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World Whisky Day celebrates the 'water of life' and encourages everyone the world over to sample a dram and celebrate. Promoted by Hot Rum Cow Publishing Ltd annually on the 3rd Saturday of May.

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Jeth is the 3rd month of the Sikh religious calendar and occurs in May and June each year. During Jeth (or also - Jayth), there are several important birthdays for the Sikh faith including those of Guru Amar Das, Bhagat Puran Singh and Gurgaddi Guru Hargobind.

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Smile Month, Ntl. (UK): May 15-June 15

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Families Week, Ntl. (AU): May 15-21

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Each year, over a hundred thousand people and hundreds of organizations celebrate National Families Week in Australia. National Families Week began in 2003 and is supported by Families Australia and the Australian Government. National Families Week is a time to celebrate with family and occurs each year in conjunction with the United Nations International Day of Families.

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May

Invasive Species Week II, Ntl.: May 15-22

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AIDS, First Man Cured of AIDS Announced (2011): May 16

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Today is the anniversary of the announcement of the first man cured of HIV. For those of us alive in the late 1970s to mid-1980s, a terrifying new disease appeared on the horizon following on the heels of the free love movement and loosened condemnation against premarital sex. The baby boomer generation, the largest yet to ever exist, was young and in its prime. They stretched the boundaries of convention, experimented with sex and drugs, put off marriage and pursued education. It was a sexually charged and exciting time for youth. The future was theirs. That free-wheeling era marked by the 1960s and 1970s came crashing to an end when AIDS appeared on the scene. Suddenly, you could die a horrible slow death by having sex with the wrong person. At first, nobody really knew how you got it. It would be the early 80s before the actual virus was identified. Then, once identified, there was no way to treat or cure it. Treatments would appear in the next decade, but no cure. That changed when 45 year old Timothy Ray Brown of Berlin, a man who tested positive for HIV in 1995, tested completely clean for HIV due to the discovery of an HIV immunity gene he received through a bone marrow stem cell transplant in 2007. Doctors announced he experienced a functional cure to the world on May 16, 2011.

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Biographer's Day (1763): May 16

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Coeliac (Celiac) Awareness Day, Intl.: May 16

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Coeliac (Celiac) Awareness Day is an annual international event that seeks to educate the people about celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis and the benefits of a gluten free diet for the 1% of people with this autoimmune, hereditary disease.

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Hereditary Angioedema Awareness Day (HAE): May 16

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World Hereditary Angioedema Awareness Day (HAE Day) seeks to raise awareness of HAE with the public and medical specialists . Angioedema is a blood disorder which causes people to swell up to three or four time their natural size in their limbs, face, internal organs and genitals. The goal raise awareness and help medical personnel better identify the disorder and treat those with it.

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Love a Tree Day: May 16

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Piercing Day, Ntl: May 16

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National Piercing Day was first celebrated in 2007 and was created by grassroots enthusiasts to celebrate the many ways you can pierce your body. Check your local piercing parlors for specials on this day.

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May

Romani Resistance Day, International (1944): May 16

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It was on this day, May 16, 1944, that the Romani people of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, starving and gaunt, rose up against their Nazi captors and resisted, refusing to go to the gas chambers without a fight. Most people are aware of the Nazi Holocaust and what happened to millions of people in Europe because of it. The coverage of the Jewish victims, whom constituted half of those killed and persecuted, has been well documented. But who were the other half? The Nazis targeted a variety of groups they deemed unfit to their social ideals including over 75,000 mentally ill and handicap, people of color, 2.5 million Catholics and Poles, homosexuals and the Romani. Romani are sometimes referred to as Gypsies, Travelers or Roma. Like the Jewish population of Europe the Romani lost 550,000 people, 25% of their total population. And yet, they are rarely mentioned. The Roma wore black triangles on their sleeves instead of yellow stars. Romani were rounded up, starved and executed, often digging their own graves. With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, more has been revealed about the Romani holocaust experience and researchers believe the actual number of Romani killed may be three times what they originally thought. August 2 is also set aside as International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. This day draws special attention to the Roma survivors who continue to struggle with persecution and prejudice to this very day in many parts of Europe and America.

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Rural Life Sunday (C)(US/CA): May 16

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On Rural Life Sunday the Christian community celebrates and affirms the people and communities around the globe who grow our food and raise the livestock that feed and clothe us. Prayers are given to protect and preserve the prosperity of these essential people to global health and well-being.

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Sea Monkey Day, Ntl.: May 16

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National Sea Monkey Day celebrates the brine shrimp, a group of crustaceans that go through cryptobiosis and are sold in hatching kits as novelty aquarium pets. They are developed in the United States in 1957 by Harold von Braunhut and have been a part of the pop culture ever since. There does not appear to be a specific reason for this date being chosen. It is not the anniversary of the birth/death of the creator, date of patent filing, product premier or trademark acquisition.

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