May 22
St. Julia, (Corsica, Portugal), St. Rita, (desperate cases; invoked against bleeding, infertility, loneliness, tumors, unhappy marriage)
National Maritime Day, UN International Day for Biological Diversity, Neighbor Day, (Rhode Island), Buy a Musical Instrument Day, (but maybe not in Rhode Island?)
1570 – First atlas published. It had 50 maps.
1803- First public library opened- in Connecticut
1931- Canned rattlesnake meat first went on sale in Florida. (sometimes you have to wonder….who keeps track of this stuff!!)
Birthdays:
Mary Cassatt – 1844
Arthur Conan Doyle – 1859
Johnny Olson - 1910
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