May, 2026 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

Be Kind to Animals Week is celebrated each year during the first week in May. It is a great opportunity to celebrate our love of animals and remember the importance of ki..→

International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in some places, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour mo..→

1933 - First comic book is released. Comic books are a big business. Free Comic Book Day is the best day of the year, where comics from publishers like DC and Marvel Comi..→

Tuna is a large fish. It can reach length of 6.5 feet and weight of up to 550 pounds. Bluefin can swim up to 35 mph in short bursts. Tuna is able to change the position o..→

Sun Day (May 3, 1978) was designated by United President Jimmy Carter specifically devoted to advocacy for solar power, following a joint resolution by Congress, H.J.Res...→

The international day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 following a Recommendation adopted at the 26th Session of UNESCO’s General Conference in 1991. Thi..→

Bird Day is the name of several holidays celebrating birds. The first such holiday was established by Charles Almanzo Babcock, the Oil City superintendent of schools, in ..→

Workers within the firefighting industry are one such group that deserve recognition, responding to thousands of incidents every day with a speed and efficiency that save..→

School buses provide an estimated 10 billion student trips every year. School buses in North America are distinguished from other bus types by design characteristics man..→

Star Wars Day, May 4, celebrates Star Wars created by George Lucas. It is observed by fans of the films. Observance of the holiday spread quickly due to Internet, social ..→

Cinco de Mayo is a celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5,..→

International Day of the Midwife was first celebrated May 5, 1991, and has since been observed in over 50 nations around the world. The idea of having a day to recognize..→

The first Tuesday of the first full week in May is designated as "Teacher Appreciation Day." (Ohio Revised Code - GENERAL PROVISIONS - Chapter 5: STATE INSIGNI..→

Ethnic differences in asthma frequency, illness and death are highly connected with poverty, city air quality, indoor allergens, not enough patient education and poor hea..→

It is the time of year that so many of us begin to think about the coming summer months of bared bodies — shorts, swimsuits, sleeveless tops. For the weight-worried among..→

Each year from May 6 to May 12, we recognize the invaluable work of nurses during National Nurses Week. Nurses are the first line of defense in the prevention of illness ..→

For many Americans, every day is a day of prayer. More than half (55%) of Americans say they pray every day, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center survey, while 21% say..→

In Columbus, Mississippi, Emancipation Day is celebrated on May 8, known locally as "Eighth o’ May". As in other southern states, the local celebration commemor..→

Hernando de Soto (c. 1500 – May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United S..→

As of 1998, May 8 was designated as National Student Nurses Day, to be celebrated annually. And as of 2003, National School Nurse Day is celebrated on the Wednesday withi..→

By resolution 59/26 of 22 November 2004, the UN General Assembly declared 8–9 May as a time of remembrance and reconciliation and, while recognizing that Member States ma..→

On President Truman’s desk in his White House office there was a painted glass sign "The Buck Stops Here". On its reverse side the sign had the words "I’m ..→

The Red Cross Day was celebrated for the first time throughout the world on 8 May 1948, the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross. It sub..→

The bird that makes the longest migration is the bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) from Alaska. Its non-stop flight distance is about 7 000 km. International Migrator..→

In North and South Carolina, May 10 marks the anniversaries of the death of Thomas Jonathan ’Stonewall’ Jackson (a general in the Confederate army) in 1863 and the captur..→

Mother’s Day is observed in the United States on the second Sunday in May annually. The first celebration of Mother’s Day was held at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Graf..→

In 2006, the United Nations established World Migratory Bird Day to be held on the second weekend of May every year. The event was founded as an effort of the UN’s Agreem..→

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is a very real disorder. It is known that Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is an autoimmune disease (with simil..→

The largest number of nurses is in Finland: 2162 nurses to 100 000 people. For example in Haiti the ratio is 5:100 000. International Nurses Day is celebrated around the..→

“Day of the Teacher” arose out of legislation co-sponsored by CTA and the Association of Mexican American Educators. Sen. Joseph Montoya wrote the bill and it was adopted..→

The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin Acts 1:9-11 section title: Ascensio Iesu) is the Christian teaching found in the New Testament that the resurrec..→

Very often in modern families husbands and wives are so busy at work, with children, TV, Internet and etc that they spent only 4 minutes a day together alone. The Intern..→

Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in..→

Malcolm X Day is an American holiday in honor of the civil rights leader Malcolm X which is celebrated either on May 19 (Malcolm’s birthday), or the third Sunday in the m..→

Every third Sunday in May, people around the world gather to honour and celebrate the lives of those who have been affected in some way, by the global HIV epidemic. But t..→

Blood pressure changes during the day. It is lowest as you sleep and rises when you get up. World Hypertension Day is a day designated and initiated by The World Hyperte..→

Interesting Facts: During President Lyndon Johnson’s term, many people misdialed the White House number and instead reached the home of a New York housewife. Rose Brown h..→

Top facts about museums: the Spam Museum at Austin, Minnesota, has ‘Spambassadors’ giving out Spam cubes on sticks; the Museum of Death in Hollywood includes a head sever..→

Many vegetarians follow a meat-free diet in an attempt to lower the pressure meat production places on the environment. According to wikipedia.org, growing crops for farm..→

Emancipation was proclaimed in Tallahassee on May 20, 1865, 11 days after the end of the Civil War and two years after the proclamation was first issued by President Abra..→

The International Prototype Kilogram was commissioned by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) under the authority of the Metre Convention (1875), and in ..→

It was the American Thomas Sullivan who accidentally invented the teabag when he sent out samples in small silk pouches to customers in 1904. They did not know to empty t..→

The Torah was given by God to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai more than 3300 years ago. Every year on the holiday of Shavuot jews renew their acceptance of God’s gift, a..→

In 2001, UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and in December 2002, the UN General Assembly, in its resolution 57/249, declared May 21 to be the..→

Interesting facts about frogs. Frogs are amphibians which inhabit almost all the planet. They live in water, on the ground, on the trees, even at a depth of several meter..→

Crohn’s disease, also known as Crohn syndrome and regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from ..→

Obstetric fistula is one of the most serious and tragic injuries that can occur during childbirth. It is a hole between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum caused b..→

In Christianity, Pentecost (Day of the Holy Trinity) is celebrated fifty days after Easter Sunday, inclusively (i.e., 49 days with the first day counted, seven weeks), he..→

The UN General Assembly, by its resolution 60/119 of 8 December 2005, requested the annual observance of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Ter..→

11 Things You May Not Know About Jefferson Davis: 1. Davis was not a secessionist leader. 2. As a West Point cadet, Davis was arrested for participating in the “Eggnog ..→

In 1915, inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields,” Moina Michael replied with her own poem: We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It see..→

Interesting facts about grass. It is believed that the tallest grass grows in savannas and jungles. However, there are plants belonging to the grass family, which are fiv..→

Eid al-Adha ("Festival of the Sacrifice"), also called the "Sacrifice Feast" or "Bakr-Eid", is the second of two Muslim holidays celebrated ..→

As of January 31, 2015, 91 802 servicemen and military observers, 12 433 policemen, 5325 international civil servants, 11 762 local civil servants, 1800 UN volunteers ha..→

World Multiple Sclerosis Day is held on 30 May every year, though events and campaigns take place throughout the month of May. The 2019 campaign will be called ‘My Invisi..→

Facts about Buddhism: Buddhists go to temple, not at a special time or day, but when they can; Buddha is known as a teacher not a god; Flowers and food are placed on the ..→

During the voyages of Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic Ocean Indians presented him and his people with tobacco leaves which were used by natives for smoking, chew..→