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information, go to The
History Channel! Because dates are tentative and also change a lot, I'm
not going to list the Indian Tribal Gatherings per month. Thanks to Liz Mullaney-Holmes
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May Monthly Observances
ALS
Awareness Month Link
(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
American Wetlands Month
Link
APS Awareness Month
Link
Arthritis Awareness Month
Aramanth Month
Link
Asian American & Pacific
Islander Heritage Month
Asthma Awareness Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Better Hearing & Speech Month
Link
Borderline Personality Disorder Month
Link
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Link
Building Safety Month
Link
Link
Celiac Awareness Month
Link
Chip Your Pet Month
Link
Clean Air Month
Clean Car Month
Link
Community
Living Month
(Ontario, Canada):
Link
Creative Beginnings Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Link
Drum Month
EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome)
Awareness Month
Link
Family Reunion Month
Link
(Between Mother's Day and Father's Day)
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Food
Allergy Action Month
Freedom Shrine Month
Link
Gardening for Wildlife Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Gifts From The Garden Month
Global Civility Awareness Month
Global Health and Fitness Month
Link
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month
Golf Month
Link
Haitian Heritage Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
Home Schooling Awareness Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
International Audit Month
Link
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Civility Awareness Month
International Mediterranean Diet Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Link
Maytag Month
Link
Melanoma/Skin Cancer
Detection & Prevention Month
Motorcycle Safety Month
Mystery Month
National Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month
Link
National Barbeque Month
National Better Hearing Month
Link
National Bike Month
Link
National Egg Month
Link
Link
National Electrical Safety Month
Link
National Foster Care Month
Link
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Guide Dog Month
Link
National Hamburger Month
Link
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
Link
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 Pet 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 Sauce)
National Service Dog Eye Examination
Month
Link
National Smile Month
Link
National Syringomyelia Awareness Month
Link Link
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
National Toddler Immunization Month
Link
National Tuberous Sclerosis Month
Link
National Water Safety Month
Link
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
Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Link
Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness
Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Link
Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month
(5/11-6/15)
React Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
Social Security Education Awareness Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Link
Spiritual Literacy Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Teen CEO Month
Tennis Month
Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases
Month
Textile Month Link
Tourettes 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
(5/12 to 6/16)
May Weekly Observances
*Choose Privacy Week: 1-7
Link
National Tourism Week:
1-7
Link
(First Full Week)
Be Kind To Animals Week:
1-7
(First Full Week)
Children's Mental
Health Week:1-7
Link
(First Full Week)
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week:
1-7
Link
(First Full Week)
Drinking Water Week:
1-7
Link
(First Full Week)
Flexible Work Arrangement Week:
1-7(First
Full Week)
Goodwill Industries Week:
1-7
(First Full Week)
International Clitoris Awareness Week:
1-7
Link
(First Full Week)
National Alcohol & Drug
Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: 1-7
(First Full Week)
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week:
1-7
(First Full Week)
National Correctional
Officer's Week:1-7
Link
(First Full Week)
National Family Week:
1-7
(First Full Week)
National Hug Holiday Week:
1-7
National Pet Week: 1-7
Link
(First Full Week)
National Post Card Week:
1-7
Link
National Raisin Week:
1-7
(First Full Week)
Link
National Small Business
Week: 1-7
Link
*National Wildflower Week:1-7
(First Full Week)
North American
Occupational Safety & Health Week:
1-7
(First Full Week)
Link
Public Service
Recognition Week: 1-7
(First Full Week)
Link
Update Your References Week:1-7
(First Full Week)
Teacher Appreciation Week: 2-6
Link
(First Full Week M-F)
Children's Book Week: 2-8
(First full week starting Monday)
National
Safety Stand Down Week (Constuction
Falls):
2-6
Link
National WildflowerWeek: 2-8 (First
Full Week)
Work At Home Moms Week:
2-8
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week:2-6
(First Full Week)
Screen-Free Week
(Digital Detox Week) :
2-8
Link
Link
*(World) Dystonia
Awareness Week: 3-11
Link
*National Nurses Day and Week: 6-12
Link
Link
Link
Toad Suck Daze: 6-8
(First Weekend)
Food Allergy Awareness
Week: 8-14
Link
National Hospital Week:
8-14
Link
National Hug
Holiday Week: 8-14
National Nursing Home Week:
8-14
(Starts
Mother's Day to Saturday)
National Police Week:
8-15
(2nd Full Week)
National Return To Work Week:
8-14 (2nd Full Week)
National Women's Health Week:
8-14
Link
Reading is Fun
Week: 8-14
Link
(2nd Full Week)
Salute to Moms 35+ Week: 8-14
(Starts
on Mothers Day)
National Etiquette Week: 9-13
(Begins 2nd Monday of Full Week)
Salvation Army Week: 9-14
Link
(Second Week)
National Stuttering Awareness Week: 9-15
(Second full Week)
Spring Astronomy Week: 9-15
*Universal Family Week: 10-16
Neuropathy Awareness Week:
12-16
Link
Art On The Square: 13-15
Link
EMS (Emergency
Medical Services) Week: 15-21
Link
(3rd Full Week)
National Dog Bite Prevention Week: 15-21
Link (3rd
Full Week)
National Heritage Breeds Week:
15-21
Link
(3rd
Full Week)
Hurricane Preparedness Week: 15-21
Link
National Medical Transcription Week: 15-21
(3rd Week)
Link
National New Friends, Old Friends Week:
15-21
(3rd Week)
National Stationery Week:
15-18
National Transportation Week: 15-21
(Always Includes the 3rd Friday)
World Trade Week:
15-21
(3rd Week)
American Craft Beer Week: 16-22
Link
National Bike to Work Week: 16-20 Link
(3rd
Full Week M-F)
International Coaching
Week: 16-22
Link
National Safe Boating Week: 21-27
(Week before Memorial Day)
Healthy and Safe
Swimming Week: 23-29
(Week
before Memorial Day M-S)
Link
National Backyard Games Week: 23-30
(Week before Memorial Day)
*Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories: 25-31
Mudbug Madness Days: 27-30
(Memorial Day Weekend)
National Polka Weekend: 27-29
(Always Memorial Day Weekend)
Old-Time Player Piano Weekend: 27-29
(Always Memorial Day Weekend)
Black Single Parents Week: 29-6/4
National Tire Safety Week:
29-6/4
Link
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
*Beltane: 1
Link
*Executive Coaching Day: 1
*Global Love Day: 1
Link
International Bereaved
Mothers' Day: 1
(First Sunday)
Link
National Infertility Survival Day: 1
(First Sunday)
*Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day: 1
*Law Day: 1
*Lei Day: 1
Lemonade Day: 1
Link
*Loyalty Day: 1
*May Day: 1
*Mother Goose Day: 1
Link
(Different than one in November)
Motorcycle Mass & Blessing of The Bikes Day:
1
(First Sunday)
*National Bubba Day: 1
*National Purebred Dog Day: 1
Link
*New Homeowner's Day: 1
Rural Life Sunday: 1
(First Sunday)
*School Principals' Day: 1
*Silver Star Day: 1
Link
*Stepmother's Day: 1
World Laughter Day: 1
Link
(First Sunday)
Melanoma Monday: 2
(First
Monday)
National Library Legislative Day: 2-3
Link
*Roberts
Rule of Order Day: 2
Childhood Depression Awareness Day: 3
(First
Tuesday)
*Garden Meditation Day: 3
(Note: Cats are popular! There's another observance on May 31)
*Lumpy Rug Day: 3
*National Special-abled Pets Day: 3
*National Two Different Colored Shoes Day: 3
*Paranormal Day: 3
*Public Radio Day: 3
*SAN Architect Day: 3
Link
World Asthma Day: 3
Link
(First Tuesday)
*World Press Freedom Day: 3
Bike To School Day: 4
Link
*National Life Insurance Day: 4
Link
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust
Remembrance Day) :
4
(At Sundown)
Link
Great American Grump
Out: 4 (First Wednesday)
*Intergalactic Star Wars Day: 4
(May
the Fourth Be With You!)
Link
*International Firefighters Day: 4
Link
*International Respect for Chickens Day: 4
National Day to Prevent
Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy: 4
Link
(First Wednesday)
Occupational Safety &
Health Day: 4
Link
(Wednesday of The First Full Week)
*Petite and Proud Day: 4
*World Give Day: 4
* Cartoonists Day: 5
*Childhood Stroke Awareness Day: 5
Link
*Cinco de Mayo: 5
Link
*International Day of
The Midwife: 5
Link
*International
Roller Derby Day: 5
Link
Isra Al Mi'Raj: 5
Martin Z. Mollusk Day: 5
Link
(First Thursday)
National Children's Mental Health
Awareness Day: 5
Link (Thursday
of First Full Week)
National Day of
Prayer: 5 (First
Thursday)
Link
National Day of Reason: 5
(First
Thursday)
National Teacher Day: 3
(First
Tuesday of the First Full Week)
*Totally
Chipotle Day: 5
*Revenge of the Fifth (Star Wars
Sith): 5
Link
World Password Day: 5
(First Thursday)
Child Care Provider
Day: 6
Link
(Friday before Mother's Day)
Dandelion Days: 6-8
Link
International
Space Day: 6
(First Friday)
Link
*Joseph Brackett Day: 6
Military Spouse
Appreciation Day: 6
Link
(Friday before Mother's Day)
*No Diet Day: 6
*No Homework Day: 6
*Nurses
Day or National RN Recognition Day: 6 Link
Link
Link
Tuba Day: 6
(First Friday)
Link
Birthmother's
Day
(Saturday before Mother's Day):
7
Link
Bladder Cancer
Awareness Day: 7
Link (First Saturday)
*Cosmopolitan Day: 7
(Drink)
Free Comic Book Day: 7
Link
(First Saturday)
Herb Day: 7 Link
(First Saturday)
Join Hands Day: 7
Link (First Saturday)
Kentucky Derby:
7
(First Saturday)
Start Seeing Monarchs Day: 7
Link
(First Saturday)
Mariachi Day: 7
Link
Mother Ocean Day: 7
(Saturday Before Mother's Day)
National
Babysitters Day: 7 (Saturday
before Mother's Day)
*National Barrier Awareness Day: 7
Link
National Homebrew Day:
7
Link
(First Saturday)
National Scrapbooking Day:7 (First Saturday)
Link
National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day: 7
Link
World Naked Gardening
Day: 7
Link
(First Saturday)
*Free Trade Day: 8
Link
Mother's Day: 8
Link
Link
Mothers At The Wall Day: 8
*National Animal Disaster
Preparedness Day: 8
Link
*No Socks Day: 8
*Time of Remembrance &
Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War:
8-9
*V E Day: 8
*World Ovarian Cancer Day: 8
Link
*World Red Cross / Red Crescent Day: 8
*National Moscato Day: 9
National Women's
Check-up Day: 9
Link
(Second Monday)
*Occupational Safety and Health
Professionals Day: 9
Link
*Dia De La Madre:
10
*National Lipid Day: 10 (Dyslipidemia)
Note: Different than one on Sept. 24
*
World Lupus Day: 10
*National Lipid Day: 10
One Day Without Shoes Day: 10
Link
Donate A Day's Wages To Charity:
11
(Second
Wednesday)
*Eat
What You Want Day: 11
*Hostess Cupcake Day: 11
Link
*National Foam Rolling Day: 11
Link
(Massage)
National Night Shift Workers Day: 11
(Second
Wednesday)
National Third Shift Workers Day: 11
(Second
Wednesday)
Receptionists Day: 11
(Second
Wednesday)
*Root Canal Appreciation Day: 11
Link
School Nurse Day: 11
Link
(Always the Wednesday of School Nurse Week
6-12)
*Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness
Day: 12
Link
*Hug Your Cat Day: 12
Link
*International Awareness Day for Chronic
Immunological and Neurological Diseases: 12
Link
*International Nurses Day: 12
Link
Link
*Limerick
Day: 12
*National Nutty Fudge Day: 12
Link
*Odometer Day: 12
Blame Someone Else Day: 13
(First Friday the 13th of the Year)
*Crouton Day: 13
Link
Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks A
Voice: 13
(2nd
Friday)
*Frog
Jumping Day: 13
Link
Friday the 13th!
(First
One)
*Hummus Day: 13
American Indian Day: 14
Link
(2nd Saturday)
Armed Forces Day Military-Amateur Crossband Communications Day: 14-15
Link
Link
Bereaved Mother's Day: 14
Link
(2nd Saturday)
Buddah Day: 14
Link
(Celebration
Date) Note: Historical date is
always April 8)
Cornelia de Lange
Syndrome Awareness Day: 14
Link
(2nd Saturday)
International Migratory Bird Day: 14
(2nd Saturday)
Letter Carrier's
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day: 14
Link
Morel Mushroom Day:
14-15
(Weekend After Mother's Day)
National Archery Day: 14
Link
(Second
Saturday)
*National Chicken Dance Day: 14
Link
National Miniature Golf Day: 14
(2nd Saturday)
National Train Day: 14
Link (HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED!) I'll remove it for 2017.
National Windmill Day: 14
(2nd Saturday)
Spring Astronomy Day: 14
Stay Up All Night: 14
(2nd Saturday)
*The Stars and Stripes Forever Day:
14
*Underground America Day: 14
World Belly Dance Day:
14
Link (2nd
Saturday)
World Migratory Bird Day: 14-15
(2nd Weekend)
World Fair Trade Day: 14
(2nd Saturday)
Bay to Breakers Race: 15
Link
(3rd
Sunday) Note:
Oldest Footrace in America!
*Hyperemisis Gravidarum Awareness Day:
15
*International
Day of Families: 15
*National Chocolate Chip Day: 15
Link
*International MPS Awareness Day: 15
Link
*National
Slider Day: 15 (Food)
*National Tuberous Sclerosis Day:
15
Link
*Nylon
Stockings Day: 15
*Peace
Officer Memorial Day: 15 Link
Link
*Straw Hat Day: 15
Link
Accountant's Day or
Accounting Day: 16
Link
(3rd Monday)
*Biographer's
Day: 16
*Mimosa Day: 16
(Drink)
*National Piercing Day: 16
*National
Sea Monkey Day: 16
Link
*International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia
and Biphobia: 17 Link
*Same Sex
Marriage Day: 17
*Syttende Mai: 17
*World Hypertension Day: 17
Link
*World Telecommunications and Information
Society Day: 17
Link
*World Neurofibromatosis Day (NF Day): 17
Link
*Buy A Musical
Instrument Day: 18
Link
(Honor of The Music Man
Creator)
Emergency Medical
Services for Children Day: 18 Link
EMSC (Emergency Medical Services)
Day: 18
Link
*HIV Vaccine Awareness Day: 18
Link
*I Love Reeses Day: 18
Link
*International Museum Day: 18
Link
*Mother Whistler Day: 18
National Employee
Health & Fitness Day: 18
Link
(3rd Wednesday)
National Museum Day: 18
Link
Turn Beauty Inside Out
Day: 18
Link
(3rd Wednesday)
*Visit
Your Relatives Day: 18
*Boys Club Day: 19
Hummus Day: 19
(3rd Thursday)
*May Ray Day: 19
*National Scooter Day: 19
*National Hepatitus Testing Day: 19
*National Asian & Pacific
Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: 19
Link
*World Autoimmune Arthritis Day: 19-22
Link
*Eliza Doolittle Day: 20
*Everybody Draw Mohammed Day: 20
Link
Endangered Species Day: 20
Link
(3rd
Friday)
International Virtual Assistants Day:
20
(3rd Friday)
O. Henry Pun-off Day:
20
(3rd Friday)
NASCAR Day: 20
Link
(3rd Friday)
National Bike to Work
Day: 20
Link
(3rd Friday)
National Defense Transportation Day:
20
(3rd Friday)
National Pizza Party Day:
20
(3rd Friday)
Link
*Weights & Measures Day: 20
*American Red Cross Founder's Day:
21
Armed Forces Day: 21
(3rd
Saturday)
Day of Vesak: 21
Link
(Traditionally
on
the Full May Moon)
NOTE: Vesak varies per Buddist country. See the link!
Do Dah Day:
21
Link
*End of the
World or Rapture Party Day: 21
(Prediction)
Link
*I Need A Patch For That Day: 21
National Learn To
Swim Day: 21
(Saturday
of Week Before Memorial Day)
National Heritage Breeds Day: 21
Link
(Saturday of 3rd Full
Week)
*National Wait Staff Day: 21
Preakness: 21
(3rd
Saturday)
*Sister Maria Hummel Day: 21
*World
Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development: 21
Victoria Day: 21-22
( Always celebrated on the weekend before Memorial
Day in the US.)
*Canadian Immigrants Day: 22
*Harvey Milk Day: 22
Neighbor Day: 22
(Sunday before Memorial Day Weekend)
*International
Day for Biological Diversity: 22
*National
Maritime Day: 22
*US Colored Troops Day: 22
*World Goth Day: 22
Link
*International Day to End Obstetric Fistula: 23
*Declaration
of the Bab Day: 23
*International Day to End Obstetric Fistula: 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)
Lag B'omer:
26
*National Missing Children's Day: 25
*National Tap Dance Day: 25
National Senior Health
& Fitness Day: 25
Link
(Last Wednesday)
*National Wine Day: 25
Link
*Nerd Pride Day or Geek Pride Day: 25
Link
*Towel Day: 25
Link
World MS Day (Multiple
Sclerosis): 25
Link (Last
Wednesday)
Eat More Fruits & Vegetables Day: 26
(Thursday of Memorial Day week)
National Chardonnay Day: 26
Link
Red Nose Day: 26
Link Link
Link
*World Lindy Hop Day: 26
*Cellophane Tape Day: 27
Don't Fry Day: 27 (Friday
Before Memorial Day)
Link
Heat Awareness Day: 27
Link
(4th Friday)
National
Title Track Day: 27 Link
(4th Friday)
National Wig Out Day: 27
(Always
Fri. before Memorial Day)
Amateur Radio Military
Appreciation Day (ARMAD): 28
Link
*Ascension of Baha'u'Llah: 28
*International Jazz
Day: 28 Link
(Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend)
(Note: There's another Int'l Jazz Day on April
30. Different organization.)
Julia Pierpont Day: 28
(4th
Saturday)
*Menstrual Hygiene Day: 28
Link
*National Hamburger Day:
28 Link
Link
National Polka Day: 28-29
Link
(Always Memorial Day weekend)
*Sierra Club Day: 28
Link
*Slugs Return From Capistrano Day:
28
Indianapolis 500: 29
(Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend)
*Learn About Composting Day: 29
*International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers: 29
*Put A Pillow On Your Fridge Day: 29
Link
*Loomis
Day: 30
Memorial Day: 30
*Mint Julep Day: 30
Link
Prayer for Peace Memorial Day: 30
*What You Think Upon Grows Day: 31
*World No-Tobacco Day: 31
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