2020 May
MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES
ALS Awareness Month
American Bike Month
American Wetlands Month
Apraxia Awareness Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Asparagus Month
Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Better Sleep Month
Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
Borderline Personality Disorder Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Building Safety Month
Carrots and Cauliflower Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Chip Your Pet Month
Clean Air Month
Community Living Month
Correct Posture Month
Creative Beginnings Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Date Your Mate Month
Drum Month
EcoDriving Month
Family Reunion Month
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Flower Month
Food Allergy Action Month
Freedom Shrine Month
Fungal Infection Awareness Month
Gardening for Wildlife Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Gifts from the Garden Month
Global Civility Awareness Month
Global Heath & Fitness Month
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month
Golf Month
Grapefruit and Kiwi Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
Home Schooling Month
Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
International Audit Month
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Civility Awareness Month
International Mediterranean Diet Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Maytag Month
Melonoma/Skin Care Detection/Prevention Month
Mental Health Month
Military Appreciation Month
Motorcycle Safety Month
National Bar-B-Que Month
National Better Hearing Month
National Bike Month
National Breathe Easy Month
National Chamber Music Month
National Duckling Month
National Egg Month
National Electrical Safety Month
National Family Month (5/12-6/16)
National Foster Care Month
National Good Car Care Month
National Guide Dog Month
National Hamburger Month
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Inventors Month
National Meditation Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month
National Mental Health Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Moving Month
National Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness Month
National Pet Month
National Photograph Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Physiotherapy Month
National Preservation Month
National Read to Your Baby Bump Month
National Recommitment Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month
National Service Dog Eye Examination Month
National Smile Month
National Strawberry Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
National Toddler Immunization Month
National Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
National Vinegar Month
National Water Safety Month
National Youth Traffic Safety Month
Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
Older Americans Month
Personal History Month
Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Potatoes and Limes Month
Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents Month
React Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
Save Your Tooth Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Social Security Education Awareness Month
Spiritual Literacy Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Sturge-Weber Awareness Month
Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases Month
Teen CEO Month
Teen Self-Esteem Month
Tennis Month
Textile Month
Tourette’s Syndrome Awareness Month
Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
Transportation Month
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
Women’s Health Care Month
World Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Worldwide Home Schooling Awareness Month
Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month
MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES
First Week (May 1st-May 2nd)
Choose Privacy Week
Dystonia Awareness Week
National Physical Education & Sports Week
Screen Free Week
Toad Suck Daze
Second Week (May 3rd-May 9th)
Air Quality Awareness Week
Astronomy Week
Be Kind to Animals Week
Children’s Book Week
Dating and Life Coach Appreciation Week
Drinking Water Week
Economic Development Week
Flex Work Arrangement Week
Goodwill Industries Week
Hurricane Preparedness Week
International Coaching Week
National Alcohol & Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week
National Correctional Officers Week
National Dog Bite Prevention Week
National Family Week
National Hug Holiday Week
National Nurses Week
National Pet Week
National Postcard Week
National Raisin Week
National Root Canal Appreciation Week
National Safety Stand Down Week
National Small Business Week
National Sun Safety Week
National Tourism Week
National Wildflower Week
Neuropathy Awareness Week
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week
Public Service Recognition Week
Screen-Free Week
Spring Astronomy Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
Update Your References Week
Third Week (May 10th-May 16th)
American Craft Beer Week
Brain Injury Awareness Week
Food Allergy Awareness Week
National Body Piercing Week
National Etiquette Week
National Hospital Week
National Medical Transcription Week
National Nursing Home Week
National Police Week
National Prevention Week
National Public Gardens Week
National Return to Work Week
National Stuttering Awareness Week
National Transportation Week
National Women’s Health Week
Reading is Fun Week
Salute to 35+ Moms Week
Salvation Army Week
Universal Family Week
Women’s Lung Health Week
Work at Home Moms Week
World Schizophrenia Awareness Week
Fourth Week (May 17th-May 23rd)
Buckle Up America Week
Emergency Medical Services Week
Fleet Week
Hurricane Preparedness Week
International Gay Square Dancing Week
International Heritage Breeds Week
International New Friends, Old Friends Week
International Whistlers Week
National Bike to Work Week
National Bread Week
National Educational Bosses’ Week
National Emergency Medical Services Week
National Eosinophil Awareness Week
National Foul Ball Week
National Medical Transcription Week
National Polka Weekend
National Safe Boating Week
National Stationery Week
National Tire Safety Week
National Unicycle Week
Old Time Player Piano Weekend
Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week
Root Canal Awareness Week
Single Parents Week
World Trade Week
Fifth Week (May 26th-May 31st)
Black Single Parents Week
Great American Brass Band Week
Healthy & Safe Swimming Week
National African Violet Week
National Backyard Games Week
May 1st
Amtrak Day
Batman Day
Dandelion Days
Executive Coaching Day
Foster Care Day
Frequent Flyer Day
Global Love Day
Great Britain Formed (1707)
Hawaiian Lei Day
Hug Your Cat Day
International Space Day
International Workers Day
Kate Smith’s Birthday (1909)
Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day
Law Day
Lei Day
Library Legislative Day
Loyalty Day
May Day
Mother Goose Day
National Bubba Day
National Purebred Dog Day
New Homeowner’s Day
Save the Rhino Day
School Principal Day
School Lunch Hero Day
Silver Star Day
Skyscraper Day
Stepmother’s Day
Tuba Day
May 2nd
Baby Day
Bing Crosby’s Birthday (1904)
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day
Bombshells Day
Brothers and Sisters Day
Comcast Cares Day
Dr. Benjamin Spock’s Birthday (1903)
Donatella Versace’s Birthday (1955)
Fire Day
Harry Potter Day (Battle of Hogwarts)
International Doodle Dog Day
Join Hands Day
Learn to Ride a Bike Day
Life Insurance Day
Mariachi Day
Mayday for Mutts Day
National Auctioneer’s Day
National Day of Prayer
National Day of Reason
National Homebrew Day
National Life Insurance Day
National Play Outside Day (1st Sat of each month)
National Scrapbooking Day
National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day
Play Your Ukulele Day
Robert’s Rule of Order Day
Spring Astronomy Day
Start Seeing Monarchs Day
Stone Carver’s Day
World Naked Gardening Day
World Tuna Day
May 3rd
Bats Day
Buddah Day
Garden Meditation Day
Golda Meir’s Birthday (1898)
Good Posture Day
International Bereaved Mother’s Day
International Pilates Day
Lemonade Day
Lumpy Rug Day
Motorcycle Mass and Blessing of the Bikes Day
National Infertility Survival Day
National Special-Abled Pets Day
National Textiles Day
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Nicholas Machiavelli’s Birthday (1469)
Paranormal Day
Patricia MacLachlan’s Birthday (1938)
Public Radio Day
Rural Life Sunday
SAN Architects Day
World Laughter Day
World Press Freedom Day
May 4th
Audrey Hepburn’s Birthday (1929)
Bird Day
David Guterson’s Birthday (1956)
Free Comic Book Day
Heloise Bowles Cruse’s Birthday (1919) – Heloise’s Hints
Herb Day
Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Firefighter’s Day
International Respect for Chickens Day
International Sauvignon Blanc Day
Melanoma Monday
National Candied Orange Peel Day
National Fitness Day
National Weather Observers’ Day
Orange Juice Day
Petite and Proud Day
Renewal Day
Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you!)
World Gives Day
May 5th
Ann B. Davis’ Birthday (1926)
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day
Bombshells Day
Cartoonist Day
Childhood Depression Awareness Day
Childhood Stroke Awareness Day
Cinco De Mayo
Foster Care Day
Hoagie Sandwich Day
International Midwives Day
International Roller Derby Day
James Beard’s Birthday (1903)
Michael Palin’s Birthday (1943)
Museum Lover’s Day
National Astronaut Day
National Ferret Day
National Infertility Survivor’s Day
National Teacher Day
Oyster Day
Revenge of the Fifth Day
Silence the Shame Day
Totally Chipotle Day
World Asthma Day
May 6th
Beverage Day
Dandelion Days
Great American Grump Out
Hindenburg Crashed (1937)
International Management Accounting Day
International No Diet Day
Joseph Brackett Day
Leo Lionni’s Birthday (1910)
National Deaf Interpreter Day
National Golf Day
National Skilled Trades Day
National Tourist Appreciation Day
No Diet Day
No Homework Day
Nurse’s Day
Russell Stover Candy Day
School Nurse Day
Sigmund Freud’s Birthday (1856)
May 7th
Beaufort Scale (Wind) Day
Cosmopolitan Day
Cystinosis Awareness Day
Darrin McGavin’s Birthday (1922)
Design Packaging Day
First Stamp Collection Started
Johann Brahms’ Birthday (1833)
National Barrier Awareness Day
National Child Mental Health Awareness Day
National Day of Prayer
National Day of Reason
National Join Hands Day
National Library Legislative 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)
World Password Day
May 8th
Bike to School Day
Child Care Provider Day
Fintastic Friday
Free Cone Day
Free Trade Day
Harry Truman’s Birthday (1884)
Have a Coke Day
International Space Day
Iris Day
Military Spouse Appreciation Day
National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
National Public Gardens Day
National Third-Shift Workers Day
No Socks Day
Receptionist’s Day
Stay Up All Night
Student Nurse Day
VE (Victory in Europe) Day
World Ovarian Cancer Day
World Red Cross Day
May 9th
American Indian Day
Bereaved Mother’s Day
Birth Mother’s Day
Eleanor Estes’ Birthday (1906)
First US Newspaper Cartoon (1754)
Flower Moon
International Migratory Bird Day
Letter Carrier Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day
Lost Sock Memorial Day
Mother Ocean Day
National Babysitter’s Day
National Dog Mom Day
National Miniature Golf Day
National Moscato Day
National Sleepover Day
Occupational Safety & Health Professionals Day
Sir James Barrie’s Birthday (1860)
Stay Up All Night Day
Windmill Day
World Belly Dancing Day
World Fair Trade Day
May 10th
Blood Pressure Day
Bono’s Birthday (1960)
Christopher Paul Curtis’ Birthday (1953)
Clean Up Your Room Day
David O. Selznick’s Birthday (1902)
Fintastic Friday
Miuccia Prada’s Birthday (1949)
Mother’s Day
Mothers at the Wall Day
National Doodle Day
National Hamster Day
National Lipid Day
National Shrimp Day
One Day Without Shoes Day
World Lupus Day
World Migratory Bird Day
May 11th
Accountant’s Day
Eat What You Want Day
Hostess Cupcake Day
Irving Berlin’s Birthday (1888)
Jamestown Day
Martha Graham’s Birthday (1894)
Martin Z. Mollusk Day
National Archery Day
National Foam Rolling Day
National Women’s Check-Up Day
Root Canal Appreciation Day
Salvador Dali’s Birthday (1904)
Spring Astronomy Day
Tupperware Day
Twilight Zone Day
Valentino Garavani’s Birthday (1932)
May 12th
Babysitter’s Day
Blue Balliett’s Birthday (1955)
Buddah Day
Burt Bacharach’s Birthday (1928)
Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day
Edward Lear’s Birthday (1912)
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Florence Nightengale’s Birthday (1820)
Henry Cabot Lodge’s Birthday (1850)
Hug Your Cat Day
International Nurses Day
Katherine Hepburn’s Birthday (1907)
Limerick Day
National Nutty Fudge Day
Native American Rights Day
Odometer Day
One Day Without Shoes Day
Steve Winwood’s Birthday (1948)
Tony Hawk’s Birthday (1968)
May 13th
Arthur Sullivan’s Birthday (1842)
Blame Someone Else Day
Brain Injury Awareness Day
Children of Fallen Patriots Day
Crouton Day
Darius Rucker’s Birthday (1966)
Frog Jumping Day
International Hummus Day
National Apple Pie Day
National Fruit Cocktail Day
National Night Shift Workers Day
National Train Day
Receptionists Day
Samantha Morton’s Birthday (1977)
Tulip Day
May 14th
Apraxia Awareness Day
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804)
David Byrne’s Birthday (1952)
Gabriel D. Fahrenheit’s Birthday (1686)
International Baby Lost Mother’s Day
Iris Day
Jamestown Founding Day
John Besh’s Birthday (1968)
Miranda Cosgrove’s Birthday (1993)
Motorcycle Riders Day
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
National Chicken Dance Day
National Decency Day
National Women’s Check-Up Day
The Stars and Stripes Forever Day
Thomas Gainsborough’s Birthday (1727)
Underground America Day
May 15th
Endangered Species Day
International Day of the Family
International Defense Transportation Day
International MPS Awareness Day
International Virtual Assistant’s Day
Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s Birthday (1981)
Katherine Ann Porter’s Birthday (1890)
L.F. Baum’s Birthday – The Wizard of Oz (1856)
Morel Mushroom Day
Nabka Day
National Chocolate Chip Day
National Employee Health & Fitness Day
National Peace Officers Memorial Day
National Pizza Party Day
National Safety Dose Day
National Slider Day
National Tuberous Sclerosis Day
Nylon Stocking Day
O Henry Pun-Off Day
Straw Hat Day
Tone Deaf Day
World Red Cross Day
May 16th
Armed Forces Day
Biographer’s Day
Christian Lacroix’s Birthday (1951)
Do Dah Day
Dulcimer Day
First US Nickel Minted
International Day of LIght
Liberace’s Birthday (1919)
Love a Tree Day
Mike, the Headless Chicken Day
Mimosa Day
National BBQ Day
National Piercing Day
National Sea Monkey Day
Olga Korbut’s Birthday (1955)
Trauma Survivor’s Day
Woody Herman’s Birthday (1913)
World Fiddle Day
May 17th
Bake Macaroons Day
First Kentucky Derby (1875)
Gary Paulsen’s Birthday (1939)
International Defense Transportation Day
National Bike to Work Day
National Walnut Day
Neighbor Day
Pack Rat Day
Ride a Unicycle Day
World Hypertension Day
World Information Society Day
World Neurofibromatosis Day
World Telecommunications Day
May 18th
Buy A Musical Instrument Day
Celebrate Your Elected Official Day
Do-Dah Day
Emergency Medical Services for Children Day
Frank Capra’s Birthday (1897)
Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
I Am An American Day
I Love Reeses Day
International Museum Day
Lillian Hoban’s Birthay (1925)
Mother Whistler Day
Mount St. Helens Erupted (1980)
National Learn to Swim Day
National Museum Day
No Dirty Dishes Day
Send an Electronic Greeting Day
Senior Citizen’s Day
Supply Chain Professional Day
Visit Your Relatives Day
May 19th
Artichoke Day
Band Aid Day
Bay to Breakers Day
Boy’s Club Day
Circus Day The Ringling Brother’s Circus opened in 1884
Eleanor Tomlinson’s Birthday (1992)
May Ray Day
National Devil Food Cake Day
National Hepatitus Testing Day
National Scooter Day
Nora Ephron’s Birthday (1941)
Pete Townshend’s Birthday (1945)
Take Your Parents to the Playground Day
World Hepatitis Day
May 20th
Be a Millionaire Day
Eliza Doolittle Day
Emergency Medical Services for Children Day
Henri Rousseau’s Birthday (1844)
Jimmy Stewart’s Birthday (1908)
Mary Pope Osbourne’s Birthday (1949)
National Endangered Species Day
National Juice Slush Day
National Rescue Dog Day
Pick Strawberries Day
Rhubarb Day
Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
Weights and Measures Day
World Autoimmune Arthritis Day
World Bee Day
May 21st
Allergy Alert Day
American Red Cross Founded (1881)
Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day
Emergency Medical Services Day
End of the World or Rapture Day
I Need a Patch for That Day
Lindbergh Flight Day (1927)
National Memo Day
National Read-A-Thon Day
National Wait Staff Day
Sister Maria Hummel’s Birthday (1909)
Soil Stewardship Day
Stop the Bleed Day
May 22nd
Arnold Lobel’s Birthday (1933)
Canadian Immigrants Day
Don’t Fry Day
Herbal Plants Day
International Day for Biological Diversity
Mary Cassatt’s Birthday (1844)
National Cooler Day
National Craft Distillery Day
National Maritime Day
National Road Trip Day
National Title Track Day
National Wig Out Day
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Birthday (1859)
World Goth Day
World Paloma Day
May 23rd
Body Painting Day
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
Lucky Penny Day
Margaret Wise Brown’s Birthday (1910)
National Best Friend In Law Day
National Heritage Breeds Day
National Taffy Day
Rosemary Clooney’s Birthday (1928)
World Crohn’s and Colitis Day
World Orienteering Day
World Painting Day
World Turtle Day
May 24th
Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day
Asparagus Day
Aviation Maintenance Technician Day
Brother’s Day
First Morse Code Message Sent (1844)
International Tiara Day
Morse Code Day
National Escargot Day
National Geographic Bee
National Polka Day
Neighbor Day
Queen Victoria’s Birthday (1819)
World Schizophrenia Day
May 25th
Cookie Monster’s Birthday
Julia Pierpoint Day
International Heritage Breeds Day
Memorial Day
Mike Myers’ Birthday (1963)
National Missing Children’s Day
National Moment of Remembrance (3pm)
National Tap Dance Day
National Wine Day
Nerd Pride Day
Old Time Piano Day
Prayer for Peace Memorial
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Birthday (1803)
Stacy London’s Birthday (1969)
Towel Day (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
World Thyroid Day
May 26th
Al Jolson’s Birthday (1886)
Blueberry Cheesecake Day
Feast of St. Augustine
Grey Day
Helena Bonham Carter’s Birthday (1966)
Indianapolis 500
John Wayne’s Birthday
Lenny Kravitz’ Birthday (1964)
Masaharu Morimoto’s Birthday (1955)
National Chardonnay Day
National Paper Airplane Day
Prayer for Peace Day
Red Nose Day
Sally Ride Day
Stevie Nicks’ Birthday (1948)
World Lindy Hop Day
May 27th
Cellophane Tape Day
Golden Gate Bridge Opens (1937)
Henry Kissinger’s Birthday (1923)
Joe Cool Day
John Cheever’s Birthday (1912)
Masking Tape Patented (1930)
National Senior Health & Fitness Day
Sunscreen Day
Wild Bill Hickock’s Birthday (1837)
World Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day
May 28th
Amnesty International Day
Ian Fleming’s Birthday (1908)
International Jazz Day
Jim Thorpe’s Birthday (1888)
Menstrual Hygiene Day
National Brisket Day
National Hamburger Day
Rudy Guiliani’s Birthday (1944)
Shavuot
Sierra Club Day
Walker Percy’s Birthday (1916)
May 29th
Bob Hope’s Birthday (1903)
End of the Middle Ages Day
Heat Awareness Day
International Day of UN Peacekeepers
John F. Kennedy’s Birthday (1917)
Learn About Composting Day
Mike, the Headless Chicken Day
Paper Clip Day
Patrick Henry’s Birthday (1736)
Put a Pillow in Your Fridge Day
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)
Mint Julep Day
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It Day
National Creativity Day
National Nail Tech Day
The Wicket World of Croquet Day
Tiny Bikini Day
Water a Flower Day
World Otter Day
May 31st
National Macaroon Day
Patio Grill Day
Pentecost
Save Your Hearing Day
Walt Whitman’s Birthday (1819)
What You Think Upon Grows Day
World No Tobacco Day
