Special Days in May |
| May is… ALS Awareness Month Ameican Cheese MOTh Asian American Month National Bike Month Creative Beginnings Month Barbeque Month Celiac Disease Awareness Month Deck Safety Month Devotions for The Blessed Virgin Mary Duckling Month International Drum Month Foster Care Month Gifts From The Garden Month Haitian Heritage Month Hamburger Month Inventors Month Latino Books Month Lupus Awareness Month Lyme Disease Awareness Month Mental Health Month Motorcycle Safety Month National Military Appreciation Month Older Americans Month Posture Month National Pet Month National Photography Month Salad Month Salsa Month Small Business Month Smile Month National Wild Fire Awareness Month Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month Zombie Awareness Month |
| 39 days after Easter is… Ascension |
| The 7th Sunday After Easter is… Pentecost |
| The First Monday in March is… Melanoma Monday (Also known as National Skin Self-Examination Day) |
| The First Tuesday in May is… National Concert Day Poem on Your Pillow Day World Asthma Day |
| The First Wednesday In May is… Great American Grump Out National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day Observed the first Wednesday in May |
| The First Thursday in May is… National Day of Prayer National Day of Reason World Password Day |
| The First Friday in May is… International Space Day International Tuba Day Museum Lover’s Day Nail Day National Cartoonists Day (AKA Cartoonist Day/ Cartoonists Day) National Hoagie Day No Pants Day Oyster Day Revenge of the Fifth School Lunch Hero Day Silence the Shame Day International Space Day Totally Chipotle Day International Tuba Day |
| The First Saturday in May is… National Auctioneers Day Beer Pong Day Bladder Cancer Awareness Day Childhood Stroke Awareness Day and Pediatric Stroke Awareness Day National Homebrew Day International Drone Day Join Hands Day Free Comic Book Day HerbDay Kentucky Derby World Labyrinth Day (WLD) Pilates Day Scrapbooking Day Start Seeing Monarchs Day Wildfire Community Preparedness Day (Prep Day) |
| The Sunday Before Mother’s Day is… Infertility Survival Day |
| The Monday of the first full week in May is… Great Lakes Awareness Day National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day |
| The Tuesday of the first full week in May is… Childhood Depression Awareness Day Green Ribbon Day The First Sunday in May is… Bereaved Mother’s Day (Babylost Mother’s Day) World Laughter Day Lemonade Day Mayday for Mutts Motorcycle Mass and Blessing of the Bikes Day Permaculture Day (IPD) |
| The Tuesday during Teacher Appreciation Week is… National Teacher Appreciation Day |
| The Second Wednesday of May is… Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day Receptionists’ Day Root Canal Appreciation Day National Third Shift (Night Shift) Workers Day |
| The Wednesday of the first full week in May is… Bike To School Day |
| The Thursday During National Family Reading Week is… Make-A-Book Day |
| The Second Friday in May is… Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks a Voice |
| The Friday closest to May 15th is… Shades Day |
| The Wednesday of the first full week in May is… Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day |
| The Wednesday of the first full week in May is… Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day |
| The Thursday of the first full week in May is… National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day |
| The Monday during the second full week in May is… National Women’s Check-Up Day |
| The Second Saturday in May is… American Indian Day Animal Disaster Preparedness Day Buckfast Day Cocktail Day Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day Fair Trade Day Letter Carrier’s Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Day International Migratory Bird Day Miniature Golf Day Stay Up All Night Night Sun Awareness Day Train Day Windmill Day World Belly Dance Day |
| The Second Sunday in May is… Mother’s Day Mothers at the Wall Day Veal Ban Action Day |
| The Friday Before Mother’s Day is… Military Spouse Appreciation Day Child Care Provider Appreciation Day Public Gardens Day |
| The Saturday during the First Full Week in May is… National Babysitter’s Day Martin Z. Mollusk Day |
| The Saturday Before Mother’s Day is… Birthmother’s Day Brunch for Lunch Day National Dog Mom’s Day Mother Ocean Day |
| The Tuesday of Women’s Health Week is… Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day |
| The Third Tuesday in May is… Dinosaur Day (and annually June 1) |
| The Wednesday during the Second Full Week of May is… World FM Day |
| The Third Wednesday in May is… Turn Beauty Inside Out Day |
| The Third Wednesday occurring on a full week is… Emergency Medical Services for Children Day |
| The Third Thursday in May is… Apéritif Day Brown Bag It Thursday Global Accessibility Awareness Day Hummus Day National Notebook Day |
| The Third Friday In May is… Endangered Species Day International Virtual Assistants Day May Ray Day NASCAR Day National Pizza Party Day O. Henry Pun-off Day |
| The Third Saturday in May is… Armed Forces Day National River Cleanup Day Culture Freedom Day Learn to Swim Day World Whisky Day |
| The Third Sunday in May is… World Baking Day |
| The Closest Saturday to May 19 is… World Fiddle Day |
| Eight Days Before the First Monday in June is… Neighbor Day |
| Nine Days Before the First Monday in June is… Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day (ARMAD) |
| The Last Monday in May is… Memorial Day |
| The Last Wednesday in May is… National Senior Health & Fitness Day |
| The Last Friday in May is… European Neighbours’ Day Title Track Appreciation Day |
| The Fourth Saturday in May is… National Italian Beef Day |
| The Friday Before Memorial Day is… Death Busters Day Don’t Fry Day Heat Awareness Day National Road Trip Day |
| Ten Days Before The First Monday in June is… National Wig Out Day |
| The Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend is… Indianapolis 500-Mile Race (Indy 500) |