SIGNIFICANT MAY:
The Full Moon is: May 20, 2008 at 02:13 Tuesday
Meaning: Love, Success
Significant Dates:
- Spring: Spring Time runs from March 20th to June 20th.
- May Day: occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays. In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labor movement. As a day of celebration, however, the holiday has ancient origins and can relate to many customs that have survived into modern times. Many of these customs are due to May Day being a cross-quarter day, meaning that it falls approximately halfway between an equinox and a solstice.
- Mothers Day: Mother's Day is celebrated all over the world to honor our Mothers, although the dates and months of Mother's Day differ from country to country. Mother's day is the occasion to pay tributes to our Mothers.
- Cinco de Mayo: ("5th of May" in English) is primarily a regional and not an obligatory federal holiday in Mexico. The date is observed in the United States and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride.
- Memorial Day: is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed in 2008 on May 26) (observed in 2009 on May 25). It was formerly known as Decoration Day.
About May
May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. May begins with the sun in the sign of Taurus and ends in the sign of Gemini. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Aries and ends in the constellation of Taurus. The month may have been named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May.
Movable Holidays
This means the Holiday falls on a different date each year.
- Mothers Day - Mothers Day is always on a Sunday. Here are the movable dates for the next few years. Sunday May 11, 2008 -- Sunday, May 10, 2009 -- Sunday, May 9, 2010 -- May 8, 2011.
- Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May.
- National Teachers Day- always the Tuesday of the first full week in May.
- National Backyard Games week (Last full week before Memorial Day.)
- Surgical Technologist Week (Always the week with the 3rd Sunday)
- Police Week (Full Week including May 15th)
ITS NATIONAL MONTH OF?
American Lung Association Clean Air Campaign,
Better Hearing and Speech Month, Mental Health Month, Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month, Foot Health Month
National Good Car Keeping Month, Better Sleep Month,
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month,
National High Blood Pressure Month, Arthritis Month,
Correct Posture Month, Older Americans Month,
National Bike Month, National Mine Month,
National Safety Month, National Duckling Month
Get Caught Reading Month, Correct Posture Month
Transportation Month, National Photo Month
Strike Out Strokes Month, National Scrapbooking Month
National Digestive Disease Awareness Month,
Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Clean Air Month,
National Business Image Awareness Month, National Scholarship Month, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, National Good Car Care Month, Revise Your Work Schedule Month, Date Your Mate Month, Asparagus Month, Better Hearing Month, Breathe Easy Month, Family Support Month, National Promote your ideas month,
Fibromyalgia Education & Awareness Month, Modern Dance Month, California State Parks Month, Creative Beginnings Month,
Displaced Homemakers and Single Parents Month,
Moms Are Marvelous Month, National Beef Month,
National Motorcycle Safety Month,
National Teaching and Joy Month, Older Americans Month,
National Allergy/Asthma month, Correct Posture Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month,
Fungal Infection Awareness Month, Flower Month,
National Teaching & Joy Month, Personal History Awareness Month, Project Safe Baby Month, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month,
ITS NATIONAL WEEK OF?
Week One
National Music week
Child Care Awareness Week
National be kind to Animals Week
National Teacher Appreciation Week
National Computer Education Week
National Family Reading Week
National Tourism Week
National Family Week
National Raisin Week
National Safe Kids Week
National Postcard Week
Read Me Week
Jewish Heritage Week
National Wildflower week
Water/Detect-a-Leak Week
Food Allergy Awareness Week
Flexible Work Arrangements
Cartoon appreciation Week
National Nurses Week (6- 12)
Clear Air Week
Week Two
National Pet week
National Music Week
National Police week
National Hospital Week
Universal Family Week
National Etiquette Week
National Historic Preservation Week
Girls Incorporated Week
National Bike Week
National Nursing Home Week
Week Three
Astronomy Week
Hurricane Awareness Week
National Transportation week
National New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Backyard Games week (Last full week before Memorial Day.)
Running & Fitness Week; World Trade Week
Medic Alert Awareness Week
Surgical Technologist Week (Always the week with the 3rd Sunday)
Buckle Up America Week
Police Week (Full Week including May 15th)
Week Four
National Shoe Week
National Pickle Week
National Safe Boating Week
Good Stewardship Week
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ITS NATIONAL DAY OF?
Day-Long Observances, Events, & Holidays
May 1,
May Day
Law Day
Loyalty Day
Mother Goose Day
Hawaiian Lei Day
School Principals Day
Cheerios Released in 1941
Save a Rhino Day
Executive Coaching Day
Frequent Flyer Day
Library Legislative Day
New Homeowner;s Day
Save the Rhino Day
Stepmother's Day
Worthy wage Day
Couple Appreciation Day
Batman Debuted in 1939
Empire State Building Opened in 1931
Labor Day (Mexico and Canada)
May 2
National Baby's day
Take a Baby to Lunch Day
Brother/Sister Day
Sibling Appreciation Day
Dr. Benjamin Spock's Birthday (1903)
National River Clean Up Day
May 3
Kite Day
Lumpy Rug Day
Wordsmith Day
Paranormal Day
Hug Your Cat Day
Make-A-Book Day
Sears Tower Birthday
Sun Day (Day of the Sun)
World Press Freedom Day
National Day of Prayer
National Scrapbook Day
National Public Radio Day
Colored Comic Book Birthday
National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day
National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day
Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Tuba Day
May 4
Space Day
National Day of Prayer
Make-A-Book Day
National Kids Fitness Day
National Candied Orange Peel Day
National Day of Reason
Respect for Chickens Day
Cartoonists Day
National Weather Observers Day
Orange Juice Day
Baseball League Day
Lunar Roving Vehicle on Moon
4-H Began (1901)
Youth Day In China
Grammy Awards Birthday
Susan's Birthday (Sesame Street)
May 5
First American in Space
Cinco De Mayo
Kentucky Derby
Japan's Childrens Day
Museum Lover's Day
Cartoonists Day
Totally Chipotle Day
Yosemite Sam's Birthday
First MLB Perfect Baseball Game (1904 by Cy Yound).
May 6
No Diet Day
Pilates Day
School Family Day
National Hoagie Day
National Beverage Day
Astronomy Day
Join Hands Day
No Homework Day
O. Henry Pun Day
Scrapbook Day
Willie May's Birthday
International No Diet Day
National Nurse's Day
American Lung Association Birthday
May 7
Scale Day
Paste-up Day
International Tuba Day
Fire Escape Ladder Birthday
National Tourism Day
National Infertility Survival Day
Unity in Diversity Day
Great Lakes Awareness Day
Childhood Depression Awareness Day (Wear a Green Ribbon)
May 8
No Sock Day
World Red Cross Day
National Teacher's Day
National River Clean Up Day
Nation coconut cream pie day
Harry S. Truman's Born (1884)
International Red Cross Day
May 9
Tear the Tags Off the Mattress Day
First Newspaper Cartoon (In the USA) in 1754.
Sir John Barbie's B'day (Peter Pan)
National Windmill day
Dagwood's Birthday (Blondie)
Hurray for Buttons Day
Peter Pan Day (Author James Matthew Born 1860 in Scotland)
May 10
National Windmill Day - On this holiday in the Netherlands, the second Saturday in May, as many surviving windmills as possible are set in motion for tourists. The country has some 950 windmills, about 300 of which are still used occasionally.
Blood Pressure Day
Trust Your Intuition Day
National Receptionist Day
Clean Up Your Room Day
National Small Business Day!
Donate a Day's Wages to Charity Day
National Nightshift Workers Day
National Third Shift Workers Day
National School Nurses Day
Root Canal Appreciation Day
Trust Your Intuition Day
May 11
National Military Spouse Appreciation Day
Eat What You Want Day
Jigsaw Puzzle Day
National Family Childcare Providers appreciation Day
May 12
Migratory Bird Day
Limerick Day (Edward Lear's birthday)
National Nurses Day
Disney's Goofy Debuted
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Native American Rights Day
National Nutty Fudge Day
May 13
Tulip Day
Cough Drop Day
I Just Called to Say I Love You Day
Blame Someone Else DayInternationalo Migratory Bird Day
Jamestown Landing Day
Mother Ocean Day
National Babysitter's Day
Stamp Out Hunger- NALC Food Drive
Windmill Day
World Fair Trade Day
Astronomy Day
Native American Day
May 14
National Dance Like A Chicken Day
Crazy Day
Race For The Cure Day
Underground America Day
Marshmallow Fluff Birthday
Motorcycle Day
National Third Shift Workers Day
Drunk Driving Memorial Day
Star Wars Day (Creator George Lucas Born)
May 15
Dinosaur Day
Biographer's day
Nylon Stockings Day
National Chocolate Chip Day
Over The Rainbow Day
Peace Officers Memorial Day
International Day of Families
National Employee Health and Fitness Day
May 16
Spam Debuted
Biographers Day
Nickel Day (US Nickel Minted 1866)
Wear Purple For Peace Day
International Pickle Day
Spaghetti-O Debuted
National Sea Monkeys Day
May 17
Pack Rat Day
Child Safety Awareness Day
Kids Helping Kids Day
First Kentucky Derby Ran
World Telecommunications Day
Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
Brown Bag It Thursday
Merry-Go-Round (1620 a Horse Powered Merry-Go-Round Debuted)
May 18
Head Start Began
Mount St. Helens Erupted In 1980.
International Museum Day
Visit Your Relative's Day
Worlds Largest Lego Completed
Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day
May 19
Peace Day
Ringling Brothers Founded Their Circus (Circus Day)
Frog Jump Day
National Be a Millionaire Day
Natioanl Defense Transportation Day
National Bike To Work Day
National Children and Police Day
Hug Your Ct Day
Celebrate Your Elected Officials Day
Armed Forces day
National Bake Sale Day
National Garage Sale Day
Sun Awareness Day
May 20
Flower Day
National Stroke Awareness Day
Eliza Doolittle Day
Weight and Measure's Day
Blue Jeans Birthday (Levi Recieved Patent)
May 21
Neighbor Day
US Red Cross Founded
Victoria Day in Canada
National Waitresses/Waiters Day
I Need a Patch For That Day
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development
National Bike to Work Day
Armed Forces Day
May 22
Toothpaste Tube Birthday
Buy-A-Musical-Instrument Day
National Maritime Day
InternationalDay for Biological Diversity
May 23
National Taffy Day
Sea Turtle Day
National Pickle Day
Shavuot
May 24
Tiara Day
Brother's Day
Asparagus Day
Mary Had A Little Lamb Day
Morse Code Day (First message sent in 1844)
Brooklyn Bridge?s Birthday. Finished in 1983
Methodist Church Birthday (1738)
Sesame Streeet's Sam the Robot Debuted
May 25
National Missing Children's Day
International Sing-out Day!
National Tap Dance Day
National Something day
PBS's Arthur Debuted
Star Wars Birthday (Movie Released 1977)
May 26
Cherry Dessert Day
Senior Health and Fitness Day
Blueberry Cheese Cake Day
Dracula's Debuted in 1897
May 27
National Grape Popsicle day
Golden Gate Bridge Opened (1937)
Masking Tape Patented (1930)
Pop-Up Toaster Released (1918)
Cellophane tape patented
International Jazz Day
May 28
National Hamburger day
Whooping Crane Day (First Born in Captivity)
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