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Monday April 30|
Tuesday May 1|
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Friday May 4|
Saturday May 5|
April is
Poetry Writing
Month
and
Jazz Appreciation
Month
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Sunday April 29
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Born April 29
Jerry Seinfeld (b. 1954) – U.S. comedian – Seinfeld
Monday April 30
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Born April 30
Jaroslav Hašek (b. 1883) – Czech novelist, humorist – The Good Soldier Svejk
Willie Nelson (b. 1933) – U.S. country singer/sonwriter – Crazy
Aatish Kapadia (b. 1976) – Indian television writer, screenwriter, actor – Khichdi series (Indian TV comedy)
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Tuesday May 1
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Born May 1
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (b. 1881) – French Jesuit, paleontologist, philosopher - The Phenomenon of Man (1959)
Judy Collins (b. 1939) – U.S. singer/songwriter – Wings of Angels album
Ignazio Silone (Secondino Tranquilli) (b. 1900) – Italian novelist, essayist, political activist – The School for Dictators (1939)
Helen Bamber (b. 1925) – U.K. human rights activist; psychotherapist who works with survivors of torture and war
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Wednesday May 2 – Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Born May 2
Satyajit Ray (b. 1921) – Indian filmmaker, science and detective fiction writer, poet – Feluda series short stories
Ichiyo Higuchi (Higuchi Natsu) (b. 1872) – Japanese novelist, poet, diarist – Child’s Play (also translated as Growing Up)
Kwon-taek Im (or Im Kwon Taek) (b. 1936) – Korean film director, screenwriter – Chihwaseon (2002)
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Thursday May 3
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Born May 3
Betty Comden (b. 1915 or 1917) – U.S. playwright, songwriter, screenwriter (musicals) – Singin’ in the Rain
Yehuda Amichai (b. 1924) – German-Israeli poet
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Friday May 4
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Born May 4
Rüdiger Nehberg (b. 1935) – German survival expert, human rights activist, environmentalist – Medizin Survival: Überleben ohne Arzt / Survival Medicine: Life without a Doctor (1998)
Rey Valera (b. 1954) – Filipino songwriter
Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (b. 1006) – Persian Sufi poet
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Born May 5
Thomas Boberg (b. 1960) – Danish poet
Elizabeth Cochrane (Nellie Bly) (b. 1864) – U.S. journalist
Soren Kierkegaard (b. 1813) – Danish philosopher
Tammy Wynette (b. 1942) – U.S. country music singer / songwriter
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