First Tuesday in May – Teacher Appreciation Day
1 – May Day
– Loyalty Day
–Mother Goose Day
– Save the Rhino Day
2 – Baby Day
– Brothers and Sisters Day
3 – Lumpy Rug Day
– Space Day (1st Friday in May)
– World Press Freedom Day
4 – Bird Day
– National Candied Orange Peel Day
– Renewal Day
– Star Wars Day
5 – Cinco de Mayo
– National Hoagie Day
– Oyster Day
6 – Beverage Day
– National Tourist Appreciation Day
– National Nurses Day
– No Diet Day
7 – National Teachers Day (Tuesday of the first full week of May)
– National Tourism Day
8 – Iris Day
– No Socks Day
– School Nurses Day the Wednesday during Nurse’s Week
– V-E Day
– World Red Cross Day
9 – Lost Sock Day
10 – Clean up Your Room Day
Saturday before Mother’s Day Birth Mother’s Day
11 – Eat What You Want Day
– Twilight Zone Day
12 – Fatigue Syndrome Day
– International Nurses Day
– Limerick Day
13 – Frog Jumping Day
– Leprechaun Day
14 – Dance Like a Chicken Day
15 – National Chocolate Chip Day
– Police Officer’s Memorial Day
16 – Love a Tree Day
– National Sea Monkey Day
17 – Pack Rat Day
18 – Armed Forces Day (third Saturday of month)
– International Museum Day
– No Dirty Dishes Day
– Visit Your Relatives Day
19 – Boy’s Club Day
20 – Be a Millionaire Day
– Pick Strawberries Day
21 – National Memo Day
– National Waiters and Waitresses Day
22 – Buy a Musical Instrument Day
23 – Lucky Penny Day
24 – National Escargot Day
25 – Tap Dance Day
27 – Sun Screen Day
28 – Amnesty International Day
29 – Learn About Composting Day
30 – Water a Flower Day
31 – National Macaroon Day
– Save Your Hearing Day
– World No Tobacco Day
