Brookston Bulletin

May 10

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)

May 02

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 of Reason [1st Thursday]
National Play Your Ukelele Day
National Truffles Day
Peasant’s Day (Burma)
Robert’s Rules Day
Rowdy Friends Day
SIbling Appreciation Day

May 01

Holidays 5.1