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1         Beltane

2         Labour wins the 1997 General Election

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4    Margaret Thatcher becomes UK's first female PM 1979

5         Karl Marx born 1818

6       Channel Tunnel opened 1994

7       May Day

8       VE Day 

World Red Cross Day

9         Europe Day

10        1994 Nelson Mandela - SA's 1st black president

11  Mercedes Benz formed 1924

12   Inter - national Nurses Day

14  Petrol rationing ends 1957

15    McDonalds founded 1940  

16     1st Academy Awards handed out in Hollywood 1929

18    Helen Sharman  Britain's 1st astronaut 1991   

19  Marilyn Monroe sings Happy Birthday to JFK 1962

20   Charles Lindberg flies across Atlantic 1927

22     Sir Arthur Conan Doyle born 1859

23   Bonnie & Clyde ambushed and killed 1934

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25        Africa Day

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27        Whit Sunday

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29   Hilary and Tenzing conquer Everest 1953

30     Joan of Arc burned at the stake 1431

31      Geri Halliwell leaves Spice Girls 1998