Equality Day
    Soldier's Hospital Day
THIS WEEK: Freedom of Enterprise Week
SUN AUG 27:Lyndon B. Johnson Day
    Petrolium Day
    First Fruit of the Alps Festival (Switzerland)
    Plague Sunday
WED AUG 30:Huey Long Day
THR AUG 31:Malaysia Independence Day
    Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day
    Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina (Holland)
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                     THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE SPOONS
                             AND THE BIG BAD KNIFE
 
   Once upon a time there were three little spoons. They all lived in the
   silverware drawer in the kitchen with their mother spoon and father
   spoon.
 
   Now one day the mother spoon and father spoon called the three little
   spoons to them and said: "It is time for you to go out into the world
   and find your own place settings. Remember to always be careful of
   strange silverware."
 
   The first little spoon found a bowl of ice cream and said "This is for
   me! I will jump into this bowl of ice cream and help little boys and
   girls eat it!"
 
   The second little spoon found a bowl of porridge and said "This is for
   me! I will jump into this bowl of porridge and help little boys and
   girls eat it!"
 
   The last little spoon found a bowl of cereal and said "This is for me!
   I will jump into this bowl of cereal and help little boys and girls
   eat it!"
 
   Not long after the big bad knife came to the bowl of the first little
   spoon. The big bad knife said to the first little spoon "Little spoon,
   little spoon, let me cut your ice cream!" The first little spoon said
   "Silly knife, every little spoon knows that boys and girls do not cut
   ice cream with a knife!" The knife did not listen and cut the ice
   cream anyway, and the little spoon ran away and hid in the dishwasher.
 
 
   Then the big bad knife went to the bowl of the second little spoon.
   The big bad knife said to the second little spoon "Little spoon,
   little spoon, let me cut your porridge!" The second little spoon said
   "Silly knife, every little spoon knows that boys and girls do not cut
   porridge with a knife!" The knife did not listen and cut the porridge
   anyway, and the little spoon ran away and hid in the dishwasher.
 
   Then the big bad knife went to the bowl of the last little spoon. The
   big bad knife said to the last little spoon "Little spoon, little
   spoon, let me cut your cereal!" The last little spoon said "Silly
   knife, every little spoon knows that boys and girls do not cut cereal
   with a knife!" The knife did not listen and tried to cut the cereal
   anyway, but this time, the knife nicked himself on a nut in the
   cereal, and the knife ran away crying "Ouch! Ouch!".
 
   The last little spoon went to the dishwasher and got his brother and
   sister spoons out and they helped little boys and girls eat and were
   never bothered by the big bad knife again.
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Graduation Tidbit:
In 1988, The University of Wisconsin presented nearly 4,000 diplomas to
graduates in May, but it took six months for someone to notice that the name
of the state was misspelled "Wisconson".

TRIVIA ANSWER: Atilla the Hun

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