Brookston Bulletin
May 22
Holidays 5.22
- Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day
- Canadian Immigrants’ Day
- Emergency Medical Services for Children Day [4th Wednesday]
- Harvey Milk Day (California)
- International Day For Biological Diversity (UN)
- Jumping Frog Jubilee Day (Angel’s Camp, California)
- National Maritime Day
- National Wig Out Day
- Ragnar Lodbrok (Viking)
- Unity Day (Yemen)
- Vanilla Pudding Day
May 21
Holidays 5.21
- Anastenarides Feast (Ancient Greek festival of dancing barefoot on hot coals)
- Circassian Day of Mourning
- End of the World Day 2011
- Feast of the Triple Scoop
- Festival of Demeter (Greek Barley Mother Goddess)
- Hummel Day
- Independence Day (Montenegro; from Serbia, 2006)
- “I Need A Patch For That” Day
- International Jazz Day
- National Memo Day
- National Waitstaff Day
- Red Cross Day
- Sanja Matsuri begins (Tokyo, Japan)
- Strawberries and Cream Day
- Waldchestag (Forest Day) [Tuesday after Whitsunday]
- World Day For Cultural Diversity
May 20
“Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul. ”
— Alexander Pope (May 21, 1688-1744)
Holidays 5.20
- Be A Millionaire Day
- Beating of the Bounds (Old England)
- Blue Jeans Day
- Eliza Doolittle Day
- Emancipation Day (Florida)
- European Maritime Day (EU)
- Go Fly A Kite With the Kids Day
- Independence Day (Cuba; from US, 1902)
- Independence Day (East Timor; internationally recognized, 2002)
- Indonesian Awakening Day
- International Sweet Tooth Fairy Day
- Lafayette Day (Massachusetts)
- Love Feast Under the Gospel Elm (Wicken, UK)
- Mecklenburg Day (NC)
- Mjollnir (Old Germany; Celebration of Thor’s Hammer)
- National Day of Hatred (Cambodia)
- Pick Strawberries Day
- Quiche Lorraine Day
- Victoria Day (Canada) [3rd Monday]
- Weights and Measures Day
- World Meteorology Day
May 19
Holidays 5.19
- Circus Day
- Dark Day (New England)
- Devil’s Food Cake Day
- Greek Genocide Remembrance Day
- I Am An American Day [3rd Sunday]
- International Chicken Flying Meet
- Kirkland’s Warbler Day
- Malcolm X Day (US)
- May Ray Day
- My Other Mother’s Day [3rd Sunday]
- National Memo Day
- Plant Something Day
- Stepmother’s Day [3rd Sunday]
- Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
- Youth and Sports Day (Turkey)
May 18
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 & Poetry Day; Turkmenistan)
- National Tenant’s Day
- No Dirty Dishes Day
- Revival & Unity Day (Turkmenistan)
- Rooster Day
- Send An Electronic Greeting Card Day
- St. Theodotus’ Day (patron saint of innkeepers)
- Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
- Visit Your Relatives Day
- World AIDs Vaccine Day
- World Goodwill Day
May 17
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
- National Cyber Safety Awareness Day
- National Defense Transportation Day [3rd Friday]
- Pack Rat Day
- Peasant Day (a.k.a. Agrarian Reform; Cuba)
- Rubber Band Day
- Tell An Umpire “I Love Your Outfit” Day
- Uff Da Day (North Dakota)
- Watch A Baby Fall Asleep Day
- World Hypertension Day
- World Information Society Day (UN)
- World Telecommunication Day (UN)
May 16
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
May 15
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 Wednesday]
- National Sea Monkeys Day
- Never Turn Your Back on the Ocean Day
- Nylon Stockings Day
- Over the Rainbow Day
- Peace Officers Memorial Day
- Relive Your Past By Listening to the First Music You Ever Bought, No Matter What It Was!, No Excuses Now Day
- San Isidro Day (Mexico)
- Straw Hat Day
- Teachers’ Day (Mexico; South Korea)
- Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
May 14
“I’m more of a German-school brewer, so I think in terms of original gravity, and alcohol to me – I don’t even like talking about alcohol. It’s like asking a butcher to measure his steaks or hamburger in terms of percent fat. Alcohol to me isn’t important. When I brew these beers it’s about flavor.”
— Dan Carey (May 14, 1960)