At Credo we understand the need for libraries to write interesting social media content to engage your users and raise awareness of valuable resources and services. That’s why we’ve created this monthly blog post with social media posts featuring interesting observances, trivia, this-day-in-history, and humor that your library can copy/paste to your own feed with no attribution necessary.
P.S.: the images here are all in the public domain (mostly from Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons), so feel free to take advantage of them when you post!
May 1
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank that special teacher who made a difference in your life.
May 1
President Herbert Hoover officially dedicated New York City’s Empire State Building #onthisday in 1931. The skyscraper, and the work it provided, infused New Yorkers with a much-needed deep sense of pride during a difficult time. Learn more about the Great Depression at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=great%20depression
May 2
Arthur Miller won a Pulitzer Prize for Death of a Salesman #onthisday in 1949. Did you know: Depending on the size of the actor playing Willy Loman, he is either referred to as a shrimp or a walrus in the play? Learn more about Miller at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Arthur%20Miller
May 4
May the 4th Be With You! Celebrate by learning more about George Lucas, the groundbreaking creator behind the Star Wars franchise, at Credo Reference. #Maythe4th https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=George%20Lucas
May 5
John T. Scopes, a young high school biology teacher, was arrested for teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law #onthisday in 1925. Learn more about the Scopes Monkey Trial at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Scopes%20trial
May 6
#NationalNursesWeek begins May 6th and ends May 12th, the birthdate of celebrated nurse Florence Nightingale. Learn more about the founder of modern nursing at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=florence%20nightingale
May 7
Don’t miss out on #FreeComicBookDay! Want to learn more about the origin story of comic books? Go to Credo Reference! https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=comic%20books
May 8
Happy Mother’s Day! Did you know: more calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day of the year? Learn about the history of one of most widely celebrated American holidays at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Mother%27s%20Day
May 11
Welcome to the fifth dimension, a.k.a., #NationalTwilightZoneDay! Learn more about the popular mind-bending television show’s writer and producer Rod Serling at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Rod%20Serling
May 12
Happy birthday, Homer Simpson, who turns 60 today. D’oh! Learn more about The Simpsons’ creator, Matt Groening, at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Matt%20Groening
May 15
Happy birthday, Madeleine Albright, born #onthisday in 1937. Learn more about the first female U.S. Secretary of State and the important position she served at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=US%20Secretary%20of%20State
May 16
And the Oscar goes to… The first Academy Awards were presented #onthisday in 1929. Learn more about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=academy%20awards
May 17
A strange proposition… Fidel Castro offered to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers #onthisday in 1961. Learn more about the Cuban communist politician at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Fidel%20Castro
May 18
So much drama! #onthisday in 1593, Thomas Kyd accused Christopher Marlowe of heresy, leading to the fellow playwright’s arrest. Learn more about the life and tragic death of the English poet and dramatist at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/heliconhe/marlowe_christopher/0
May 19
Anne Boleyn was beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest, and treason #onthisday in 1536. Learn more about the tragic life of Henry VIII’s second wife at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Anne%20Boleyn
May 20
The American Dream—President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, opening millions of acres of undeveloped Federal land to settlers looking west #onthisday in 1862. Learn more about the program of public land grants at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Homestead%20Act
May 21
Amelia Earhart landed near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in the first transatlantic solo flight by a woman #onthisday in 1932. Learn more about the world’s most famous woman pilot at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Amelia%20Earhart
May 22
The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus #onthisday in 334 BCE. Learn more about the legendary Macedonian king at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Alexander%20the%20Great
May 23
Here’s Johnny! “The Shining” was released #onthisday in 1980. Did you know Stephen King was openly critical of how Stanley Kubrick interpreted his novel? Learn more about the King of Gothic Horror at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Stephen%20King
May 24
Happy birthday to Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, born #onthisday in 1941. Learn more about the inventive folksinger hailed as the Shakespeare of his generation at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Bob%20Dylan
May 25
“We choose to go to the moon.” JFK announced to Congress his goal of sending an American to the moon by the end of the decade #onthisday in 1961 (and we did!). Learn more about the 35th president at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cquslatinrel/kennedy_john_f/0
May 26
“Dracula” was published #onthisday in 1897. The novel did not make much money until after Bram Stoker’s death. During his lifetime, he was better known as actor Sir Henry Irving’s personal assistant. Learn more about Stoker at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Bram%20Stoker
May 27
Christopher Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse #onthisday in 1995. Later, Reeve and his wife Dana opened a center to teach paralyzed people to live more independently. Learn more about this Superman at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Christopher%20Reeve
May 28
Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes from Georgia and surrounding states #onthisday in 1830. Learn more about the Trail of Tears at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Trail%20of%20Tears
May 30
Gabriel García Márquez’s most important work, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” was published in Buenos Aires #onthisday in 1967. Learn more about the Nobel Prize-winning author at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Gabriel%20Garc%C3%ADa%20M%C3%A1rquez
