May Obscure Holidays

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 – IrisĀ  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