Brookston Bulletin

May 11

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 Hunger” Food Drive Day [2nd Saturday]
• Minnesota Statehood Day (#32; 1858)
• Mother Ocean Day [Day before 2nd Sunday]
• National Babysitters Day [Saturday before Mother’s Day]
• National Miniature Golf Day
• National Mocha Torte Day
• National Technology Day (India)
• National Train Day [2nd Saturday]
• National Windmill Day (Netherlands) [2nd Saturday]
• Nisga’a Day (Nisga’a Nation/British Columbia)
• Richard Feynman Day
• Stay Up All Night Day [2nd Saturday]
• Twilight Zone Day
• World Fair Trade Day [2nd Saturday]

May 10

“Listen to your beer.” —  Fred Eckhardt (May 10, 1926- )

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 Appreciation Day
• Ring Day
• Skunks Born Day
• Trust Your Intuition Day
• Vesak Day (Singapore)
• Windmill Day
• World Lupus Day

May 09

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 Day
• Vast Wasteland Day
• Victory and Peace Day (Armenia)
• Victory Day (Russia)

May 08

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 between 6-12]
• No Socks Day
• Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War Day
• Truman Day (Missouri)
• Victory in Europe Day
• White Lotus Day (Theosophy)
• World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day

May 07

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]

May 06

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)
• Tourist Appreciation Day

May 05

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, Day 3 (Conway, Arkansas)
• Totally Chipotle Day
• Unmother’s Day [1st Sunday]
• World Environment Day
• World Laughter Day [1st Sunday]

May 04

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)
• Independence Day (Latvia; from USSR, 1990)
• Independence Day (Rhode Island; from Great Britain, 1776)
• International Firefighters’ Day
• International Respect For Chickens Day
• Join Hands Day [1st Saturday]
• National Homebrew Day [1st Saturday]
• National Weather Observer’s Day
• Pilates Day [1st Saturday]
• Relationship Renewal Day
• Star Wars Day (a.k.a. Luke Skywalker Day)
• St. Florian’s Day (patron saint of brewers, coopers & barrel-makers)
• Toad Suck Daze, Day 2 (Conway, Arkansas)
• Work At Home Day
• World Naked Gardening Day
• Youth Day (China)

May 03

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
• No Pants Day [1st Friday]
• Paranormal Day
• Potato Day (Alaska) [1st Friday]
• Procession of the Holy Blood (Belgium)
• Raspberry Tart Day
• Semi-Pro Baseball Day
• Sun Day
• Toad Suck Daze begin (Conway, Arkansas)
• World Press Freedom Day (UN)