5/1
Yom Ha’atzmaut (Jewish)
5/1
National Day of Prayer and Reason
5/1
International Workers’ Day (May Day)
5/3
World Press Freedom Day (UN)
5/5
Cinco de Mayo
5/5
National Day for Awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
5/5
Orthodox Easter
5/6
National Nurses Day (US)
5/6
National Teachers Appreciation Day
5/7
National Barrier Awareness Day
5/9
Native American Day
5/9
National Provider Appreciation Day
5/10
World Lupus Day
5/12
Vesak- Buddha Day (Buddhist)
5/12
International Nurses Day
5/15
Peace Officers Memorial Day (US)
5/15
Global Accessibility Day
5/15
International Day for Families (UN)
5/16
International Day of Living Together in Peace (UN)
5/16
International Day of Light (UN)
5/16
Lag B’Omer (Jewish)
5/17
Public Lands Day
5/17
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
5/19
Malcolm X Day
5/20
World Bee Day (UN)
5/21
Emergency Medical Services for Children Day
5/21
World Day for Cultural Diversity (UN)
5/22
Harvey Milk Day (LGBTQ/Civil Rights Activist)
5/23
Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i) Gugu
5/25
National Missing Children’s Day
5/25
African Liberation Day
5/26
Memorial Day
5/28
Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
5/28
World Hunger Day
5/29
Ascension Day (Christian)
5/30
World Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Day Corpus Christi (Christian)
5/31
World No Tobacco Day (UN)
Color Shape Key
Green Triangle – Diversity Leaders’ Birthdays
Blue Circle – United States Holidays
Red Bar – Religious / Cultural Holidays
Purple Star- International Holidays
Black Square – Equinoxes