May's Movable Holidays

1st Sunday

• Humane Sunday
• Unmother's Day

1st Monday

• Labour Day - in the UK & Zambia
• Fishin' Day - in Seymour, Texas

1st Thursday

• National Day of Prayer

1st Friday

• Potato Day - in Alaska
• International Tuba Day

1st Saturday

• Kentucky Derby Day - in Louisville, Kentucky
• Lampshade Saturday

1st weekend

• Old Dover Days - in Delaware

2nd Sunday

• Mother's Day
  • May 12, 2002
  • May 11, 2003
  • May 9, 2004
  • May 8, 2005
  • May 14, 2006
• Hawaiian Song Day
• Cat Festival - in Belgium

2nd Monday

• Feis Ceoil begins - Irish Music Festival

2nd Tuesday

• National Teacher Day

2nd Wednesday

• National Third-Shift Worker's Day

2nd Friday

• Poke Salad Festival begins - in Blanchard, Louisiana

2nd Saturday

• Native American Day
• Windmill Day - in the Netherlands

3rd Sunday

• I Am An American Day
• Malcolm X Day - in Washington, DC
• My Other Mother's Day

3rd Wednesday

• National Playday for Health

3rd Friday

• National Defense Transportation Day - 36 U.S.C. 133

3rd Saturday

• Armed Forces Day
  • May 17, 2003
  • May 15, 2004
  • May 21, 2005
  • May 20, 2006
• The Preakness
• Blessing of the Fleet begins - in Bayou La Batre, Alabama
• Red Suspenders Day - in Gridley, California; May 20, 2006; honoring volunteer fire fighters
• World's Largest Pancake Breakfast served by IHOP - in Springfield, Massachusetts

1st Monday preceding the 25th

• Victoria Day - in Canada

Monday nearest the 24th

• Bonfire Night - in Scotland; f/k/a Empire Day

3rd Saturday

• International Jumping Frog Jubilee begins - in Calaveras County, Missouri
• Great Monterey Squid Festival begins - in Monterey, California

Last Sunday

• Cavalcata Sarda - in Sardinia
• Palio Dei Balestrieri - in Italy; Crossbow Contest
• Mad Sunday - in Isle of Man

Sunday before Memorial Day

• Indianapolis 500 Race

Last Monday

• Memorial Day
  • 2003:  May 26
  • 2004:  May 31
  • 2005:  May 30
  • 2006:  May 29
• Prayer for Peace Day - by US Presidential Proclamation 
• Spring Bank Holiday - in UK
• Decoration Day
• Confederate Memorial Day - in Virginia

Last Wednesday

• National Senior Health & Fitness Day

Sunday before Ascension

• Rural Life Sunday
• Soil Stewardship Sunday
• Rogation Sunday

Monday before Ascension

• Pacing the Bounds - in Switzerland

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Ascension

• Rogation Days - a/k/a Gang Days

40 days after Easter

• Ascension
• Holy Blood Procession - in Belgium

4th Friday after Easter

• Common Prayer Day - in Denmark

5th Sunday after Easter

• Rogation Sunday

5th Saturday after 1st Saturday in May

• Belmont Stakes

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last edited Thursday, October 27, 2005