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May 2026 Artwork
Inspiration
Zodiac is an Art Nouveau lithograph created by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha in 1896. Originally designed as a calendar for a Parisian printer, the artwork features a female figure encircled by zodiac symbols, and adorned with ornate patterns and flowing lines. It remains one of Mucha’s most popular and enduring designs.
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Princess of Paleontology portrays Mary Anning surrounded by the dinosaur and marine fossils she spent her life uncovering, with special placement just below her for an Ichthyosaur flanked by Ammonites. Extra History’s episode on Mary Anning originally premiered in April of 2017. Art by David Hueso.
May 2026 Videos
May 1st
Diocletian and Maximian retire from office, 305
May 8th
WHO declares smallpox eradicated, 1980
May 10th
Indian Rebellion of 1857 begins
May 16th
Marie Antoinette marries the future Louis XVI
May 21st
West Loch Disaster rocks Pearl Harbor, 1944
May 23rd
Girolamo Savonarola dies, 1498
May 27th
Doris Miller receives Navy Cross, 1942
May 30th
Kansas-Nebraska Act sets the stage for Bleeding Kansas, 1854