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[baby's hand and daisy]
Month of bees, and month of flowers,
Month of blossom-laden bowers;
Month of little hands with daisies,
Lovers' love, and poets' praises;
O thou merry month complete,
May, thy very name is sweet!
–Leigh Hunt (1784–1859)
[Tuesday, May 7, 2019](
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Anne Baxter (actress) was born on this day in 1923.
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (actor) died on this day in 2000.
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