Holiday Events Terse Calendar NOTE: As of 2019 the maintenance of events data here has been largely discontinued now that other systems have finally grown adequate such as FaceBook and Metromix and Reader and Timeout and Do312.
Day to honor and be kind to professional administrative assistants. iaap-hq.orgINFOSHARE
STD Awareness Month. -2024.04.30 Yearly.
Individuals, doctors, and community-based organizations address ways to prevent some of the nearly 20 million new sexually-transmitted diseases that occur in the U.S. annually. Frequency in ages 25-45 has doubled in the last decade. cdc.gov/std/samSHARE
*Take Your Child to Work Day (since 1993). 4th Thursday in April Yearly.
A special day set aside for the planting of trees. First proposed in Nebraska in 1872, later became a legal holiday there. Different date by state. arborday.orgINFOSHARE
*National Day of Reason. 1st Thursday in May Yearly. UNCONFIRMED
Encourages rationals to be visible and active today as a real demonstration of creating positive effect, as opposed to the pointlessness of prayer. nationaldayofreason.orgSHARE
Sunday 2024.05.05
Cinco De Mayo. Spanish for May 5th. Celebrated loudly. Yearly.
Not an independence day. Commemorates a major victory by the outnumbered and underarmed Mexican army, against the occupying French, on this day in 1862. vivacincodemayo.orglaraza.comPHOTOSINFOSHARE
*International Day of the Midwife (since 1992). Yearly.
Day to remember Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the U.S. (1945-1953), who presided during the Cold War and Korean War. Known for the New Deal economic policies. He was born in Lamar MO in 1884 and died on December 26th, 1972 in Kansas City MO. whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.htmlINFOSHARE