May 2013
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Holidays 5.18
Apollon Day (Old Roman Festival to Apollo, God of Music, Poetry & Sunlight)
Armed Forces Day (US) [3rd Saturday]
Black Watch Day
Cheese Souffle Day
Do Dah Day (Alabama) [3rd Saturday]
Hispanic Family Day
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
Independence Day (Somaliland; from Somalia, 1991; unrecognized)
International Museum Day
Las Piedras Day (Uruguay)
Magtymguly Day (a.k.a. Revival, Unity...
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Holidays 5.17
Bike-to-Work Day (US) [3rd Friday]
Cherry Cobbler Day
Constitution Day (Norway; from Denmark, 1814)
Dea Dia (Goddess of the Cosmos)
Dia das Letras Galegas (Spain)
Endangered Species Day
Famine Memorial Day (Ireland)
Galacian Literature Day
I-Am-An-American Day
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Mike the Headless Chicken Festival begins (Fruita, Colorado)
NASCAR Day
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Holidays 5.16
Biographer’s Day
Coquilles St. Jacques Day
Love A Tree Day
Middlesex Day (UK)
Red Hill Holiday (Russia)
Root Beer Day
Sneeze Without Embarrassment Day
Southern Sudan Day
St. John of Nepomuk’s Day (patron of Bohemia, Czech Republic)
Wear Purple For Peace Day
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Holidays 5.15
Aoi Matsuri (a.k.a. Hollyhock Leaf Crest Festival; Kyoto, Japan)
Chocolate Chip Day
Conscientious Objectors’ Day
Independence Day (Day 2, Paraguay; from Spain, 1811)
International Day of Families (UN)
Mercuralia (Old Roman Festival to Mercury)
Nakba Day (Palestine)
National Employee Health & Fitness Day [3rd Wednesday]
National Pizza Party Day
National Playday for Health [3rd...
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“I’m more of a German-school brewer, so I think in terms of original gravity, and...”
– Dan Carey (May 14, 1960)
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Holidays 5.14
Brewster’s Day
Buttermilk Biscuit Day
Dance Like A Chicken Day
Fahrenheit Day
Help Clean Up Your Street Day
Independence Day (Israel; self-declared, 1948)
Independence Day (Paraguay; from Spain, 1811)
Kamuzu Day (Malawi)
National Mild Day (UK)
National Unification Day (Liberia)
Stars & Stripes Forever Day
Underground America Day
Veal Ban Action Day
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Holidays 5.13
Abbotsbury Garland Day (Dorset, UK)
Animal Disaster Preparedness Day
Blame Someone Else Day
Canada Health Day
Druid Day
Fibromyalgia Day
Fiesta of Five Flags
Frog Jumping Day
Fruit Cocktail Day
Leprechaun Dy
National Apple Pie Day
National Mills Day
National Nutty Fudge Day
National Women’s Check-Up Day
Purlliya (Ancient Anatola; Dragon Slaying Festival)
Root Canal...
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“Blessed is the mother who gives birth to a brewer.”
– Czech saying
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Holidays 5.12
Bring Mom Out For a Beer Day [2nd Sunday]
Canada Health Day
Day of Finnishness (Finland)
Fibromyalgia Day
Florence Nightingale Day
Garland Day (a.k.a. Derby Day; UK)
Hug Your Cat Day
International Nurses Day
Limerick Day
Mother’s Day [2nd Sunday]
National Hospital Day
Nonsense Day
Nutty Fudge Day
Odometer Day
Old May Day
Woodmen Ranger’s Day
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Holidays 5.11
Birth Mother’s Day [2nd Saturday]
Blow Bubbles For Your Cat Day
Bob Marley Day (Jamaica)
Childcare Providers Appreciation Day
Cook With Your Kids Day [2nd Saturday]
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
Eat What You Want Day
International Migratory Bird Day [2nd Saturday]
International Strange Music Festival
Joan of Arc Day (Orleans, France)
Letter Carriers “Stamp Out...
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“Listen to your beer.”
– Fred Eckhardt (May 10, 1926- )
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Holidays 5.10
Childcare Providers Appreciation Day
Clean Up Your Room Day
Confederate Memorial Day (NC, SC) [2nd Friday]
Dia De La Madre (Mexico)
Five & Dime Day
Golden Spike Day
Human Kindness Day
International Monty Python Day
Library Legislative Days
Military Spouse Day [Friday before Mother’s Day]
Move for Health Day
National Receptionist Day
National Shrimp Day
National Tourist...
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Holidays 5.9
Ascension Day [39 Days after Easter]
Butterscotch Brownie Day
Day of Europe
Dianetics Day
Earls Court Day (IA, KS, MN, VA, WY)
Europe Day
Independence Day (Romania; from Ottoman Empire, 1877)
Lost Sock Memorial Day
Mom’s Night Out [Thursday before Mother’s Day]
National Bike to Work Day
National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
Tear the Tags Off the Mattresses...
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Holidays 5.8
Bike to School Day [2nd Wednesday]
Coca-Cola Day (a.k.a. Have a Coke Day)
Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day [2nd Wednesday]
Empanada Day
Furry Dance (a.k.a. The Flora; Helston, Cornwall, UK)
International Migratory Bird Day
National Coconut Crem Pie Day
National Nightshift/Third Shift Worker Day [2nd Wednesday]
National Receptionist Day
National School Nurse Day [Wednesday...
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Holidays 5.7
Beaufort Scale Day
Experience the Awesome Stomach-Churning Wonder of a Thrill Ride Day
Homespun History Day
National Day of Reason
National Nuzzling Day
National Skin Self-Examination Day
Paste-Up Day
Radio Day (Bulgaria, Russia)
Roast Leg of Lamb Day
Spring Astronomy Day
Teacher’s Day [Tuesday of 1st full week]
Victory in Europe Day
World Asthma Day [1st Tuesday]
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Holidays 5.6
Crepe Suzette Day
Enlightenment of the Buddha
Gergyovden (a.k.a. Day of Bravery; Bulgaria)
Hıdırellez begins (Turkey)
International Bereaved Mother Day
Melanoma Monday [1st Monday]
National Beverage Day
National Infertility Survival Day
No Diet Day
No Homework Day
Nurses’ Day
Police Day (Republic of Georgia)
Saviour’s Day
Simple Gifts Day (a.k.a. Joseph Brackett Day)
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Holidays 5.5
Bonza Bottler Day
Cartoonists Day
Kodomo-No-Hi (Children’s Day; Japan)
Cinco de Mayo
Europe Day (EU)
Feast of al-Khadr (St. George; Palestine)
Folly Festival
Humane Sunday [1st Sunday]
Independence Day (The Netherlands; from Nazi Germany, 1945)
International Midwives’ Day
Lusophone Culture Day
National Chocolate Custard Day
National Day of Reason
National Hoagie Day
Toad Suck Daze,...
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Holidays 5.4
Big Brew Day [1st Saturday]
Bird Day (US)
Bona Dea (Old Roman odes of Women’s Mysteries)
Candied Orange Peel Day
Cassinga Day (Namibia)
Compliment Someone’s Smile Day
Dodenherdenking (Remembrance of the Dead; 2 minutes of silence observed at 8 pm; Netherlands)
Free Comic Book Day [1st Saturday]
Great American Grump Out Day
Greenery Day (a.k.a. Midori no Hi; Japan)
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Holidays 5.3
Birthday of Spam E-mail
Chocolate Custard Day
Constitution Memorial Day
Dia de la Cruz (Day of the Holy Cross; Mexico, Latin America)
Discoflux (Discordian)
Garden Meditation Day
International Space Day [1st Friday]
International Tuba Day [1st Friday]
Kenpo Kinenbi (a.k.a. Constitution Day; Japan)
Lumpy Rug Day
National Specially-Abled Pets Day
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day
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Holidays 5.2
Ba Ba Ba Booo Day
Brothers and Sisters Day
Dos de Mayo (Spain)
Eve of the Finding of the True Cross
Feast of Osiris (who taught the Egyptians how to brew beer)
Fire Day
Holiday of the Region of Madrid (Spain)
Lag B’Omer (Hebrew harvest time)
Mad Festival
Martin Z. Mollusk Day (Ocean City, NJ) [1st Thursday]
National Babies Day
National Day of Prayer [1st Thursday]
National Day...
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Holidays 5.1
Americanism Day (Pennsylvania)
Beltane
Chocolate Parfait Day
Clun Green Man Festival begins (UK)
Dipping Day
Festival of the Hare
Floria (Goddess of Flowers; Old Roman)
Half-O-Ween
International Sunflower Guerilla Gardening Day
International Workers Day
Join Hands Day
Kallemooi (The Netherlands)
Keep Kids Alive! Drive 25 Day
Labor Day (everywhere but U.S., Canada & Bermuda)
Law...
April 2013
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Holidays 4.30
Beltane
Camarón Day (French Foreign Legion)
Carodejnice (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Casey Jones Day
Children’s Day (Mexico)
Consumer Protection Day (Thailand)
Feast of Valborg (Sweden)
Hairstylist (or Hairstyle) Appreciation Day
Honesty Day
International Jazz Day
Louisiana Statehood Day (#18; 1812)
Maitag Vorabend (May Day Eve; Switzerland)
May Eve
National Honesty Day
National...
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Holidays 4.29
Confederate Memorial Day (Mississippi) [Last Monday]
Day to Remember Chemical Warfare Victims
Feast of the Secret Masters
Fish Cleaning Night (David Letterman)
Greenery Day (Japan)
International Dance Day
Milk-Curdling Sunday (Gremlins; not always a Sunday)
Public Skipping Day
Queen’s Night (Netherlands)
Shōwa Day (Japan)
Shrimp Scampi Day
Thesaurus Day
Warm Weather Lunch Hour...
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“‘Une bière brassée avec savoir se déguste avec sagesse.’ Translated...”
– Slogan of the Brasseries Portes Ouvertes, held in Belgium the last Sunday of April
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Holidays 4.28
Astronomy Day
Blueberry Pie Day
Brasseries Portes Ouvertes (Open Breweries’ Day; Belgium) [Last Sunday]
Chicken Tickling Day
Floralia (Old Roman Goddess of Flowers)
Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]
Great Poetry Reading Day
Kiss-Your-Mate Day
Maryland Statehood Day (#7; 1788)
Mother Father Deaf Day [Last Sunday]
Mutiny On the Bounty Day
National Day of Mourning (Canada)
Rip Cord Day
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“But this will cure all straight; one sip of this
Will bathe the drooping...”
– John Milton, Comus, 1637
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Holidays 4.27
Babe Ruth Day
Doo Dah Parade Day (Pasadena, California) [Last Saturday]
Eeyore’s Birthday Party (Austin, Texas) [Last Saturday]
Freedom Day (South Africa)
Independence Day (Sierra Leone; from UK, 1961)
Independence Day (Togo; from France, 1960)
Just Pray No Weekend [4th Weekend]
Learn To Make An Apricot Cream Pie Day
Matanzas Mule Day
Morse Code Day
National D.J. Day
National Prime Rib...
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“In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol. It was the worst twenty minutes of my...”
– George Jones (Sep. 12, 1931-Apr. 26, 2013)
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Holidays 4.26
Arbor Day [Last Friday]
Cape Henry Day (Virginia)
Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl Tragedy (Belarus)
Festival of Individual Sovereignty
Global Youth Service Day
Hug a Friend Day
Hug An Australian Day
National Kids and Pets Day
National Pretzel Day
Old Permic Alphabet Day
Poem in Your Pocket Day
Read Me Day
Remember Your First Kiss Day
Richter Scale Day
Shuffleboard Day
Static...
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“In the burned-
out highway
ditch the throw-
away beer
bottle lands...”
– Ted Kooser (Apr. 25, 1939- )
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Holidays 4.25
Adonia (Greek women’s festival)
Anti-Nuclear Day
Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand)
Arbor Day (Germany)
Canadanaigua (festival of lights, ritual of harvest and thanksgiving; Native American)
DNA Day
East Meets West Day
First Day of Summer (Iceland) [Thursday between 19-26]
Freedom Day (Portugal)
Malaria Awareness Day
National Sense of Smell Day
Parental Alienation Awareness Day
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“If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live...”
– Clement Freud (Apr. 24, 1924-2009)
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Holidays 4.24
Administrative Professional’s Day (f.k.a Secretary’s Day) [Wednesday of last full week]
Bob Wills Day
Day for the Naming of Rocks and Planets
Feast of Hermes Trismegistus (patron of alchemy)
Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)
Independence Day (a.k.a. Easter Rising / Ireland; from UK, 1916)
Kapyong Day (Australia)
Library of Congress Day
Mother, Father Deaf Day
The Mothers...
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“When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all...”
– J. P. Donleavy (Apr. 23, 1926- )
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Holidays 4.23
Aragon Day (Spain)
Bavarian Beer Day
Biertag (Germany)
Book Day and Lover’s Day (Spain)
Canada Book Day (Canada)
Cherry Cheesecake Day
Empire Day (Canada) [weekday before 24th]
English Language Day (UN)
Festival of Saint Sarah the Egyptian (Sara Kali the Black Queen; Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France) begins [until 25th]
Independence Day (Conch Republic)
International Nose Picking...
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Holidays 4.22
April Showers Day
Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
Confederate Memorial Day (AL, FL, GA) [4th Monday]
Discovery Day (Brazil)
Earth Day
Festival of Fabulous Androgynes
Girl Scout Leader Day
International Mother Earth Day
National Jelly Bean Day
Oklahoma Day (Oklahoma)
Queen Isabella Day (Spain)
Sniff-the-Breeze Day (Egypt)
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Holidays 4.21
Aggie Muster (Texas A&M)
Big Word Day
Birthday of Rome
Chocolate-Covered Cashews Day
Feast of the Ramson (Wild Leek Festival; Richmond, West Virginia)
Festival of Sacred Groves
Grounation Day (Rastararian)
Kartini Day (Indonesia)
Kindergarten Day
National Teach Children To Save Day
National Tree Planting Day (Kenya)
Parilia (Festival to honor the Pales, Roman God(s) of...
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Holidays 4.20
Anniversary of Something That Happened So Long Ago Everyone Has Forgotten What It Was
Astronomy Day
Chinese Language Day (UN)
Equal Pay Day
4/20 Day
Global Youth Service Day
Husband Appreciation Day [3rd Saturday]
International Marconi Day [3rd Saturday]
Lima Bean Respect Day
Look Alike Day
National DNA Day
National Goal Buddies Day
National Pot Smokers Day
National Weed Day
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Holidays 4.19
Bicycle Day
Cerealia (Roman Festival to Ceres, Goddess of Barley & Agriculture)
Day of Silence
Day of the Indian (Venezuela)
Dutch-American Friendship Day
Festival of Fabulous Wildmen
Garlic Day
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Horseless Carriage Day
Humorous Day
Landing of the 33 Patriots Day (Uruguay)
Lexington & Concord Day
National Amaretto Day
National Hanging Out Day
Oklahoma...
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Holidays 4.18
Adult Autism Awareness Day
Animal Crackers Day
Get To Know Your Customer Day [3rd Thursday]
Independence Day (Zimbabwe; from UK, 1980)
International Amateur Radio Day
International Day For Monuments and Sites
International Juggler’s Day
Invention Day (Japan)
Look-Alike Day
National Columnists’ Day
National High-Five Day [3rd Thursday]
Paul Revere Day
Pet Owners...
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Holidays 4.17
Blah Blah Blah Day
Ellis Island Family History Day
Feast of Random Walks
Independence Day (Syria; End of the French Mandate, 1946)
International Ford Mustang Day
Liberating the Rainbow Lost in White Light Festival
National Auctioneers Day
Natiional Bookmobile Day
National Cheeseball Day
Nothing Like A Dame Day
Poetry and the Creative Mind Day
Record Store Day
Teach Your Daughter To...
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“He who truly believes he has a hangover has no hangover.”
– Kingsley Amis (Apr. 16, 1922-1995)
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Holidays 4.16
Day of Mushroom Encouragement (a.k.a. Day of the Mushroom)
Eggs Benedict Day
Emancipation Day (DC)
Foursquare Day
Liberating the Rainbow Lost in White Light Festival
National Librarian Day
National Library Workers Day
National Stress Awareness Day
National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day
One Day Without Shoes
Royalty Day
World Voice Day
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Holidays 4.15
Bija Mangala (Field Cultivation Festival)
Buck Rogers Day
Children with Aloopecia Day
Education and Sharing Day
Equal Pay Day
Fluff Appreciation Day
Fordicidia (Old Roman Festival of Fertility)
Good Roads Day (Illinois)
Income Tax Pay Day
Jackie Robinson Day
McDonald’s Day
National Glazed Ham Day
National Griper’s Day
National Take A Wild Guess Day
National That Sucks Day
Patriots’...
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Holidays 4.14
American Dictionary Day
Black Day (South Korea)
Children Alopecia Day
Day of Mologa (Russia)
Day of the Georgian Language
Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)
Dreams of Reason Feast Day
Ex-Spouse’s Day
International Moment of Laughter Day
Look Up at the Sky Day
Meme Appreciation Day
New Year’s Day (Assamese, Bengali, Burmese, Sikh, Khmer, Lao, Nepali, Oriya, Sinhalese, Tamil,...
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Holidays 4.13
Beauty Peace Day
Baisakhi (India)
Blame Somebody Else Day
Environmental Protection Day
Feast of Rotten Endings
Hallaton Bottle Kicking (UK)
Huguenot Day (France)
International Plant Appreciation Day
John Hanson Day (Maryland)
Libertas (Old Roman Goddess of Liberty)
National Ask An Atheist Day
National Scrabble Day
New Year’s Day (Cambodia)
Peach Cobbler Day
Silent Spring Day
...
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Holidays 4.12
Anniversary of the Big Wind
Audubon Day [2nd Friday]
Big Wind Day
Cerealia (Old Roman Goddess of Fruit)
Cosmonaut Day (a.k.a. Cosmonautics Day; Russia)
D.E.A.R. Day (a.k.a. Drop Everything And Read Day)
Fast and Prayer Day (Liberia) [2nd Friday]
Festival to Preserve Corn (Cochumatan Indians; Guatemala)
Global Day of Action on Military Spending
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
Halifax Day...
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Holidays 4.11
Barbershop Quartet Day
Cheese Fondue Day
Dandelion Day
8-Track Tape Day
Festival of Unmediated Play
International “Louie Louie” Day
National Pet Day
Support Teen Literature Day [2nd Thursday]
World Parkinson’s Disease Day
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Holidays 4.10
ASPCA Day
Cinnamon Crescent Roll Day
Dust the Ceiling Fan Day
Encourage a Young Writer Day
Equal Pay Day
Every Day Is Earth Day
Golfer’s Day
Humane Day
National Bookmobile Day [2nd Wednesday]
National Farm Animals Day
National Library Workers Day
National Love Our Children Day
National Siblings Day
One Day Without Shoes
Safety Pin Day
Salvation Army Founder’s Day
...
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“You have to be always drunk. That’s all there is to it—it’s the only...”
– Charles Baudelaire (Apr. 9, 1821-1867) 