May 4, 1905 marks the official beginning of the USA’s work to build the Panama Canal. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 5, 1961 - Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 06, 1994 - English Channel tunnel opens. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed by a German submarine. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 8, 1541 - Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River which he calls Rio de Espiritu Santo. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 9, 1864 - Union General John Sedgwick is shot and killed by a Confederate sharpshooter during fighting at Spotsylvania. His last words are: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--". #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 10, 1503 - Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 11, 1858 - Minnesota enters the Union as the 32nd state. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 12, 1881 - Tunisia, in North Africa becomes a French protectorate. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 13, 1912 - The Royal Flying Corps is established in England. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 14, 1973 - The U.S. space station Skylab is launched. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 15, 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers his harmonics law. Planets closer to the sun travel faster... #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 16, 1879 - The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England sets up the Afghan state. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 17, 1444 - Birth of Sandro Botticelli, painter. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 18, 1951 - The United Nations moves its headquarters to New York city. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 19, 193-T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, dies. While in Cairo attached to Britian's Egyptian Survey in 1916 during World War I, T.E. Lawrence, not yet the legendary Lawrence of Arabia designed & printed postage stamps for Hejaz. #philately #worldwide

May 29, 1927 - At 7:52 a.m., American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, on the world’s first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 21, 1844 - Birth of Henri Rousseau, French painter. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 22, 1967 - The children's program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premiers. #stamps #philately #worldwide

May 23, 1785 - Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals. #stamps #philately #worldwide