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Bizarre, Crazy, Silly,
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May Monthly Observances
ALS
Awareness Month
(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease) Link
American Wetlands Month Link
APS (
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome) Awareness Month Link
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asian American & Pacific
Islander Heritage Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Better Hearing & Speech Month Link
Borderline Personality Disorder Month Link
Brain Tumor Awareness Month Link
Carrots and
Cauliflower Link
Celiac Awareness Month Link
Clean Air Month Link
Community Living Month (Ontario,
Canada): Link
Creative Beginnings Month
EcoDriving Month Link
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Freedom Shrine Month Link
Get Caught Reading Month
Gifts From The Garden Month
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month
Grapefruit and Kiwi Month Link
Haitian Heritage Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
International Audit Month Link
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Civility Awareness Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
Lupus Awareness Month Link
Melanoma/Skin Cancer
Detection & Prevention Month
Motorcycle Safety Month
National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month Link
National Barbeque Month
National Better Hearing Month Link
National Bike Month Link
National Egg Month Link
National Foster Care Month Link
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Hamburger Month
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National Inventors Month Link
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month (aka
NF Month) Link
(World) Lyme Disease Awareness Month Link
National Meditation Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month Link
National Mental Health Month
National Military Appreciation Month Link
National Moving Month
National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
National Photo Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
National Physiotherapy Month Link
National Preservation Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month (the
food)
National Smile Month Link
National Stroke Awareness Month
Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month Link
National Vinegar Month
National Youth Traffic Safety Month Link
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month Link
Older Americans Month
Personal History Month Link
Potatoes and Limes Month Link
Preeclampsia Awareness Month Link
Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month (5/13-6/17)
React Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month Link
Strike Out Strokes Month
Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
Teen CEO Month
Tennis Month
Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases
Month Link
Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month (5/15
- 6/15) Link
Ultra-violet Awareness Month
Women's Health Care Month
Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month
National Family Month (5/13 to 6/17)
May
Weekly Observances
Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Week: 1-7
*Update Your References Week: 1-7
Dystonia Awareness Week: 5-13 Link
International Wildlife Film Week: 5-12
Be Kind To Animals Week: 6-12 (First
full week in May)
Children's Mental Health Week: 6-12 Link
(First full week in May)
Choose Privacy Week: 6-12
Drinking Water Week: 6-12 Link
(First Full Week)
Flexible Work Arrangement Week: 6-12
Goodwill Industries Week: 6-12
Kids Win Week: 6-12
NAOSH Week: 6-12 (First
Full Week)
National Alcohol & Drug Related
Birth Defects Awareness Week: 6-12 (Always
First Full Week) Link
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week: 6-12
National Family Week: 6-12
National Hospital Week: 6-12 Link
National Hug Holiday Week: 6-12
*National Nurses Day and Week: 6-12
Link
Link
National Occupational Safety
& Health Day: 6-12 Link
(Always First Full Week) or Link
National Pet Week: 6-12 Link
National Raisin Week: 6-12 (Always
First Full Week) Link
National Wildflower Week: 6-12
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week: 6-12 (Always
First Full Week) Link
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week: 6-12
Children's Book Week: 7-13 (First
full week starting Monday)
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week: 7-13 Link
(First Week)
National Correctional Officer's Week: 7-12 Link
(First full week in May)
National Stuttering Awareness Week:
7-13
Teacher Appreciation Week: 7-11
Link
(First Full Week)
Work At Home Moms Week: 7-13
*Universal Family Week: 10-16
Link
National Tourism Week: 12-19 Link
National Nursing Home Week: 13-19
Reading is Fun Week: 13-19 Link
(2nd Full Week)
Salute to Moms 35+ Week: 13-19
National Return To Work Week: 13-19
National Women's Health Week: 13-19 Link
American Craft Beer Week:
14-20 (3rd Week) Link
National Bike to Work Week: 14-18 Link
(3rd Full Week)
National Etiquette Week: 14-18
National Dog Bite Prevention Week: 15-21
National Educational Bosses' Week: 15-21 Link
National New Friends, Old Friends
Week: 15-21
National Police Week: 15-21
National Transportation Week: 15-21
World Trade Week: 15-21
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week: 15-21 Link
National Safe Boating Week: 19-25
Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week: 21-27 (Week
before Memorial Day)
Link
National Medical Transcription
Week: 20-26 (3rd Week) Link
National Backyard Games Week: 21-25
*Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories: 25-31
Old-Time Player Piano Week: 25-28
Hurricane Preparedness Week: 27-6/2
Link
Black Single Parents Week: 29-6/4 (?)
May
Daily Observances
NOTE: An *
in front of the day means that the observance is on the same date every year
regardless of the day it falls on.
*Amtrak Day: 1
*Batman Day: 1
*Beltaine: 1 Link
Childhood Depression Awareness Day:
1 (First Tuesday)
*Executive Coaching Day: 1
*Global Love Day: 1 Link
*Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day: 1
*Law Day: 1
*Lei Day: 1
*Loyalty Day: 1
*May Day: 1
*Mother Goose Day: 1
National Dance Day: 1
*New Homeowner's Day: 1
*School Principals' Day: 1
*Silver Star Day: 1 Link
*Stepmother's Day: 1
World Asthma Day: 1 Link
(First Tuesday)
Great American Grump Out: 2 Link
*Roberts
Rule of Order Day: 2
*Garden Meditation Day: 3
*Lumpy Rug Day: 3
National Day of Prayer: 3 (First
Thursday)
National Day of Reason: 3 (First
Thursday)
*National Two Different Colored Shoes Day: 3
*Paranormal Day: 3
*Public Radio Day: 3
*World Press Freedom Day: 3
*Intergalactic Star Wars Day: 4 (May
the Fourth Be With You!)
International Space Day: 4 (First
Friday) Link
International Firefighters Day: 4 Link
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: 4 Link
No Pants Day: 4 (First
Friday) Link
Tuba Day: 4
(First Friday) Link
*Respect for Chickens Day: 4
*Star Wars Day: 4 Link
Armed Forces
Day Military-Amateur Crossband Communications Day: 5
Link (First Saturday)
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day: 5 Link
* Cartoonists Day: 5
*Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: 5 Link
Join Hands Day: 5 Link
Kentucky Derby: 5 (Always
first Saturday)
National Homebrew Day: 5 (First
Saturday) Link
National Scrapbooking Day: 5 (First
Saturday) Link
Space Day 5: (First
Saturday) Link
*Totally
Chipotle Day: 5
*Cinco de Mayo: 5
*International Midwives' Day: 5 Link
Free Comic Book Day: 5 Link
(First Saturday)
Buddah Day: 6
*Joseph Brackett Day: 6
*No Diet Day: 6
*No Homework Day: 6
*Nurses
Day or National RN Recognition Day: 6
Link
Link
Occupational Safety & Health
Day: 6 Link
World Laughter Day: 6 Link
(First Sunday)
International Baby Lost Mother's
Day: 6 (First Sunday) Link
Motorcycle Mass & Blessing of The Bikes Day: 6 (First
Sunday)
National Infertility Survival Day: 6 (First
Sunday)
Accountant's Day or Accounting Day: 7 Link
Melanoma Monday: 7 (First
Monday)
National Teacher Day: 8 (First
Tuesday of the First Full Week)
*No Socks Day: 8
*Time of Remembrance & Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives
During the Second World War: 8-9
Second World War: 8-9
*V E Day: 8
*World Red Cross / Red Crescent Day: 8
Donate A Day's Wages To Charity: 9
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day: 9
Link
National Night Shift Workers Day: 9
National Third Shift Workers Day: 9
Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day: 9 Link
Receptionists Day: 9
School Nurse Day: 9 Link
Lag B'Omer: 10
*Lupus
Day: 10
*Windmill
Day: 10
*Eat
What You Want Day: 11
Child Care Provider Day: 11 Link
(Friday before Mother's Day)
Military
Spouse Appreciation Day: 11 Link
(Friday before Mother's Day)
Birthmother's Day (Saturday before
Mother's Day): 12 Link
Cornelia
de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day: 12 Link
(2nd Saturday)
*Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Awareness Day: 12
*Hug Your Cat Day: 12 Link
(Purina) Note: Another sponsor has one on May 31. (Date Varies)
*International Nurses Day: 12 Link
*Limerick
Day: 12
Mother Ocean Day: 12 (Saturday
Before Mother's Day)
National
Babysitters Day: 12 Link
(Saturday before Mother's Day)
National Miniature Golf Day: 12 (2nd
Saturday)
*National
Nutty Fudge Day: 12 Link
*Odometer Day: 12
International Migratory Bird Day:
12
Letter Carrier's Food Drive Day: 12
Link
National Windmill Day: 12 (2nd
Saturday)
Stay Up All Night: 12
National Train Day: 12 Link
World Belly Dance Day: 12 Link
(2nd Saturday)
World Fair Trade Day: 12
*Frog Jumping Day: 13 Link
Mother's Day: 13
Rogation Sunday: 13 (5th
Sunday After Easter)
Rural
Life Sunday: 13 Link
(Sunday Before Ascension Day)
Mothers At The Wall Day: 14
*National Chicken Dance Day: 14 Link
National Women's Check-up Day: 14 Link
*The Stars and Stripes Forever Day:
14
*Underground America Day: 14
*International
Day of Families: 15
*National
Chocolate Chip Day: 15 Link
National Safety Dose Day: 15 Link
*Nylon
Stockings Day: 15
*Peace
Officer Memorial Day: 15
*Straw Hat Day: 15 Link
*Biographer's
Day: 16
*National
Sea Monkey Day: 16 Link
National Employee Health & Fitness Day: 16 Link
(3rd Wednesday)
*Turn Beauty Inside Out Day: 16 Link
(3rd Wednesday)
*World Hypertension Day: 17 Link
*World Information Society Day: 17
*World Telecommunications Day: 17
*Syttende Mai: 17
Bats Day: 18-20 Link
Endangered Species Day: 18 Link
(Always 3rd Friday)
*HIV Vaccine Awareness Day: 18 Link
*I Love Reeses Day: 18 Link
*International Museum Day: 18
International Virtual Assistants
Day: 18
*Mother Whistler Day: 18
NASCAR Day: 18 Link
National Bike to Work Day: 18 Link
(3rd Friday)
National Defense Transportation Day: 18
National Pizza Party Day: 18 (3rd
Friday)
*Visit Your Relatives Day: 18
Artichoke Day: 19-20
Armed Forces Day: 19 (3rd
Saturday)
*National Asian & Pacific Islander
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 19 Link
*Boys Club Day: 19
*May Ray Day: 19
Mike, The Headless Chicken Day: 19-20 (
Always 3rd weekend) Link
O. Henry Pun-off Day: 19
Preakness Stakes: 19
*Eliza Doolittle Day: 20
Neighbor Day: 20
*Weights & Measures Day: 20
*American Red Cross Founder's Day:
21
End of the World or Rapture Party
Day: 21 (Prediction)
Link
*I Need A Patch For That Day: 21
*National Endangered Species Day: 21 Link
*National Wait Staff Day: 21
*Sister Maria Hummel Day: 21
Victoria Day: 21 (
Always celebrated on the weekend before Memorial Day in the US.)
*World
Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development: 21
*International
Day for Biological Diversity: 22
*National
Maritime Day: 22
*Declaration
of the Bab Day: 23
*National
Taffy Day: 23 Link
*World Crohn's and Colitis Day: 23
Link
*World Turtle Day: 23
*Brother's
Day: 24
*International Tiara Day: 24
*Morse Code Day: 24 (Some
also observe on April 27)
*Cookie Monster's
Birthday: 25
Link (See also November 2)
Don't Fry Day: 25
(Friday Before Memorial Day) Link
Heat Awareness Safety Day: 25 (Last
Friday in May) Link
*National
Missing Children's Day: 25
*National Tap Dance Day: 25
*Nerd Pride Day or Geek Pride Day: 25 Link
*Towel Day: 25 Link
National Wig Out Day: 25 (Always
Fri. before Memorial Day)
Old-Time Player Piano Day: 25
International Jazz Day: 26 (Always
Sat. before Memorial Day)
Julia Pierpont Day: 26
Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day (ARMAD): 26 Link
(Always the Saturday before Memorial Day)
Shavout: 26
*Cellophane Tape Day: 27
Indianapolis 500: 27
Pentecost: 27
Whit Sunday: 27
*Sierra Club Day: 28 Link
*Slugs Return From Capistrano Day:
28
*Memorial
Day: 28 (Observed.
Traditionally on 30th)
Prayer for Peace Memorial Day: 28
Whit Monday: 28
*International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers: 29
*Learn About Composting Day: 29
*Loomis
Day: 30
National Senior Health & Fitness Day: 30 Link
(Last Wednesday)
World MS Day
(Multiple Sclerosis): 30 Link
(Last Wednesday)
Hug Your Cat Day: 31
Link
*What You Think Upon Grows Day: 31
*World
No-Tobacco Day: 31
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