Second week of May, 2020 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

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..→

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 ..→

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..→