Wednesday, May 09, 2018

Wacky Special Days and May Contest Question #1

This caught my eye and thought it was fun enough to include in this Wednesday's post. How many have you heard about and/or keep?


May, 2018 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
May, 2018 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:

1 May Day


1 Loyalty Day


1 Mother Goose Day


1 Save the Rhino Day


2 Baby Day


2 Brothers and Sisters Day


3 Garden Meditation Day


3 Lumpy Rug Day


3 World Press Freedom Day


4 Bird Day


4 International Tuba Day - first Friday in May


4 National Candied Orange Peel Day


4 Renewal Day


4 Star Wars Day


4 Space Day - first Friday in May


5 Cinco de Mayo


5 Free Comic Book Day - first Saturday in May


5 National Hoagie Day


5 Oyster Day


6 Beverage Day


6 National Tourist Appreciation Day


6 National Nurses Day


6 No Diet Day


7 National Tourism Day


8 Iris  Day


8 National Teacher's Day - Tuesday of first full week of May


8 No Socks Day


8 V-E Day


8 World Red Cross Day / World Red Crescent Day


9 Lost Sock Memorial Day 


9 National Receptionist Day the second Wednesday in May


9 School Nurses Day the Wednesday during Nurse's Week


10 Clean up Your Room Day


11 Eat What You Want Day


11 Child Care Provider Day or Daycare Provider Day - Friday before Mother's Day


11 Military Spouses Day the Friday before Mother's Day 


11 Twilight Zone Day


12 Birth Mother's Day - Saturday before Mother's Day


12 Fatigue Syndrome Day


12 International Migratory Bird Day the second Saturday in May


12 International Nurses Day


12 Limerick Day13 Frog Jumping Day


12  National Train Day- Saturday closest to May 10th


12 National Windmill Day - the second Saturday in May


13 Leprechaun Day


13 Mother's Day second Sunday in May


14 Dance Like a Chicken Day


15 National Chocolate Chip Day


15 Police Officer's Memorial Day


15 Ramadan - begins at sundown, date varies


16 Love a Tree Day


16 National Sea Monkey Day


16 Wear Purple for Peace Day


17 Pack Rat Day


18 International Museum Day


18 National Bike to Work Day - third Friday of month


18 No Dirty Dishes Day


18 Visit Your Relatives Day


19 Armed Forces Day - third Saturday of month


19 Boy's Club Day


20 Be a Millionaire Day - now we all can go for that


20 Pick Strawberries Day


21 National Memo Day


21 National Waiters and Waitresses Day


22 Buy a Musical Instrument Day


22 World Goth Day


23 Lucky Penny Day


24 National Escargot Day


24 Victoria Day(Canada) - usually the 24th


25 Don't Fry Friday - Friday before Memorial Day


25 National Missing Children's Day


25 National Brown Bag It Day


25 National Towel Day - in the UK


25 National Wine Day


25 Tap Dance Day


26 International Jazz Day - Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.


26 Sally Ride Day


27 Sun Screen Day


28 Amnesty International Day


28 Memorial Day last Monday of month.


28 National Hamburger Day


29 Learn About Composting Day


30 Water a Flower Day


31 National Macaroon Day


31 Save Your Hearing Day


31 World No Tobacco Day






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May is here! 
Mid Spring.
May Flowers, you know
Mother's Day Month
May Day Month
School's out (well, in a lot of states)
What's not to love?

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1 comment:

Lucy Reynolds said...

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