Long list of holidays and special days celebrated in May 2008.

Month Long Observances

• May Is American Bike Month
• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
• Asparagus Month
• Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Flower Month
• National Bar-B-Que Month
• National Egg Month
• National Duckling Month
• National Hamburger Month
• National Mental Health Month
• National Salad Month
• National Photo Month
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
• National Strawberry Month
• Older Americans Month
• Transportation Month

Week Long Observances

• 1st Week - National Postcard Week
• 2nd Week - National Pet Week
• 2nd Week - National Police Week
  Celebrate in whichever week has May 15th.
• Last Week - National Backyard Games Week
  Last full week before Memorial Day.

May 1st

• Hawaiian Lei Day
• Mother Goose Day
• May Day
• Worthy Wage Day
  For child care providers.

May 2nd

• Dr. Benjamin Spock's Birthday
  Born in 1903.
• Holocaust Remembrance Day
  Called Yom Hashoah. This year, Holocaust Remembrance Day falls on a Friday so it is actually observed the preceding Thursday.
• Space Day
  Celebrated the first Friday of May.

May 3rd

• Constitution Memorial Day
  In Japan.

May 4th

• National Weather Observers' Day
• Susan's Birthday
  From Sesame Street.

May 5th

• Children's Day
  In Japan.
• Cinco De Mayo

May 6th

• International No Diet Day
• National Teacher Day
  Always the Tuesday of the first full week of May.

May 7th

• 1st Stamp Collection Started
• Pulitzer Prize Established

May 8th

• No Socks Day

May 9th

• First Newspaper Cartoon
  In the USA in 1754.
• National Family Child Care Provider's Day
  The Friday before Mother's Day.

May 10th

• Clean Up Your Room Day

May 11th

• Mother's Day
  Second Sunday of May.
• Twilight Zone Day

May 12th

• International Nurses Day
• Kite Day
• Limerick Day

May 13th

• Tulip Day

May 14th

• Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
  In 1804.
• National Dance Like a Chicken Day

May 15th

• Aoi Festival
  Celebrated in Japan.
• L.F. Baum's Birthday
  Author of The Wizard of Oz - born in 1856.
• National Chocolate Chip Day

May 16th

• First US Nickel Minted
  In 1866, called the 'Shield Nickel'.

May 17th

• Armed Forces Day
  The third Saturday of May.
• First Kentucky Derby
  In 1875.

May 18th

• International Museum Day
• Mount St. Helens Erupted
  In 1980.
• Peace Day
  Third Sunday in May.
• Visit Your Relatives Day

May 19th

• Circus Day
  The Ringling Brother's Circus opened in 1884.
• Victoria Day
  Celebrated in Canada on the Monday before May 24.

May 20th

• First Photo Sent From Space
  In 1990 the Hubble space telescope sends 1st photograph's from space.

May 21st

• American Red Cross Founded
  Founded by Clara Barton in 1881.
• Lindbergh Flight Day
  In 1927.

May 22nd

• Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day

May 23rd

• Penny Day

May 24th

• First Morse Code Message Sent
  Sent from Washington DC to Baltimore in 1844.

May 25th

• National Missing Children's Day
• National Tap Dance Day

May 26th

• Blueberry Cheesecake Day

May 27th

• Golden Gate Bridge Opens
  In 1937.
• Masking Tape Patented
  In 1930.

May 28th

• Jim Thorpe's Birthday
  Born in 1888.

May 29th

• John F. Kennedy's Birthday
  Born in 1917.

May 30th

• Ice Cream Freezer Patented
  In 1848 by William Young.

May 31st

• Memorial Day
  Observed the Last Monday of May, which is the 26th in 2008.
• World No Tobacco Day