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May 25, 1875: Oscar Wilde was raised a Master Mason in Apollo University Lodge, based at the University of Oxford.
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2022-05-25

May 23, 1910: Gerald Gardner was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Sphinx Lodge No. 107, Irish Constitution, in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
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2022-05-23

May 22, 1861: Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Polar Star Lodge No. 79 in St. Louis, Missouri.
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2022-05-22

May 19, 1806: J.J.J. Gourgas was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Lodge L’Union Francaise No. 17 in New York.
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2022-05-19

May 18, 1691: Sir Christopher Wren was “adopted” into the Fraternity of Accepted Masons.
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2022-05-18

May 10, 1940: Winston Churchill began his first term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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2022-05-10

May 3, 1775: Isaiah Thomas resumed printing his Massachusetts Spy newspaper at his new home in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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2022-05-03

May 3, 1886: Rudyard Kipling was passed to the degree of Fellowcraft in Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782, E.C. in Lahore, India (now in Pakistan).
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2022-05-03

May 2, 1726: Voltaire was released from the Bastille and sent into exile in England.
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2022-05-02

April 30, 1733: Henry Price was appointed Provincial Grand Master "of New England" by the Viscount Montagu, Grand Master of the Moderns' Grand Lodge in London.
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2022-05-01

April 30, 1789: George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States.
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2022-04-30

Happy Birthday to James Monroe, 5th President of the United States, born on this day in 1758.
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2022-04-28