May 2002

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Can You Haiku? (LP)

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1947—Japan forms a constitutional democracy
Teaching (and Learning) about Japan (W)

1947—Japan forms a constitutional democracy
Teaching (and Learning) about Japan (W)

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1919—China's May Fourth movement seeks to resist foreign imperialism after WWI
Asia Source (W)

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Children's Day—S. Korea & Japan
Common Visions, Common Voices (LP)

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1882—Chinese Exclusion Act: US ceases immigration
Where I Come From (LP)

1941—Joseph Stalin becomes premier of Russia
Bucknell Russian Studies Department (W)

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1812—Born—British poet Robert Browning
Victorian Web (W)

1913—Britain rejects woman's right to vote
Cultural Change (LP)

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1945—V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe
Images at War (LP)

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Unicorns, Dragons, and Other Magical Creatures (LP)

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1857—Sepoy Mutiny begins - 1st War of Indian Independence
Victorian Web (W)

1968—Vietnam peace talks began between US & North Vietnam
Asia Source (W)

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1894 Born—Martha Graham
American Memory Project (W)

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Mother's Day
Family and Friendship in Quilts (LP)

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1607—104 male colonists arrive in Virginia, establish 1st permanent English settlement in New World
Jamestown Change (LP)

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1935—in the Philippines ratifies independence agreement
AskAsia: Phillipines (W)

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1856 Born—L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Internet Public Library (W)

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1868—President Andrew Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachment
American Memory: The Johnson Impeachment (W)

1996—Atal Bihari Vajpayee becomes Indian prime minister
SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet

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1954—Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education - segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
National Park Service (W)

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1896—US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson)
The Oyez Project (W)

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Aesop and Ananse: Animal Fables and Trickster Tales (LP)

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1998—Indonesian President Suharto resigns. VP B.J. Habibie sworn in as president
AskAsia: Indonesia (W)

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The World of Haiku (LP)

1885—The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor from France
The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol (LP)

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In My Other Life (LP)

1997—Mohammad Khatami is elected president of Iran
Conversations with History: US's Third World Policy During the Cold War (W)

Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies
Lesson Plan (LP)

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Mouloud (Birth of the Prophet) (Muslim/Islam)
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Early Islam (W)

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1803 Born—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Romantic Circles (W)

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Buddha Day
Asia Source: Buddhism in US (W)

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2002—Memorial Day observed
American Memory (W)

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1851—Ohio Woman's Rights Convention met in Akron, OH
Women and Social Movements in the United States (W)

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1453—Constantinople falls to Turks, ends Middle Ages
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies  (W)

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1431—Joan of Arc burned at the stake
Internet Medieval Sourcebook: International Joan of Arc Society  (W)

1967—Biafra declares independence from Nigeria
African Studies WWW (W)

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1819 Born—Walt Whitman
Academy of American Poets (W)