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Here you will find the world's holidays, annual events and a few anniversaries on May 15.

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holidays & events
  • 2004:  Armed Forces Day
  • Bought, No Matter What It Was!, No Excuses Now Day
  • Cold Sophie's Day (5th Ice Saint)
  • Feast of Maia and Mercury (Old Roman)
  • French Fried Fairy Awareness Day (Fairy)
  • International Day of Families (UN)
  • National Chocolate Chip Day
  • National Defense Transportation Day
  • Never Turn Your Back on the Ocean Day
  • Peace Officers Memorial Day a/k/a Police Memorial Day
  • Relive Your Past By Listening to the First Music You Ever
  • Straw Hat Day
  • 2004:  The Preakness

Christian holidays

  • Feast of St. John Baptiste de la Salle
  • Calendar of Saints - May 15
  • St. Dympna's Day (patron of the insane, asylums, mental health workers; against epilepsy, insanity, sleepwalking)
  • St. Hallvard's Day (patron of Oslo; defending innocence)
  • Feast of St. Isidore (patron of farmers, Madrid)
  • St. Isidore's Day (patron farmers, farm workers, ranchers)

anniversaries

  • beginning of gasoline rationing (1942)
  • first sale of nylon hosiery (1940)
  • first flight attendant (1930)

directories


May holidays & events by location

 
Africa

Africa

 
Asia & the Middle East

Asia


Middle East

  • Israeli National Day
 
Australia & Oceania

Australia and Oceania

 
Europe

Europe

 
North & Central America

North America

  • San Isidro Day - in Mexico
  • 2004:  Blessing of the Fleet begins - in Bayou La Batre, Alabama
  • Kids Day America - in Georgia
  • 2004:  World's Largest Pancake Breakfast served by IHOP - in Springfield, MA

Caribbean


Central America

 
South America

South America

  • Paraguay Independence Day
 
calendar & zodiac

Gregorian calendar

  • Day 135, with 230 days remaining in the year
  • 2001 A. D.: Tuesday
  • 2002 A. D.:  Wednesday
  • 2003 A. D.:  Thursday
  • 2004 A. D.:  Saturday
  • 2005 A. D.:  Sunday
  • 2006 A. D.:  Monday
  • 2007 A. D.:  Tuesday
  • 2008 A. D.:  Thursday
  • 2009 A. D.:  Friday
  • 2010 A. D.:  Saturday
  • 2011 A. D.:  Sunday

other calendars


season

  • Northern hemisphere:  Spring
  • Southern hemisphere:  Autumn

zodiac


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last edited Sunday, December 25, 2005