Holidays and Celebrations Calendar - May

• Date Your Mate Month
• National Barbecue Month
• National Bike Month
• National Blood Pressure Month
• National Hamburger Month
• National Photograph Month
• National Recommitment Month
• National Salad Month
• Older Americans Month

Week Celebrations:

• Always May 6-12 Nurse's Week
• Week 2 Wildflower Week
• Week 3 National Police Week
• Week 4 Emergency Medical Services Week

Days that vary:

• Ascension of Christ - 40 days after Easter
• Astronomy Day - the Saturday before the first quarter moon.
• Mother's Day - the second Sunday
• National Teachers Day (Tuesday of the first full week of May)
• National Receptionist Day - the second Wednesday
• International Migratory Bird Day (2nd Saturday in May)
• Armed Forces Day - third Saturday of month
• Buddha Purnima - the first full moon day in May, except in a leap year when the festival is held in June.
• International Tuba Day - the first Friday in May
• National Day of Prayer - the first Thursday in May
• National Defense Transportation Day - the 3rd Friday in May
• Armed Forces Day - the third Saturday in May
• International Jazz Day - The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend

1 - May Day; Loyalty Day; Mother Goose Day; Save the Rhino Day; Space Day; Chocolate Parfait Day; Plant a Flower Day; New Homeowner's Day; Baby Day; Law Day

2 - Brothers and Sisters Day; International Space Day; Fire Day

3 - Lumpy Rug Day; National Day of Prayer; Teacher Day; Raspberry Popover Day

4 - Candied Orange Peel Day; Renewal Day; Orange Juice Day; Naked Day; International Firefighters' Day

5 - Cinco de Mayo; National Hoagie Day; Oyster Day; Chocolate Custard Day; Halfway Point of Spring

6 - Beverage Day; National Tourist Appreciation Day; No Diet Day; Military Spouse Day; Midwives Day

8 - Iris Day; National Nurses Day; No Socks Day; V-E Day; World Red Cross Day; Senior Citizens Day

9 - Lost Sock Memorial Day

10 - Clean up Your Room Day; Blood Pressure Day

11 - Eat What You Want Day; Twilight Zone Day; School Nurse Day; Clergy Day

12 - Fatigue Syndrome Day; International Nurses Day; Limerick Day; Kite Day; Migratory Bird Day

13 - Leprechaun Day; Butterfly Day; Frog Jumping Day

14 - Birth Mother's Day; Dance Like a Chicken Day; Motorcycle Riders Day

15 - Hug Your Cat Day; Police Memorial Day; Chocolate Chip Day; International Day of Families; Flip Your Mattress Day; Mole Day

16 - Love a Tree Day; National Sea Monkey Day; Wear Purple for Peace Day; Be A Millionaire Day; Receptionists Day

17 - Pack Rat Day; Rubber Band Day

18 - International Museum Day; No Dirty Dishes Day; Visit Your Relatives Day

19 - Boy's Club Day; Plant Something Day; National Bike to Work Day; Circus Day

20 - Good Neighbor Day; Pick Strawberries Day

21 - Memo Day; Waiters and Waitresses Day

22 - Buy a Musical Instrument Day; Maritime Day

23 - International Jazz Day; Penny Day; World Turtle Day; Victoria Day; Mesmerism Day

24 - National Escargot Day; Night Baseball Day

25 - Missing Children's Day; Tap Dance Day

26 - Sally Ride Day; Bob Day; Neighbor Day

27 - Sun Screen Day; Bridge Day

28 - Amnesty International Day; Whale Day; Return of the Slugs Day

29 - JFK Day

30 - Water a Flower Day

31 - National Macroon Day; Save Your Hearing Day; World No Tobacco Day

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