MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES
ALS Awareness Month
American Bike Month
American Wetlands Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Asparagus Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Better Sleep Month
Borderline Personality Disorder Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Carrots and Cauliflower Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Clean Air Month
Correct Posture Month
Creative Beginnings Month
Date Your Mate Month
EcoDriving Month
Family Wellness Month
Flower Month
Freedom Shrine Month
Fungal Infection Awareness Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Gifts from the Garden Month
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
International Audit Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Melonoma/Skin Care Detection/Prevention Month
Motorcycle Safety Month
National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
National Arthritis Month
National Bar-B-Que Month
National Better Hearing Month
National Bike Month
National Breathe Easy Month
National Duckling Month
National Egg Month
National Family Month
National Foster Care Month
National Good Car Care Month
National Hamburger Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Meditation Month
National Mental Health Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Moving Month
National Neurofibromatosis Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness Month
National Photograph Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Preservation Month
National Recommitment Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
National Smile Month
National Strawberry Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
National Vinegar Month
National Youth Traffic Safety Month
Older Americans Month
Personal History Month
Potatoes and Limes Month
Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents Month
React Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
Teen Self-Esteem Month
Tennis Month
Transportation Month
Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month
MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES
First Week
Astronomy Week
Bread Pudding Exchange Week
Kids Win Week
National Correctional Officers Week
National Family Week
National Hug Holiday Week
National Mental Health Counseling Week
National Pet Week
National Physical Education & Sports Week
National Postcard Week
National Volunteer Week
National Wildflower Week
Pen Friends International Week
Update Your References Week
Work at Home Mom’s Week
Second Week
Be Kind to Animals Week
Children’s Book Week
Children's Mental Health Week
Dating and Life Coach Appreciation Week
Drinking Water Week
Flex Work Arrangement Week
Food Allergy Awareness Week
Gamblers Week
Goodwill Industries Week
National Alcohol & Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week
National Etiquette Week
National Hospital Week
National Nursing Home Week
National Nurses Week
National Return to Work Week
National Stuttering Awareness Week
National Tourism Week
National Women's Health Week
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week
Reading is Fun Week
Salute to 35+ Moms Week
Salvation Army Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
Universal Family Week
Third Week
American Craft Beer Week
Bike to Work Week
National Bike to Work Week
National Dog Bite Prevention Week
National Educational Bosses’ Week
National Emergency Medical Services Week
National New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Police Week
National Transportation Week
World Trade Week
Fourth Week
Buckle Up America Week
International Whistlers Week
National Backyard Games Week
National Bread Week
National Hospital Week
National Safe Boating Week
Old Time Player Piano Week
Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week
Single Parents Week
Fifth Week
Black Single Parents Week
Hurricane Preparedness Week
May 1st
Amtrak Day
Batman Day
Childhood Depression Awareness Day
Executive Coaching Day
Free Comic Book Day
Frequent Flyer Day
Great Britain Formed (1707)
Hawaiian Lei Day
Join Hands Day
Kate Smith's Birthday (1909)
Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day
Law Day
Lei Day
Loyalty Day
Mother Goose Day
May Day
Motorcycle Mass and Blessing of the Bikes Day
National Dance Day
New Homeowner’s Day
Save the Rhino Day
School Principal Day
Silver Star Day
Stepmother’s Day
World Asthma Day
World Laughter Day
May 2nd
Astronomy Day
Baby Day
Bing Crosby's Birthday (1904)
Brothers and Sisters Day
Dr. Benjamin Spock's Birthday (1903)
Donatella Versace's Birthday (1955)
Fire Day
Great American Grump Out Day
Library Legislative Day
No Pants Day
Play Your Ukulele Day
Robert’s Rule of Order Day
Stone Carver’s Day
May 3rd
Dandelion Day
Garden Meditation Day
Golda Meir's Birthday (1898)
Good Posture Day
International Pilates Day
Lumpy Rug Day
National Day of Prayer
National Day of Reason
National Disabled Pets Day
National Infertility Survivor's Day
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Nicholas Machiavelli's Birthday (1469)
Paranormal Day
Patricia MacLachlan's Birthday (1938)
Public Radio Day
World Press Freedom Day
May 4th
Audrey Hepburn’s Birthday (1929)
Bird Day
David Guterson’s Birthday (1956)
Heloise Bowles Cruse's Birthday (1919) – Heloise's Hints
International Firefighter’s Day
International Respect for Chickens Day
International Space Day
National Candied Orange Peel Day
National Weather Observers' Day
No Pants Day
Orange Juice Day
Renewal Day
Respect for Chickens Day
Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you!)
Tuba Day
May 5th
Ann B. Davis' Birthday (1926)
Cartoonist Day
Childhood Stroke Awareness Day
Cinco De Mayo
Hoagie Sandwich Day
International Midwives Day
James Beard’s Birthday (1903)
Kentucky Derby
Michael Palin's Birthday (1943)
Museum Lover’s Day
National Homebrew Day
National Scrapbooking Day
Oyster Day
Space Day
Totally Chipotle Day
May 6th
Beverage Day
Childhood Depression Awareness Day
Hindenburg Crashed (1937)
International No Diet Day
International Tuba Players Day
Motorcycle Mass and Blessing of the Bikes Day
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
National Nurse's Day
National Tourist Appreciation Day
No Homework Day
Occupational Safety & Health Professionals Day
Sigmund Freud’s Birthday (1856)
World Laughter Day
May 7th
Accountants Day
Child Care Provider Appreciation Day
Darrin McGavin's Birthday (1922)
First Stamp Collection Started
Free Comic Book Day
Johann Brahms’ Birthday (1833)
National Join Hands Day
National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
National Tourism Day
Paste Up Day
Piotr Ilyich Tschaikovsky’s Birthday (1840)
Pulitzer Prize Established
Robert Browning’s Birthday (1812)
May 8th
Harry Truman's Birthday (1884)
Have a Coke Day
International Migratory Bird Day
Iris Day
National Miniature Golf Day
National Teacher Day
No Socks Day
VE (Victory in Europe) Day
World Red Cross Day
May 9th
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day
Eleanor Estes' Birthday (1906)
First US Newspaper Cartoon (1754)
Flower Moon
Lost Sock Memorial Day
National School Nurses Day
National Third Shift Workers Day
Receptionist Day
Sir James Barrie's Birthday (1860)
May 10th
Blood Pressure Day
Bono's Birthday (1960)
Clean Up Your Room Day
David O. Selznick's Birthday (1902)
Miuccia Prada’s Birthday (1949)
Windmill Day
World Lupus Day
May 11th
Ascension Day
Eat What You Want Day
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Irving Berlin’s Birthday (1888)
Martha Graham's Birthday (1894)
Military Spouse Day
National Family Child Care Provider's Day
Salvador Dali’s Birthday (1904)
Tupperware Day
Twilight Zone Day
Valentino Garavani’s Birthday (1932)
May 12th
Birth Mother’s Day
Burt Bacharach's Birthday (1928)
Edward Lear's Birthday (1912)
Fatigue Syndrome Day
Florence Nightengale’s Birthday (1820)
Henry Cabot Lodge's Birthday (1850)
Hug Your Cat Day
International Nurses Day
Katherine Hepburn’s Birthday (1907)
Kite Day
Letter Carrier’s Food Drive Day
Library Legislative Day
Limerick Day
Mother Ocean Day
National Babysitter’s Day
National Miniature Golf Day
National Nutty Fudge Day
National Train Day
Native American Rights Day
Odometer Day
Stay Up All Night Day
Steve Winwood's Birthday (1948)
Tony Hawk's Birthday (1968)
World Belly Dance Day
May 13th
Arthur Sullivan's Birthday (1842)
Blame Someone Else Day
Cannes Film Festival
Darius Rucker's Birthday (1966)
Frog Jumping Day
Leprechaun Day
Mother’s Day
Root Canal Appreciation Day
Rural Life Sunday
Samantha Morton's Birthday (1977)
Tulip Day
May 14th
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804)
David Byrne's Birthday (1952)
Gabriel D. Fahrenheit's Birthday (1686)
Jamestown Founding Day
John Besh’s Birthday (1968)
Miranda Cosgrove's Birthday (1993)
Mothers at the Wall Day
Motorcycle Riders Day
National Chicken Dance Day
National Dance Like a Chicken Day
National Women’s Check Up Day
The Stars and Stripes Forever Day
Thomas Gainsborough's Birthday (1727)
Underground America Day
May 15th
Armed Forces Day
International Day of the Family
Jamie-Lynn Sigler's Birthday (1981)
Katherine Ann Porter's Birthday (1890)
L.F. Baum's Birthday – The Wizard of Oz (1856)
National Chocolate Chip Day
National Defense Transportation Day
National Pizza Party Day
National Peace Officers Memorial Day
National Safety Dose Day
Nylon Stocking Day
Peace Officer’s Memorial Day
Police Officer’s Memorial Day
Preakness Stakes
Straw Hat Day
Tone Deaf Day
World Red Cross Day
May 16th
Biographer’s Day
Christian Lacroix’s Birthday (1951)
Dulcimer Day
First US Nickel Minted
Liberace's Birthday (1919)
Love a Tree Day
National Employee Health and Fitness Day
National Sea Monkey Day
Olga Korbut's Birthday (1955)
Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
Victoria Day
Wear Purple for Peace Day
Woody Herman's Birthday (1913)
World Information Society Day
May 17th
Baby Sitter Safety Day
Bake Macaroons Day
First Kentucky Derby (1875)
Gary Paulsen's Birthday (1939)
Maureen O' Sullivan's Birthday (1911)
Pack Rat Day
World Hypertension Day
World Telecommunications Day
May 18th
Bats Day
Celebrate Your Elected Official Day
Frank Capra’s Birthday (1897)
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
I Am An American Day
International Museum Day
International Virtual Assistant’s Day
Lillian Hoban's Birthay (1925)
Mother Whistler Day
Mount St. Helens Erupted (1980)
NASCAR Day
National Bike to Work Day
National Pizza Party Day
No Dirty Dishes Day
Peace Day
Send an Electronic Greeting Day
Senior Citizen’s Day
Visit Your Relatives Day
May 19th
Armed Forces Day
Artichoke Day
Band Aid Day
Boy's Club Day
Circus Day The Ringling Brother's Circus opened in 1884
Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
Mike the Headless Chicken Day
National Defense Transportation Day
Nora Ephron's Birthday (1941)
O. Henry Pun-Off Day
Pete Townshend's Birthday (1945)
Preakness Stakes Day
World Hepatitis Day
May 20th
Be a Millionaire Day
Eliza Doolittle Day
Henri Rousseau's Birthday (1844)
Jimmy Stewart’s Birthday (1908)
Neighbor Day
Pick Strawberries Day
Rhubarb Day
Weights and Measures Day
May 21st
Allergy Alert Day
American Red Cross Founded (1881)
End of the World or Rapture Day
I Need a Patch for That Day
Lindbergh Flight Day (1927)
National Endangered Species Day
National Memo Day
National Wait Staff Day
Sister Maria Hummel's Birthday (1909)
May 22nd
Arnold Lobel's Birthday (1933)
Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day
Herbal Plants Day
International Day for Biological Diversity
Mary Cassatt’s Birthday (1844)
National Maritime Day
Neighbor Day
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Birthday (1859)
May 23rd
Body Painting Day
Lucky Penny Day
Margaret Wise Brown's Birthday (1910)
National Taffy Day
Rosemary Clooney's Birthday (1928)
Victoria Day
World Crohn’s and Colitis Day
World Painting Day
World Turtle Day
May 24th
Asparagus Day
Brother’s Day
First Morse Code Message Sent (1844)
International Tiara Day
Morse Code Day
National Escargot Day
National Geographic Bee
Queen Victoria's Birthday (1819)
Tiara Day
May 25th
Don’t Fry Day
Heat Awareness Safety Day
Mike Myers' Birthday (1963)
National Missing Children's Day
National Moment of Remembrance (3pm)
National Senior Health & Fitness Day
National Tap Dance Day
National Wig Out Day
Nerd Pride Day
Old Time Piano Day
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Birthday (1803)
Stacy London's Birthday (1969)
Towel Day
May 26th
Al Jolson's Birthday (1886)
Blueberry Cheesecake Day
Feast of St. Augustine
Grey Day
Helena Bonham Carter's Birthday (1966)
International Jazz Day
John Wayne's Birthday
Lenny Kravitz' Birthday (1964)
Masaharu Morimoto’s Birthday (1955)
Sally Ride Day
Shavout
Stevie Nicks’ Birthday (1948)
May 27th
Body Painting Arts Festival
Cellophane Tape Day
Golden Gate Bridge Opens (1937)
Henry Kissinger's Birthday (1923)
Indianapolis 500 Day
John Cheever's Birthday (1912)
Masking Tape Patented (1930)
Pentecost
Sunscreen Day
Whit Sunday
Wild Bill Hickock's Birthday (1837)
May 28th
Amnesty International Day
Ian Fleming’s Birthday (1908)
International Jazz Day
Jim Thorpe's Birthday (1888)
Kite Flying Day
National Hamburger Day
Prayer for Peace Day
Rudy Guiliani's Birthday (1944)
Sierra Club Day
Walker Percy’s Birthday (1916)
Whit Monday
World Memorial Day
May 29th
Bob Hope’s Birthday (1903)
End of the Middle Ages Day
International Day of UN Peacekeepers
John F. Kennedy's Birthday (1917)
Learn About Composting Day
Paper Clip Day
Patrick Henry’s Birthday (1736)
Wisconsin Ratification Day (1848)
May 30th
Benny Goodman's Birthday (1909)
Ice Cream Freezer Patented (1848)
Loomis Day
Mel Blanc’s Birthday (1908)
Meredith MacRae's Birthday (1945)
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It Day
Tiny Bikini Day
Water a Flower Day
World Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day
May 31st
National Macaroon Day
Patio Grill Day
Save Your Hearing Day
Walt Whitman’s Birthday (1819)
What You Think Upon Grows Day
World No Tobacco Day
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