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Thursday 2024.04.25
Administrative Professionals Day. Yearly. UNCONFIRMED
Day to honor and be kind to professional administrative assistants.
iaap-hq.org INFO SHARE

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/sam SHARE

* Take Your Child to Work Day (since 1993). 4th Thursday in April Yearly.
Parent's opportunity to educate their children on the nature of employment.
takeourdaughterstowork.org INFO SHARE


Friday 2024.04.26
Arbor Day. Last Friday 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.org INFO SHARE


Tuesday 2024.04.30
Walpurgis Night. Yearly.
Also known as witches' sabbath and eve of May Day. Commemorates the 8th century saint and protectress against witchcraft.
pantheon.org/articles/w/walpurgis_night.html PHOTOS INFO SHARE


Wednesday 2024.05.01
May Day. Also known as Labor Day in Europe. Yearly.
Honors workers. Gloriously observed in communist nations. Chicago remembers the Haymarket Massacre.
wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers_Day INFO SHARE


Thursday 2024.05.02
* 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.org SHARE


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.com PHOTOS INFO SHARE

* International Day of the Midwife (since 1992). Yearly.
internationalmidwives.org/events/idotm SHARE


Wednesday 2024.05.08
Harry Truman's Birthday. 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.html INFO SHARE

V.E. Day. Yearly.
Victory in Europe day. Commemorates Germany's surrender in World War II, 1945.
dtic.mil/soldiers/may95/p50.html SHARE


Sunday 2024.05.12
**** Mothers' Day. Respect and be kind to mothers, especially your own. 2nd Sunday in May Yearly.
Created in 1914 by a proclamation from President Woodrow Wilson.
THANXX FOR EVERYTHING MOM!!!
MAP INFO SHARE


Tuesday 2024.05.14
* National Teachers Day. 2nd Tuesday in May Yearly.
Part of National Teachers Week, sponsored by the National Educators Association. Day to honor and be kind to teachers.
nea.org/teacherday SHARE


Wednesday 2024.05.15
Police Memorial Day. Yearly.
Honor police killed while on duty.
odmp.org INFO SHARE


Sunday 2024.05.19
Shavuot. Jewish holiday. -2024.05.21 Yearly. Two nights, sunset to sunset. UNCONFIRMED
Commemorates the revelation of the Torah at Sinai. Date varies each year.
chabad.org/holidays/Shavuot INFO SHARE


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