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Events In May 2025
Database of events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions occurring in May of this year.
May Events
Jyeshtha (H): May 13 - June 11
Monthly
Jyeshtha or Jyaistha is the third month of the Hindu calendar, corresponding to May-June in the Gregorian calendar. PLEASE NOTE: We use the Indian civil calendar, the official holiday calendar in India...
May
Keep Kids Alive—Drive 25, Ntl.: May 1
Daily
Keep Kids Alive; Drive 25mph Day is a day of action designed to make roadways safer for drivers, pedestrians, passengers, cyclists, and kids at play. Commit to practicing safe driving for the next 24 hour...
May
Keffiyeh Day, World : May 11
Daily
ABOUT WORLD KEFFIYEH DAY World Keffiyeh Day (May 11) and Nakba Day (May 15) demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian cause and struggle. WHAT IS A KEFFIYEH? A keffiyeh (also known as a kufiya, shem...
May
Kensington Derby and Art Festival (US-PA):...
Daily
The Kensington Derby and Art Fair began in 2007 as two separate events to bring the North Philadelphia neighborhood together. In 2015 they merged under the patronage of Philadelphia Federal Credit Union....
May
Kentucky Derby (US-KY): May 3
Daily
The Kentucky Derby falls on the first Saturday of May in Louisville, Kentucky. Known by many names such as "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports," "The Run for the Roses," or "The Fastest Two Minutes...
May
Kids to Parks Day, Ntl.: May 17
Daily
Kids to Parks Day is a national day of play that connects kids and families with their local, state, and national parks. By discovering our public lands, kids across the country are learning about park st...
May
Labor Day/Worker's Day International (CN):...
Daily
International Labor Day recalls the Haymarket Martyrs in Chicago in 1886. It was 1886 when the workers at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in Chicago went on strike. The farm equipment manufactur...
May
Lag B'Omer (J): May 15/16
Daily
Bonfires, haircuts, and weddings, what do all these things have in common? The Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer. Lag B'Omer marks the anniversary of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's death (approximately 120AD - 199...
May
Last Bell Day (RU): May 25
Daily
Last Bell Day in Russia signals the end of the school learning year and usually occurs on May 25 each year, before final exams. Children dress in traditional Soviet-era uniforms, and a first grader is gi...
May
Law Day: May 1
Daily
Law Day is a national event in the United States created to focus on the founding laws and ideals of the United States, beginning with the Constitution. It is observed on May 1.
May
Learn About Composting Day: May 29
Daily
Compost is humus—not hummus, the chickpea paste so popular in Middle Eastern cuisine, but a mixture of organic matter created from the decomposition of food, plants, and soil rich in nutrients and mixed i...
May
Learn to Ride a Bike Day: May 3
Daily
May is National Bike Month in the United States. The first Saturday in May has been set aside as Learn to Ride a Bike Day since 2018, and adults and children are encouraged to give bike riding a spin.
May
Learn to Swim Day, Intl.: May 17
Daily
Drowning is the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages one to 14. International Learn to Swim Day, created in 2012, aims to change that by encouraging every parent to...
May
Learn to Swim Week, Intl.: May 12-18 (est)
Weekly
International Learn to Swim Week is an annual event hosted by the Swimming Teachers' Association to celebrate the importance of learning to swim and water safety education. Thousands of STA swimming teach...
May
Lei Day, (US-HI): May 1
Daily
Lei Day is a big celebration in Hawaii with local music, hula dancing, and of course, lei contests. The lei is a Hawaiian necklace made of flowers, worn around the neck, and Lei Day is one day when everyo...
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