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May：Happenings from the Past

　　May 5,1884

　　Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby．He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times．

　　May 9,1754

　　Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon, showing a snake cut in pieces, with the words “Join or Die” printed under the picture．

　　May 11,1934

　　The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl, the result of years of drought, blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington, D.C.．

　　May 19,1994

　　Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s, died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64．

　　May 24,18 a.a

　　Samuel F．B．Morse taps out the first message, “What hath God wrought, ”over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Md．

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　　May：Happenings from the Past

　　May 5,1884

　　Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby．He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times．

　　May 9,1754

　　Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon(漫画), showing a snake cut in pieces with the words “Join or Die” printed under the picture

　　May 11,1934

　　The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl, the result of years of drought(干旱),blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington, D．C．

　　May 19,1994

　　Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64．

　　May 24,1844

　　Samuel F．B Morse taps out the first message, “What hath God wrought ,”over the experimental long - distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D．C．, to Baltimore, Md．

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　　May： Happenings from the Past

　　May 5 1884

　　Isaac Murphy son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby. He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times.

　　May 9 1754

　　Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon(漫画) showing a snake cut in pieces with the words “Join or Die” printed under the picture

　　May 11 1934

　　The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl the result of years of drought(干旱)，blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington D.C.

　　May 19 1994

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64.

　　May 24 1844

　　Samuel F.B Morse taps out the first message “What hath God wrought ” over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington D.C. to Baltimore Md.

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