Educators' Calendar: United States

May 2017

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
30th April
30
1st May
1
2nd May
2
3rd May
3
4th May
4
5th May
5
6th May
6
30th April
 
1st May
May Day
2nd May
National Teacher Day
3rd May
National Scrapbooking Day
4th May
International Firefighters Day
5th May
Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
6th May
International No Diet Day
1st May
Empire State Building Opened (1931)
2nd May
World Asthma Day
3rd May
World Press Freedom Day
4th May
Freedom Riders Left D.C. for New Orleans (1961)
5th May
John Scopes Arrested for Teaching Darwinism (1926)
6th May
Psychiatrist Sigmund Freud's Birthday (1856)
1st May
May. 1-5
Teacher Appreciation Week
2nd May
Soviet Union Announced Fall of Berlin (1945)
3rd May
4th May
5th May
First American in Space (1961)
6th May
Hindenburg Disaster (1937)
1st May
2nd May
Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa (1994)
5th May
6th May
1st May
May. 1-7
Screen-Free Week
2nd May
Osama Bin Laden Killed (2011)
1st May
2nd May
7th May
7
8th May
8
9th May
9
10th May
10
11th May
11
12th May
12
13th May
13
7th May
Composer Peter Tchaikovsky's Birthday (1840)
8th May
World Red Cross Day
9th May
Abolitionist John Brown's Birthday (1800)
10th May
School Nurse Day
11th May
Minnesota Admission Day (1858)
12th May
Kite Day
13th May
Lag BaOmer (Jewish Festival) Begins at Sundown
7th May
Lusitania Sunk (1915)
8th May
Pres. Harry S. Truman's Birthday (1884)
9th May
Beatles Signed First Recording Contract (1962)
10th May
First Transcontinental Railway Completed (1869)
11th May
Sports Writer Mike Lupica's Birthday (1952)
12th May
Nurse Florence Nightingale's Birthday (1820)
13th May
World Fair Trade Day
7th May
May. 7-14
National Music Week
8th May
VE Day (1945)
9th May
10th May
Nelson Mandela Became South Africa's President (1994)
11th May
12th May
Pres. Jimmy Carter Visited Cuba (2002)
13th May
U.S. Declared War on Mexico (1846)
7th May
8th May
10th May
12th May
13th May
14th May
14
15th May
15
16th May
16
17th May
17
18th May
18
19th May
19
20th May
20
14th May
Mother's Day
15th May
16th May
17th May
International Day Against Homophobia
18th May
International Museum Day
19th May
New England Confederation Formed (1643)
20th May
14th May
Lewis and Clark Expedition Began (1803)
15th May
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Created (1862)
16th May
First U.S. Nickel Minted (1866)
17th May
New York Stock Exchange Established (1792)
18th May
Pope John Paul II's Birthday (1920)
19th May
20th May
First Lady Dolley Madison's Birthday (1768)
14th May
First Olympic Games Held in U.S. (1904)
15th May
First Air Mail Route Established in U.S. (1918)
16th May
17th May
Supreme Court Ruled on Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
18th May
Mount St. Helens Erupted (1980)
20th May
Charles Lindbergh Began Transatlantic Flight (1927)
14th May
First U.S. Space Station Launched (1973)
15th May
17th May
18th May
20th May
14th May
14th May
May. 14-20
Police Week
14th May
May. 14-20
Transportation Week
14th May
21st May
21
22nd May
22
23rd May
23
24th May
24
25th May
25
26th May
26
27th May
27
21st May
American Red Cross Established (1881)
22nd May
Buy a Musical Instrument Day
23rd May
Botanist Carolus Linnaeus's Birthday (1707)
24th May
First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844)
25th May
International Missing Children's Day
26th May
27th May
First Recorded Witch Execution (1647)
21st May
Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic (1932)
22nd May
International Day for Biological Diversity
23rd May
South Carolina Admission Day (1788)
24th May
Brooklyn Bridge Opened (1883)
25th May
Ascension Day (Christian Feast Day)
26th May
Photographer Dorothea Lange's Birthday (1895)
27th May
St. Petersburg Founded (1703)
21st May
First Hydrogen Bomb Dropped by Air (1956)
22nd May
Pres. Nixon Goodwill Trip to USSR (1972)
23rd May
Wright Brothers Patented the Aircraft (1906)
24th May
Israeli Occupation of Lebanon Ended (2000)
25th May
Fork Debuted in U.S. (1630)
26th May
Astronaut Sally Ride's Birthday (1951)
27th May
Environmentalist Rachel Carson's Birthday (1907)
21st May
22nd May
23rd May
24th May
25th May
Jesse Owens Broke Three World Records (1935)
26th May
27th May
Golden Gate Bridge Opened (1937)
25th May
27th May
28th May
28
29th May
29
30th May
30
31st May
31
1st June
1
2nd June
2
3rd June
3
28th May
Athlete Jim Thorpe's Birthday (1888)
29th May
Memorial Day
30th May
Shavuot (Jewish Festival) Begins at Sundown
31st May
World No Tobacco Day
1st June
 
2nd June
 
3rd June
 
28th May
Sierra Club Founded (1892)
29th May
Rhode Island Admission Day (1790)
30th May
Indianapolis 500 Debuted (1911)
31st May
First U.S. Copyright Law Enacted (1790)
28th May
Linda Finch Completed Earhart's Flight Around the World (1997)
29th May
Wisconsin Admission Day (1848)
30th May
Lincoln Memorial Dedicated (1927)
31st May
South Africa Became Independent (1961)
28th May
29th May
Hillary and Tenzing Reached Mt. Everest Summit (1953)
30th May
31st May
29th May

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
Healthy Vision Month
National Water Safety Month
Transportation Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Inventors Month
Physical Fitness & Sports Month
Clean Air Month
National Bike Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month