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May Holidays
Daily, Weekly and Monthly Holidays, Observances and Awareness.
May 1st Holidays are Beltane Day, Couple Appreciation Day, CSS Reboot Day, Executive Coaching Day, Frequent Flyer Day, Global Love Day ,Law Day, , Lei Day Loyalty Day, May Day, Mother Goose Day, National Chocolate Parfait Day, National Purebred Dog D...
May 1st Holidays, Horoscope and History
Beltane, sometimes known as Bealtaine, is the Gaelic May Day festival. Most commonly it is held on May 1st, or about halfway Beltane Dancers 2006between the spring equinox and summer solstice.
Happy Beltane – May 1st
May 2nd Holidays are Baby Day, Brothers and Sisters Day, National Nurses Day, Great Lakes Awareness Day, International Scurvy Awareness Day, National Play Your Ukulele Day, National Truffle Day and World Tuna Day. Which one will you celebrate?
May 2nd Holidays, Horoscope and History
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That's right! World Naked Gardening Day is on the 1st Saturday of May! Click here to read more!
World Naked Gardening Day – 1st Saturday of May
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National Pizza Party Day is the third Friday in May. We all know how to celebrate pizza day! Some pizzerias near you might have specials on this day!
Celebrating Pizza – All the Pizza Holidays
May 3rd Holidays are Garden Meditation Day, National Chocolate Custard Day, National Lumpy Rug Day, National Raspberry Popover Day, National Specially-abled Pets Day, National Two Different Colored Shoes Day, Paranormal Day, Public Radio Day Sun Day ...
May 3rd Holiday, Horoscope and History
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May 4th Holidays are Anti-Bullying Day, Bird Day, Star Wars Day, International Firefighters Day, National Candied Orange Peel Day, National Orange Juice Day, National Weather Observers Day, Petite and Proud Day, Renewal Day, International Respect For...
May 4th Holidays, Horoscope and History
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May 5th Holidays are Cartoonists Day, Cinco de Mayo, International Midwives Day, Make-A-Book Day, National Hoagie Day, National Silence the Shame Day, Revenge of the Fifth and Totally Chipotle Day. Tell us which one you are going to celebrate!
May 5th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 6th Holidays are International No Diet Day, Joseph Brackett Day, National Beverage Day, National Crêpe Suzette Day, National Nurses Day, National Tourist Appreciation Day and No Homework Day.
May 6th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 7th Holidays are National Barrier Awareness Day, National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, National Tourism Day, National Roast Leg of Lamb Day, National Cosmopolitan Day and Paste Up Day.
May 7th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 8th are Holidays Free Trade Day Iris Day, National Coconut Cream Pie Day, National Have a Coke Day, National Student Nurses Day, No Socks Day, Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War, Vict...
May 8th Holidays, Horoscope and History
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Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, produced the syrup for Coca-Cola. On May 8, 1886 he sold the first glass of Coca-Cola for five cents at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta.
Happy National Have a Coke Day – May 8th
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May 9th Holidays are Hurray for Buttons Day, National Butterscotch Brownie Day, National Lost Sock Memorial Day, National Moscato Day and Tear the Tags Off the Mattress Day. Yep, seriously that is a holiday!
May 9th Holidays, Horoscope and History
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May 10th Holidays are National Clean Up Your Room Day, National Shrimp Day, National Small Business Day, Trust Your Intuition Day and World Lupus Day.
May 10th Holidays, Horoscope and History
Lupus Awareness Days are April 1st is Lupus Alert Day and May is Lupus Awareness Month and May 10th is World Lupus Day.
Lupus Awareness Observance Days
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May 11th is Eat What You Want Day, Hostess Cupcake Day and National Twilight Zone Day.
May 11th Holidays, Horoscope and History
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May 12th Holidays are International Awareness Day, International Nurses’ Day, Limerick Day, International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day, National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, National Grandchildren's Day, National Nutty Fudge Day and Odometer...
May 12th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 13th holidays are Blame Someone Else Day, Cough Drop Day, Frog Jumping Day, National Apple Pie Day, National Fruit Cocktail Day, International Hummus Day, National Leprechaun Day, Top Gun Day, Tulip Day and World Cocktail Day.
May 13th Holidays, Horoscope and History
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In 1852 a street vendor named Sly Hawkins stopped into a restaurant owned by James Smith in Poughkeepsie, New York and gave him his recipe for “cough candy.”
Happy Cough Drop Day – May 13th
May 14th Holidays are National Buttermilk Biscuit Day, National Dance Like A Chicken Day, International Dylan Thomas Day, National Underground America Day and The Stars and Stripes Forever Day.
May 14th Holidays, Horoscope and History
On May 14th, National Underground America Day recognizes people who choose to live in underground architecture across North America.
National Underground America Day – May 14th
“The Stars and Stripes Forever” is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa. Sousa wrote that he composed the march on Christmas Day, 1896.
The Stars and Stripes Forever Day – May 14th
May 15th Holidays are Dinosaur Day, HG Awareness Day, International Conscientious Objectors Day, International Day of Families, International MPS Awareness Day, National Chocolate Chip Day, National Safety Dose Day, National Tuberous Sclerosis Day, N...
May 15th Holidays, Horoscope and History
Observed on May 15th each year, HG Awareness Day is an international event to increase awareness of the pregnancy disease called hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). The goal of the awareness day is to build a broader community for those who have suffered wi...
HG Awareness Day – May 15th
May 16th Holidays are Biographer’s Day, Love a Tree Day, National Coquilles St. Jacques Day ,National Mimosa Day, National Piercing Day, National Sea Monkey Day and National Wear Purple for Peace Day.
May 16th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 16th is Love a Tree Day, a day to appreciate all the gifts that trees give. As trees grow, they help remove carbon dioxide from the air, storing carbon in the trees and soil, and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere.
Happy Love a Tree Day – May 16th
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National Sea Monkey Day is celebrated annually on May 16th. This day celebrates the tiny brine shrimp that swim around in those small aquariums we love to play with when we were little.
National Sea Monkey Day – May 16th
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May 17th Holidays are International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, National Cherry Cobbler Day, National Mushroom Hunting Day, National Pack Rat Day, National Walnut Day, World Hypertension Day, World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Da...
May 17th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 18th Holidays are HIV/Aids Vaccine Awareness Day, I Love Reese’s Day, International Museum Day, Mother Whistler Day, National Cheese Soufflé Day, National No Dirty Dishes Day, National Visit Your Relatives Day and Send an Electronic Greeting Card...
May 18th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 19th Holidays are Accounting Day, Boy’s Club Day, Celebrate Your Elected Officials Day, May Ray Day ,National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, National Devil’s Food Cake Day, National Hepatitis Testing Day and World IBD Day.
May 19th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 20th Holidays are Be a Millionaire Day, Eliza Doolittle Day, National Quiche Lorraine Day, Pick Strawberries Day, Weights and Measures Day and World Autoimmune Arthritis Day.
May 20th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 20th is a good day to take the first step towards entrepreneurship! Do you have an idea bouncing around in your head to start your own business? Do you have an invention you think would be helpful to others? Today, be brave and take that first st...
Be a Millionaire Day – May 20th
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May 21st Holidays are American Red Cross Founder’s Day, I Need a Patch for That Day, National Memo Day, National Strawberries and Cream Day, National Waiters and Waitresses Day, Rapture Party Day, Sister Maria Hummel Day and World Day for Cultural Di...
May 21st Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 22nd Holidays are Harvey Milk Day, International Day for Biological Diversity, National Buy a Musical Instrument Day, National Maritime Day, National Vanilla Pudding Day and World Goth Day.
May 22nd Holidays, Horoscope and History
Harvey Milk Day is organized by the Harvey Milk Foundation and celebrated each year on May 22nd in memory of gay rights activist, Harvey Milk.
Harvey Milk Day – May 22nd
May 23rd Holidays are Declaration of the Bab Day, International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, Lucky Penny Day ,National Taffy Day and World Turtle Day.
May 23rd Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 24th holidays are Asparagus Day, Aviation Maintenance Technician Day, Brother’s Day, International Tiara Day, National Escargot Day and Scavenger Hunt Day.
May 24th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 25th Holidays are Geek Pride Day, National Brown-Bag-It Day, National Missing Children’s Day, National Tap Dance Day, National Wine Day and Towel Day.
May 25th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 26th Holidays are National Blueberry Cheesecake Day, National Cherry Dessert Day, National Paper Airplane Day, National Grey Day, Sally Ride Day, World Dracula Day, World Lindy Hop Day, World Redhead Day and World Vaping Day.
May 26th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 27th Holidays are Cellophane Tape Day, National Grape Popsicle Day, National Gray Day, Nothing to Fear Day, Sunscreen Protection Day and Old-Time Player Piano Day,
May 27th Holidays, Horoscope and History
Did you know that grape popsicles were created by a kid? A long long time ago in San Francisco, California, on a hot day in 1905, an 11-yr-old boy named Frank Epperson was outside on his porch, mixing water with a white powdered flavoring in a glass ...
Happy National Grape Popsicle Day! May 27th
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May 28th Holidays are Amnesty International Day, National Hamburger Day, National Brisket Day and Slugs Return From Capistrano Day.
May 28th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 29th Holidays are End of the Middle Ages Day. International Coq Au Vin Day. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. National Biscuit Day. Learn About Composting Day. Paper Clip Day. Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day and World Digestive He...
May 29th Holidays, Horoscope and History
May 30th Holidays are Loomis Day. My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It Day and World Vape Day.
May 30th Holidays, Horoscope and History
On this day vapers, e-cig users and harm reduction advocates will be celebrating World Vape Day, to raise awareness about the relative safety of e-cigarettes and their potential as harm reduction and smoking cessation tools. The aim is to encourage s...
World Vape Day – May 30th
May 31st Holidays are National Meditation Day, National Autonomous Vehicle Day, National Macaroon Day, National Smile Day, Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day, Save Your Hearing Day, Speak in Complete Sentences Day , What You Think Upon Grows Day and...
May 31st Holidays, Horoscope and History
Health Awareness Month
Monthly observances.
A full list of all the May Holidays and at the end of this page is a list of all the Health Awarenesses for the month of May.
May Monthly Awarenesses
May is EDS Awareness Month. EDS is a collagen disorder and the symbol is the zebra.
May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month
CF Awareness Day is observed on September 8th each year. This day aims to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease that affects the lungs and other organs.
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness
May 12th honors the birthday of Florence Nightingale, an important social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Despite being mostly bedridden with a painful and fatiguing illness resembling ME/CFS , she established the Nightinga...
May is ME/CFS Awareness Day and Month
May is Fibromyalgia Month and May 12th is a Fibromyalgia Day. This is a day to learn more about a painful condition called, Fibromyalgia or to support someone you know who has it.
May is Fibromyalgia Awareness Month
May is Lyme disease awareness month. Visit this page to learn how to remove a tick properly and what are the symptoms of Lyme disease.
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), also known as environmental intolerance, is a chronic condition characterized by symptoms after being exposed to chemicals. Often people who have MCS are also affected negatively by smells and bright lights too su...
May is Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month
May Holidays Awareness Merch
Fun Products for May Holidays
May is Fibromyalgia awareness Month. Here is a flier for doctor offices to put up.
May is Fibromyalgia Awareness Month Flyer
Cute retro hand drawn cartoon mushrooms button for Mushroom Hunting Day.
May 17th is Mushroom Hunting Day Button
Cute t-shirt from my Zazzle shop for Mushroom Hunting Day May 17 Holiday.
Mushroom Hunting Day May 17 Holiday T-Shirt
A cute button for hospitals, doctor offices or Emergency rooms nurses to wear.
May is National Nurses Month Button
World Vape Day is May 30th. Hoodie with skull vaping graphics.
Happy World Vape Day | May 30th Hoodie
May is National Nurses Month. A cartoon drawing of a diverse group of women and men. Female and male nurses.
May is National Nurses Month Button
IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) purple awareness magnet to stick on your refrigerator.
World IBD Day Awareness Ribbon Magnet
Purple Lupus awareness ribbon and butterfly shirt to help spread awareness or support someone you love with Lupus. I wear a purple awareness ribbon for my daughter shirt.
I Wear Purple for my Daughter | Lupus Awareness T-Shirt
Celebrate this funny holiday! National Hamburger Day, funny holidays collection. Funny food holidays. May 28th.
National Hamburger Day May 28th Button
A cute food holiday button, National Apple Pie Day is May 13th. If you own a restaurant or bakery and want to promote some apple pies, then have your staff wear these buttons! Cute apple pie Kawaii style graphics.
National Apple Pie Day May 13th Button
National Apple Pie Day is May 13th. Send your friend a card along with a hidden recipe inside to celebrate!
May 13th is National Apple Pie Day Recipe Inside Card
May 20th is Pick Strawberries Day. If you run a Farmer's Market, or Strawberry Stand, here is a cute keychain to promote Pick Strawberries Day which on May 20th.
Pick Strawberries Day - May 20th Keychain
Purple butterfly, and awareness ribbon for Fibromyalgia. Hope, courage and strength, positive message purple Fibro awareness ribbon magnetic car bumper sticker for awareness.
Hope, Courage, Strength Fibromyalgia Car Magnet
May is Fibromyalgia Awareness Month purple ribbon with awareness ribbon and butterfly.
May is Fibromyalgia Butterfly Awareness Month Button
World Asthma Day, health holiday button with awareness ribbon and butterfly.
World Asthma Day Button
Educational button for doctor offices or hospitals to bring awareness to this day.
World Hypertension Day Button
May 17th is World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day button. Good educational buttons for doctors and medical offices.
World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day Button
Buttons for schools to hand out to kids. May 4th is Anti-Bullying Day Button. May 4th is anti-bullying day.
Anti Bullying Button
May 27th is Grape Popsicle Day and here is a cute button to let others know! Cute for an ice cream truck driver to wear and hand out!
Grape Popsicle Day May 27th Funny od Holiday Bu Magnet
Here is a purple magnet to remind you that May is Fibromyalgia awareness month! Cute gift for a friend or family member that suffers from this.
May is Fibromalgia Awareness Month Magnet
Help spread Lyme disease awareness. Buttons to ear or hand out at Lyme awareness walks, reallies and events.
Lyme Disease Awareness Month Ribbon Button
Funny holidays to appreciate all your piercings you have! Or maybe to go out and get one if you haven't!
National Piercing Day May 16 Funny Holidays Button
T-shirt to help spread awareness for Williams Syndrome Awareness Day.
Williams Syndrome Awareness Ribbon Shirt
Here is a shirt for your boy who wants to celebrate dinosaur day! A fun holiday for people to learn more about dinosaurs!
Dinosaur Day May 15th Cool Kid's Holiday Shirt
Send your friends and family this hummus recipe card to celebrate Natoinal Hummus Day!
May 13th is Hummus Day Recipe Card
Help spread awareness for ALS Month with this blue awareness ribbon button. Good for family members to wear or for doctor offices to spread awareness on.
May is ALS Awareness Month Blue Ribbon Button
Seal your envelopes in May with this EDS awareness tickers to help spread awareness!
May is Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Month Stickers
Wear this button to help spread awareness for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome.
MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Button
Collect all our holiday buttons! This one is for National Dracula Day!
National Dracula Day May 26th Strange Holiday Pin
May 7th is National Coconut Cream Pie Day. Cute buttons for a bakery or restaurant to promote a special!
National Cream Pie Day May 7th Holiday Button