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Friedrich Kellner
1st May 1945
Adolf Hitler is said to be dead
Zlata Filipović
2nd May 1992
Today was truly, absolutely the worst day ever in Sarajevo
Gerard Manley Hopkins
3rd May 1866
Cowslips capriciously colouring meadows in creamy drifts
Nella Last
4th May 1941
A night of terror
Vita Sackville-West
5th May 1920
I long for vigour and clear thought, but only meet with chaos
Michael Palin
6th May 1977
They have to fight an eagle on the top of the Empire State Building
Gail Godwin
7th May 1965
Almost flying apart at the seams
Frida Kahlo
8th May 1953
I fell on the flagstones
Lute Jerstad
9th May 1963
This tedious battle against the mountain is almost over
Natascha McElhone
10th May 2009
How lucky were we?
Carolina Maria de Jesus
11th May 1958
Today is Mother’s Day
Che Guevara
12th May 1967
A veritable organ concert
Edna St. Vincent Millay
13th May 1933
Oh God, it was awful
Marie Curie
14th May 1906
I no longer love the sun or the flowers
Alan Bennett
15th May 1993
Only in Yorkshire
P. D. James
16th May 1998
The air crackled with a mixture of excitement and tension
Hilda Bernstein
17th May 1960
I found myself nervous and tense to the point of tears
George Crabbe
18th May 1780
It’s the vilest thing in the world to have but one coat
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
19th May 1880
In the world, yet not in it
Emily Shore
20th May 1835
Nothing can be less beautiful than the first sight of London
Edith Wharton
21st May 1908
I have drunk of the wine of life at last
Edward Robb Ellis
22nd May 1973
We are in the grip of Watergate
Monty Don
23rd May 2003
When I die I shall go to May
Tchaikovsky
24th May 1891
A disgusting day!
Susan Sontag
25th May 1949
God, living is enormous!
Duff Cooper
26th May 1920
Diana forgot to steer
Leonard Michaels
27th May 1978
The power of language can make people crazy
M.F.K. Fisher
28th May 1940
Why have children or plant trees?
Joseph Banks
29th May 1769
A very wonderfull scene
Éva Heyman
30th May 1944
Dear diary, I don’t want to die
Eugène Delacroix
31st May 1824
The century of Voltaire