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Sherman A1

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Sun May 22, 2016, 03:52 AM May 2016

Daily Holidays - May 22

Harvey Milk On Harvey Milk Day, people celebrate the life and achievements of Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist who was the first openly gay politician to be elected to public office in California. Tragically, Harvey Milk served as city supervisor in San Francisco for only a little less than a year before he was murdered by Dan White, a rival politician. During his time in office, he was responsible for championing a civil rights bill that outlawed discrimination based on sexual orientation. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/harvey-milk-day/

Goth Day Wear black clothes, white make-up, and approach the world from a different angle. Unleash your inner goth for Goth Day! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/goth-day/

National Maritime Day A day to recognize the maritime industry, Maritime Day commemorates the date upon which the first American steamship Savannah set sail from Savannah in Georgia on the first ever transoceanic voyage under steam power. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/maritime-day/

Sherlock Holmes Day Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, says the character was originally inspired by Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for whom Doyle had worked as an assistant. Like Holmes, Bell was famous for his ability to draw broad conclusions from minute observations. Francis “Tanky” Smith, a policeman and master of disguise who was Leicester’s first private detective, is also thought to have influenced the character. Doyle’s first Sherlock Holmes story first appeared in print in 1887 and continued to be published for the next forty years, until shortly before the author’s death. During this time, the detective had countless adventures, usually accompanied by his loyal friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/sherlock-holmes-day/

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Daily Holidays - May 22 (Original Post) Sherman A1 May 2016 OP
Harvey Milk bigwillq May 2016 #1
Happy Birthday to Mary Cassatt: femmocrat May 2016 #2

femmocrat

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2. Happy Birthday to Mary Cassatt:
Sun May 22, 2016, 11:05 AM
May 2016
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Mary Cassatt
Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. Wikipedia
Born: May 22, 1844, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, PA
Died: June 14, 1926, Paris, France
Periods: American Impressionism, Impressionism, Modern art
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