5/1/2024 7:00:00 AM
May Holidays - Monthly Celebrations
- Asian American Month
- Barbecue Month
- Bike Month
- Blood Pressure Month
- Date Your Mate Month
- Foster Care Month
- Gifts from the Garden Month
- Hamburger Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Mystery Month
- Photograph Month
- Police Month
- Salad Month
- Older Americans Month
- Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Recommitment Month
- Salsa Month
May Weekly Events
- Be Kind to Animals Week -First full week of the month
- Nurse’s Week – first full week of the month
- Wildflower Week – week two
- National Bike Week – third week
- National Police Week – third week of the month
- Emergency Medical Services Week – fourth week of the month
May 2
National Day of Prayer – the first Thursday in May
May 3
International Tuba Day – first Friday in May
Space Day – first Friday in May
May 4
Free Comic Book Day – first Saturday in May
Herb Day – first Saturday in May
Kentucky Derby Day – first Saturday in May
National Candied Orange Peel Day
National Fitness Day – first Saturday in May
May 5
May 6
National Tourist Appreciation Day
May 7
National Teacher’s Day – Tuesday of the first full week of May
May 8
National Outdoor Intercourse Day
National Receptionist Day is the second Wednesday in May
School Nurses Day is the Wednesday during Nurse’s Week
World Red Cross Day / World Red Crescent Day
May 9
Tear the Tags of the Mattress Day
May 10
Child Care Provider Day or Daycare Provider Day – Friday before Mother’s Day
Military Spouses Day is the Friday before Mother’s Day
May 11
Birth Mother’s Day – Saturday before Mother’s Day
Hanging Flower Baskets Day – Saturday before Mother’s Day
International Migratory Bird Day is the second Saturday in May
May 12
Lilac Sunday second Sunday in May
Mother’s Day second Sunday in May
May 13
May 14
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
** Last Day to Sign Up For the NFTA Corporate Challenge Team **
May 15
May 16
May 17
National Bike to Work Day – third Friday of the month
Endangered Species Day – third Friday in May
May 18
Armed Forces Day – third Saturday of the month
May 19
World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day
May 20
Be a Millionaire Day – Now, we all can go for that.
Victoria Day (Canada) – Monday preceding the 25th
May 21
National Waiters and Waitresses Day
May 22
May 23
May 24
Don’t Fry Friday – Friday before Memorial Day
May 25
National Towel Day – in the UK
May 26
May 27
Memorial Day last Monday of the month
May 28
May 29
World Otter Day – the last Wednesday in May
May 30
International Jazz Day _ May International holidays are a musical treat.
May 31
Flip Flop Day – Friday after Memorial Day
International Space Day – The last Friday in May.