Educators' Calendar: United States

May 2024

28th April

28

29th April

29

30th April

30

1st May

1

2nd May

2

3rd May

3

4th May

4

28th April

29th April

30th April

1st May

May Day

Empire State Building Opened (1931)

2nd May

World Asthma Day

Soviet Union Announced Fall of Berlin (1945)

Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa (1994)

Osama Bin Laden Killed (2011)

May. 2-7
Children's Book Week

3rd May

World Press Freedom Day

4th May

International Firefighters Day

Freedom Riders Left D.C. for New Orleans (1961)

5th May

5

6th May

6

7th May

7

8th May

8

9th May

9

10th May

10

11th May

11

5th May

Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)

John Scopes Arrested for Teaching Darwinism (1926)

First American in Space (1961)

6th May

Holocaust Remembrance Day Begins at Sundown

International No Diet Day

Psychiatrist Sigmund Freud's Birthday (1856)

Hindenburg Disaster (1937)

May. 6-10
Teacher Appreciation Week

May. 6-11
Screen-Free Week

7th May

National Teacher Day

National Scrapbooking Day

Composer Peter Tchaikovsky's Birthday (1840)

Lusitania Sunk (1915)

May. 7-14
National Music Week

8th May

World Red Cross Day

Pres. Harry S. Truman's Birthday (1884)

VE Day (1945)

9th May

Abolitionist John Brown's Birthday (1800)

Beatles Signed First Recording Contract (1962)

10th May

First Transcontinental Railway Completed (1869)

Nelson Mandela Became South Africa's President (1994)

11th May

School Nurse Day

Minnesota Admission Day (1858)

Sports Writer Mike Lupica's Birthday (1952)

May. 11-17
Transportation Week

12th May

12

13th May

13

14th May

14

15th May

15

16th May

16

17th May

17

18th May

18

12th May

Nurse Florence Nightingale's Birthday (1820)

Pres. Jimmy Carter Visited Cuba (2002)

May. 12-18
National Prevention Week

13th May

Lag BaOmer (Jewish Festival) Begins at Sundown

U.S. Declared War on Mexico (1846)

14th May

World Fair Trade Day

Lewis and Clark Expedition Began (1803)

First Olympic Games Held in U.S. (1904)

First U.S. Space Station Launched (1973)

15th May

International Day of Families

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Created (1862)

First Air Mail Route Established in U.S. (1918)

May. 15-21
Police Week

16th May

Biographers Day

First U.S. Nickel Minted (1866)

17th May

International Day Against Homophobia

New York Stock Exchange Established (1792)

Supreme Court Ruled on Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

18th May

Armed Forces Day

International Museum Day

Pope John Paul II's Birthday (1920)

Mount St. Helens Erupted (1980)

19th May

19

20th May

20

21st May

21

22nd May

22

23rd May

23

24th May

24

25th May

25

19th May

New England Confederation Formed (1643)

20th May

First Lady Dolley Madison's Birthday (1768)

Charles Lindbergh Began Transatlantic Flight (1927)

21st May

American Red Cross Established (1881)

Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic (1932)

First Hydrogen Bomb Dropped by Air (1956)

22nd May

Buy a Musical Instrument Day

International Day for Biological Diversity

Pres. Nixon Goodwill Trip to USSR (1972)

23rd May

Botanist Carolus Linnaeus's Birthday (1707)

South Carolina Admission Day (1788)

Wright Brothers Patented the Aircraft (1906)

24th May

First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844)

Brooklyn Bridge Opened (1883)

Israeli Occupation of Lebanon Ended (2000)

25th May

International Missing Children's Day

Fork Debuted in U.S. (1630)

Jesse Owens Broke Three World Records (1935)

26th May

26

27th May

27

28th May

28

29th May

29

30th May

30

31st May

31

1st June

1

26th May

Ascension Day (Christian Feast Day)

Photographer Dorothea Lange's Birthday (1895)

Astronaut Sally Ride's Birthday (1951)

27th May

First Recorded Witch Execution (1647)

St. Petersburg Founded (1703)

Environmentalist Rachel Carson's Birthday (1907)

Golden Gate Bridge Opened (1937)

28th May

Athlete Jim Thorpe's Birthday (1888)

Sierra Club Founded (1892)

Linda Finch Completed Earhart's Flight Around the World (1997)

29th May

Rhode Island Admission Day (1790)

Wisconsin Admission Day (1848)

Hillary and Tenzing Reached Mt. Everest Summit (1953)

30th May

Indianapolis 500 Debuted (1911)

Lincoln Memorial Dedicated (1927)

31st May

World No Tobacco Day

First U.S. Copyright Law Enacted (1790)

South Africa Became Independent (1961)

1st June

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

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Clean Air Month

National Bike Month