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May 12 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1789 William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice

1940 Nazi blitzkrieg and conquest of France begins with the crossing of the Muese River

1943 Axis forces in North Africa surrender

2002 Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro’s 1959 revolution.

2008 Wenchuan earthquake, measuring 7.8 in magnitude occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 87,000, injuring 374,643 and leaving homeless between 4.8 million and 11 million people

Today’s Historical Events

254 Stephan I succeeds Lucius I as Catholic Pope

919 Duke Henry of Saxony becomes King Henry I of Oostfrankischreich

1057 The Ostromir Gospel, now the oldest surviving Russian manuscript is recorded completed by its scribe Deacon Grigory [1]

1082 Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr

1215 English barons serve ultimatum on King John which eventually leads to the creation and signing of the Magna Carta

1294 Construction of Santa Croce begins in Florence, the largest Franciscan church in the world (consecrated 1442)

1328 Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and assembly of priests select Pietro Rainalducc as anti-Pope Nicolas V; consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice

1459 Jodhpur, Sun City, founded by Rao Jodhpur in India

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1953 KUHT TV channel 8 (PBS) in Houston, TX, begins broadcasting

1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra television special; Elvis sings Sinatra’s 1957 Cy Coleman hit “Witchcraft”, and Frank performs Presley’s 1956 classic “Love Me Tender”

1963 Bob Dylan walks out of “The Ed Sullivan Show” over a dispute about his song choice

1967 20th Cannes Film Festival: “Blowup” directed by Michelangelo Antonioni wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film

1968 WSKG TV channel 46 (PBS) in Binghamton, NY, begins broadcasting

1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

1977 Emmy 4th Daytime Award presentation: “Ryan’s Hope” and “Family Feud” win

1983 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1832 Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “L’elisir d’amore” premieres in Milan

1894 Ludwig Englander’s musical “Passing Show” premieres in NYC

1926 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 1st Symphony premieres in Leningrad

1934 “Cocktails For Two” by Duke Ellington hits #1

1936 Ralph Vaughan Williams’ opera “Poisoned Kiss” premieres in London

1938 Arthur Honegger and Paul Claudel’s oratorio “Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher” (Joan of Arc at the Stake) premieres in Basel, Switzerland

1950 Darius Milhaud‘s opera “Bolivar” premieres in Paris

1958 “Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu” by Dicky Doo & The Don’ts hits #40

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1890 First official County Cricket Championship match begins; Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by 8 wickets at Bristol; James Cranston scores first century (101) in the competition

1909 34th Preakness: Willie Doyle aboard Effendi wins in 1:39.8

1910 Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Charles “Chief” Bender no-hits Cleveland Naps, 4-0

1913 English runner Harry Green runs world record marathon 2:38:16.2 in the Polytechnic Marathon in London, England

1917 42nd Preakness: E Haynes aboard Kalitan wins in 1:54.4

1917 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6

1919 New York Yankees and Washington Senators play second straight extra inning tie, 4-4 in 15 innings at the Polo Grounds; 0-0 in 12 the previous day

1923 48th Preakness: Benny Marinelli aboard Vigil wins in 1:53.6

Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China

I found this article to be interesting and informative.

Species unknown to science could be hiding in this gaping hole. A team of Chinese scientists has discovered a giant new sinkhole with a forest at its bottom.

I found this on NewsBreak: Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China https://share.newsbreak.com/11zjnnrz

May 11 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

330 Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes the capital of the Roman Empire

1189 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade

1751 Pennsylvania Hospital founded by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin, in Philadelphia

1995 More than 170 countries agree to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons [1]

2000 India’s population officially reaches 1 billion – Astha Arora named India’s billionth baby

Today’s Historical Events

330 Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes the capital of the Roman Empire

868 “The Diamond Sutra”, the world’s oldest surviving and dated printed book is printed in Chinese and made into a scroll

1068 Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London

1189 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade

1310 Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics

1421 Jews are expelled from Styria Austria

1502 Christopher Columbus begins 4th & last trip to the “Indies”

1625 Peasants besiege Frankenburg estate in Upper Austria

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1918 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8

1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week)

1931 “M” Fritz Lang’s first sound film starring Peter Lorre premieres in Berlin

1956 Pinky Lee Show last airs on NBC-TV

1959 Mary Rodgers & Marshall Barer’s musical “Once Upon A Mattress”, starring Carol Burnett and directed by George Abbott, opens at Phoenix Theatre, NYC; runs for 244 performances

1968 Richard Harris releases “MacArthur Park”

1969 British comedy troupe Monty Python forms, made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin

1973 Ground-breaking Indian crime film “Zanjeer” directed by Prakash Mehra and starring “The Angry Young Man” Amitabh Bachchan released

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1812 Waltz introduced into English ballrooms. Some observers consider it disgusting and immoral.

1881 Bedřich Smetana’s opera “Libuše” premieres iat the Natonal Theater, in Prague

1956 Elvis Presley‘s 1st entry on UK charts with “Heartbreak Hotel”

1959 “Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb” by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4

1963 “Puff (The Magic Dragon)” by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2

1965 “Flora, the Red Menace” opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances

1967 “Sing, Israel Sing” opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC for 14 performances

1970 “The Long and Winding Road” becomes Beatles’ last American single release

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1887 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39.25

1888 16th Preakness: F Littlefield aboard Refund wins in 2:49

1892 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41½

1893 Henri Desgrange establishes world’s 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour

1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers

1900 James J. Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 23 for heavyweight boxing title

1912 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4

1918 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8

Printable – May 2022 Northern Hemisphere Gardening/Planting Moon Calendar

May 2022 – Gardening by the Moon, Biodynamic Planting Guide

From Astro-Seek.com

Please read this first:

1) Moon Phase x Moon Zodiac Sign:

Please keep in mind, that Gardening by Moon Phase and Gardening by Moon Zodiac Sign are two different/independent biodynamic systems and they might give you different or contradictiory gardening recommendations.

  • a) Each Moon Phase (except Full Moon and New Moon) lasts about 1 week
  • b) Each Moon Zodiac Sign lasts about 2.5 days

Try to experiment with these two systems to find which recommendations suits you the most.

2) Tropical (Astrological) x Sidereal (Astronomical) Zodiac:
(1-2 days difference in Leaf, Fruit, Root and Flower days)

There are two different zodiacs for determining the Moon Sign:

  • a) Tropical zodiac (Astrological) is based on the seasons – Vernal Equinox is fixed as 0° Aries (The 1st Fruit day)
  • b) Sidereal zodiac (Astronomical) takes into account Precession of Equinoxes and shifts 0° Aries back by cca 1-2 days. Maria Thun who was an authority on biodynamics was using this Sidereal zodiac

Try to experiment also with these two zodiac systems to find which system suits you better.

MAY

2022

 Moon Phase Gardening by the
Moon Phase		 Gardening by the
Moon Zodiac Sign

Tropical Zodiac (by Seasons)
Sidereal Zodiac (Maria Thun)
May 1
Sun		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 23:13
root Days
from 23:13

TaurusTaurus
May 2
Mon		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
May 3
Tue		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus
May 4
Wed		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 11:15
flower Days
from 11:15

GeminiGemini
May 5
Thu		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini
May 6
Fri		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini
May 7
Sat		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
GeminiGemini

until 00:04
leaf Days
from 00:04

CancerCancer
May 8
Sun		 First Quarter Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
leaf Days
CancerCancer
May 9
Mon

MoonOppositionSaturn

 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)

Spraying days: Moon Opposition Saturn
leaf Days
CancerCancer

until 11:37
fruit Days
from 11:37

LeoLeo
May 10
Tue		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo
May 11
Wed		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
fruit Days
LeoLeo

until 20:02
root Days
from 20:02

VirgoVirgo
May 12
Thu		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo
May 13
Fri		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo
May 14
Sat		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
VirgoVirgo

until 00:42
flower Days
from 00:42

LibraLibra
May 15
Sun		 Waxing Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Fruit plants
also Cereals and Flowers
Optimum planting day (2 days before the Full Moon)

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
flower Days
LibraLibra
May 16
Mon		 FULL MOON
at 04:13		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate

Pick medicinal herbs and plants
flower Days
LibraLibra

until 02:23
leaf Days
from 02:23

ScorpioScorpio
May 17
Tue		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio
May 18
Wed		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
ScorpioScorpio

until 02:39
fruit Days
from 02:39

SagittariusSagittarius
May 19
Thu		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius
May 20
Fri		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
SagittariusSagittarius

until 03:15
root Days
from 03:15

CapricornCapricorn
May 21
Sat		 Waning Gibbous Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn
May 22
Sun		 Last Quarter Sow/Plant:
Below ground plants, especially Root plants
Plant trees, shrubs and perennials

– Harvest all crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
root Days
CapricornCapricorn

until 05:42
flower Days
from 05:42

AquariusAquarius
May 23
Mon		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius
May 24
Tue		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
flower Days
AquariusAquarius

until 10:56
leaf Days
from 10:56

PiscesPisces
May 25
Wed		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces
May 26
Thu		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
leaf Days
PiscesPisces

until 19:08
fruit Days
from 19:08

AriesAries
May 27
Fri		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
May 28
Sat		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries
May 29
Sun		 Waning Crescent Barren phase:
Time to rest. Avoid seed sowing

– Harvest and store crops
– Fertilize, Transplant
– Destroy weed
– Mow lawns & Prune (to reduce growth)
fruit Days
AriesAries

until 05:45
root Days
from 05:45

TaurusTaurus
May 30
Mon		 NEW MOON
at 11:30		 Time to rest, celebrate and meditate
root Days
TaurusTaurus
May 31
Tue		 Waxing Crescent Sow/Plant:
Above ground annuals, especially Leaf plants
also Cereals, Herbs, Cucumbers

– Mow lawns (to increase growth)
– Graft & Prune (to increase growth)
root Days
TaurusTaurus

until 17:59
flower Days
from 17:59

GeminiGemini

Gardening by the Moon Zodiac Sign (Element) – Legend

Biodynamic Calendar – Icon Legend
Leaf Days Leaf days (Water Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants from which the intention is to use Leaves and Stems.
  • Ex: Cabbage, Salads, Lettuce, Spinach, Green onions, Broccoli, Cauliflower and Celeriac.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Harvesting in Leaf days is not recommended (products start decomposing in a shorter time).
  • Beekeeping: Working with the hive is not recommended in Leaf days.
Fruit Days Fruit days (Fire Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate plants that produce Fruits and Seeds.
  • Ex: Cherry, Strawberry, Tomato, Pea, Bean, Corn, Pumpkin, Nut, Cereal, Courgette.
  • Harvesting in Fruit days allows fruits and seeds to have a better storage quality.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in Flower days (or Fruit days).
  • Beekeeping: Fruit days stimulate the collection of nectar. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.
Root Days Root days (Earth Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant and cultivate Root plants and Root vegetables.
  • Ex: Carrot, Turnip, but also Potato, Beet-root, Garlic, Onion, Leek.
  • Crop should be stored in Root days.
  • Beekeeping: Bees should be encouraged to build more comb.
Flower Days Flower days (Air Element)

  • It is the appropriate time to sow, transplant, cultivate and harvest Flower plants or herbs used for medicinal purposes.
  • Flowers, if cut in these days, have a more intense scent and endure longer.
  • Leaf plants should be harvested in these Flower days.
  • Beekeeping: Flower days stimulate brood activity and colony development. Bees are also supposed to be more gentle these days.

Gardening by the Moon Phase – Legend
NEW MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.


NEW MOON PHASE

New Moon -» First Quarter (Waxing Crescent)

– Moonlight is increasing

– Strongest gravitational pull

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Leaf plants, Cereals, Grains, Lawns, Herbs, Cucumbers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).


FIRST QUARTER PHASE

First Quarter -» Full Moon (Waxing Gibbous)

– Moonlight becomes stronger

– Gravitational pull is a little less now

– Soil releases / Earth exhales / Energy draws UP into upper planets

  • Sow/Plant: Above ground Fruit plants (with “inside seeds” such as Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas and Bean), Cereals, Grains, Lawns and Flowers.
  • Jobs: Graft, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to increase growth).
  • Planting and Grafting take best if done two days just before the Full Moon.
FULL MOON

  • Time to rest, celebrate and meditate.
  • Pick medicinal herbs and plants.


FULL MOON PHASE

Full Moon -» Last Quarter (Waning Gibbous)

– Moonlight is decreasing

– Gravitational pull is decreasing

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Sow/Plant: Below ground Root plants such as Potatoes, Carrots & Onions.
    Plant trees, shrubs, biennials & perennials.
  • Jobs: Harvest all crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).


LAST QUARTER PHASE

Last Quarter -» New Moon (Waning Crescent)

– Moonlight has decreased

– Gravitational pull has decreased

– Soil absorbs / Earth inhales / Energy draws DOWN into the Roots

  • Barren phase: Time to rest and prepare for the next New Moon.
  • Jobs: Avoid seed sowing.
  • Jobs: Harvest and store crops, Fertilize, Transplant, Destroy weed, Mow lawns & Prune foliage (to reduce growth).

Moon Opposition Saturn
MoonOppositionSaturn SPRAYING DAYS

  • Spraying Biodynamic preparations out during Moon opposition Saturn increases soil activity.
  • The MoonMoon represents fertility and germination, while SaturnSaturn represents form and strong structure.
  • It is also a perfect time to plant seeds out.

Click here to see the Tropical Zodiac (By Seasons) Calendar from Astro-Seek.com

Mercury has super long, glowing tail

Mercury has a glowing dragon tail of sodium atoms that is more than seven times longer than ever suspected, scientists report.

New measurements of Mercury’s yellow-orange tail, which streams in the solar wind like the long tail of a kite, put it at more than 100 times the radius of the planet itself.

The neutral sodium atoms that make up the 2.5 million kilometre-long streamer are thought to be blasted off the surface by the sun and micro-meteor impacts. These impart enough energy to launch the atoms into space.

Other elements are also in the tail. But it’s the sodium that lights up and can be detected.

“This [sodium] ion is the ‘little atom that could’,” says Mercury researcher Dr Ann Sprague of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

It scatters photons like crazy, making it a great clue to various processes at work on and around the planet.

Shorter tail spotted before

Mercury’s tail has been spotted before, but scientists missed its great length as they were looking at too small a piece of the sky, says researcher Jeffrey Baumgardner of Boston University.

Baumgardner is the lead author of a report on Mercury’s sodium tail in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

“Our forte was wide-angle imaging,” Baumgardner says.

His team created an 8°-wide image using a telescope at McDonald Observatory in Texas that’s about 16 full-moons wide.

The actual 2° sodium tail is as long as four full moons.

In the image Mercury is blocked out because its brightness outshines the sodium tail. If Mercury were shown to scale in the image, it would be less than a pixel in diameter.

“But even so, you are limited by the sodium in Earth’s atmosphere,” says Baumgardner.

Earth’s own sodium glow is itself created by the steady supply of meteors that burn up in the atmosphere, he says.

Two sodium hot spots

To better understand how Mercury’s tail is created, Baumgardner’s team also made close-up sodium-glow images of Mercury. This revealed that the planet has two sodium hot spots, both at high latitudes.

These could be the product of the planet’s mineralogy, topography or have something to do with how the planet’s magnetic field channels in particles from the sun.

That’s similar to how Earth does the same thing and creates aurora light shows near the poles.

The secrets of these hotspots are likely to be revealed by the Messenger spacecraft, says Sprague.

Messenger made a close fly-by of the planet in January and is scheduled to settle into orbit in March 2011.

A large part of Messenger’s mission will be to map out the mineral composition of the swiftly moving planet.

Other planets have tails too

Mercury is not the only heavenly body with a sodium tail, Baumgardner says.

Neutral sodium is also seen streaming from our moon and forming a haze around Jupiter from the sodium blasted off of its tiny and hyper-volcanic moon Io.

It’s also seen blowing from comets.

Because tails are associated with rocky bodies in our solar system, they could some day help planet hunters identify rocky worlds orbiting other stars, says Sprague.

“It’s a stepping stone to understanding other planets,” he says.

This article comes from abc.net.au

May 10 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for his first voyage to the New World (disputed)

1775 Second Continental Congress convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and issues paper currency for 1st time

1801 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America (1st US foreign war)

1857 Indian mutiny against rule by the British East India Company begins with the revolt of the Sepoy soldiers in Meerut

1940 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister

1960 US atomic submarine USS Triton completes 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe

1994 Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa’s 1st black president

Today’s Historical Events

1267 Vienna’s church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb

1278 Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining

1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English King Edward I

1294 Temür Khan declared Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty

1427 Jews are expelled from Bern, Switzerland

1497 Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci leaves for his first voyage to the New World (disputed)

1503 Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands

1525 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1928 WGY, Schenectady begins regular TV programming

1952 5th Cannes Film Festival: “The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice” directed by Orson Welles and “Two Cents Worth of Hope” directed by Renato Castellani jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film

1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting

1955 8th Cannes Film Festival: “Marty” directed by Delbert Mann wins Palme d’Or

1956 KFSN TV channel 30 in Fresno, CA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting

1956 9th Cannes Film Festival: “The Silent World” directed by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle wins the Palme d’Or

1973 Bruce Lee collapses in Golden Harvest studios in Hong Kong and is rushed to Hong Kong Baptist Hospital where doctors diagnose him with cerebral edema

1982 WABC radio (NYC) plays its last record – John Lennon‘s “Imagine” – and switches to all-talk format

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1849 Astor Place Riot: Backers of American actor and working class hero Edwin Forrest attempt to disrupt British actor William McReady’s performance at Astor Place Opera House in NYC; Military troops supporting police shoot at the crowd, killing between 22 and 31 [1]

1907 Paul Dukas’ opera “Ariane et Barbe Bleue” premieres in Paris

1932 Government declares “Wilhelmus” as the Netherlands’ national anthem

1947 “Chocolate Soldier” closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 performances

1952 Revival of Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle’s musical “Shuffle Along” closes at Broadway Theater, NYC, after 4 performances

1957 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 2nd Piano concerto premieres in Moscow

1963 Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison

1967 Rolling Stones Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1870 Jem Mace & defends his heavyweight crown against Irish champ Joe Coburn, it lasts 1 hr & 17 minutes, & neither is struck by a punch

1889 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17.5

1893 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39.25

1902 Dutch soccer club FC Blauw-Wit (Blue-White) is formed in the Kinkerbuurt area of Amsterdam; merge with VV De Beursbengels in 2015

1905 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75

1910 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4

1913 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8

1913 Yanks commit 8 errors & still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings

How to Incorporate Wicca into Everyday Life

A Daily Wiccan routine doesn’t have to be much different from that of anyone else. Magic is simply working with the energies for channeling an intention, and the fact is that we can all practice Magic, and in fact we do it without realizing it. For example, while health experts agree that we shouldn’t take a shower every day¹ , many of us still do it as a ritual act of self-love. By setting a few minutes to consciously take care of our body, we let the water wash away any physical or emotional damage from the day, re-energizing our heart and soul 🛀

If you have ever been surprised by your own thoughts and realizations under a warm shower, then you have already experimented a ritual of Magic. Incorporating Magic into our daily lives feels just the same: A cleansing exercise for the spirit.

Daily Wiccan Practices

You probably already have some daily rituals or personal superstitions, so try combining these ideas with your usual routine in different ways until you find your preferred way to be a Wiccan:

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May 9 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force)

1865 President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War

1901 The First Australian Parliament opens in Melbourne, though the first working session will not be until 21 May

1941 British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen

1945 World War II: The Soviet Union marks Victory Day

1960 US becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill

2018 Historic win in Malaysian general election by opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan led by 92 year old former Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, defeating Prime Minister Najib Razak and ending 61 years of rule by the Barisan Nasional coalition

Today’s Historical Events

328 Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria

1092 Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated in Lincoln, England

1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England (oldest diplomatic alliance in the world still in force)

1450 ‘Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated

1460 Courtyard of the episcopal palace in Atrecht (akak Arras) has witch burnings

1502 Christopher Columbus leaves Spain on his 4th and final trip to the New World

1519 Austrian adel and burgerij in uprising against central government

1573 Polish Parliament selects Duke of Anjou as king

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1754 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake “Join or Die”

1946 1st hour long entertainment TV show, “NBC’s Hour Glass” premieres

1958 “Vertigo”, American film noir psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, is released

1971 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton win

1980 Slasher horror film “Friday the 13th” is released in US cinemas

1991 Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession (conviction overturned 2006)

1992 Final episode of “Golden Girls” airs on NBC-TV

1992 Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1868 Anton Bruckner‘s 1st Symphony in C, premieres

1944 Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes Governor of Louisiana

1950 Norman Dello Joio’s opera, “The Triumph of St. Joan”, premieres in Bronxville, New York

1962 The Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Parlophone

1964 Peter & Gordon release “A World Without Love”

1965 The Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert, at the Royal Albert Hall in London

1976 “So Long 174th St” closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 performances

1978 “Ain’t Misbehavin'” opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1889 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34.50

1901 Cleveland’s Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2

1914 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4

1927 52nd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6

1930 55th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6

1931 56th Preakness: George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 1:59

1932 57th Preakness: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 1:59.8

1937 Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)

May 8 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1660 English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England

1835 1st installment of Hans Christian Andersen “Fairy Tales” published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark

1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki

1902 Mount Pelée on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 30,000 and leaving only two survivors

1945 V-E Day: World War II ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender

1980 World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated

2007 A new Northern Ireland Executive is formed with Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) as First Minister and Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) as Deputy First Minister

Today’s Historical Events

535 John II’s reign as Catholic Pope ends

589 Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo

615 St Boniface IV’s reign as Catholic Pope ends

685 St Benedict II’s as Catholic Pope ends after 11 months with his death

1254 University of Salamanca granted a royal charter by Alfonso IX. Third oldest university still operating and the oldest Hispanic.

1348 Ship from Bordeaux carrying the plague, lands in Melcombe Regis (now Weymouth), Dorset. The beginning of the Terrible Pestilence (Black Death) in England.

1360 Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French, ending the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War

1450 Jack Cade’s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt begins against King Henry VI and they march towards London

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1912 Film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures is founded

1952 5th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): “La Ronde” Best Film

1953 WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting

1958 Classic Hammer horror film “Dracula” film starring Christopher Lee as the eponymous vampire alongside Peter Cushing, directed by Terence Fisher released

1963 1st James Bond film, “Dr. No”, starring Sean Connery, premieres in US

1970 Beatles release 12th, and final, studio album, “Let It Be”, in conjunction with the film of the same name

1978 ABC TV airs “Stars Salute Israel at 30”

1993 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1823 “Home! Sweet Home!” by John Howard Payne is 1st sung in London

1924 Arthur Honegger‘s orchestral tribute to steam locomotives “Pacifica 231” premieres

1952 Revival of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin’s musical “Of Thee I Sing” opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; runs for 72 performances

1952 Revival of Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle’s musical “Shuffle Along” opens at Broadway Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances

1960 1st performance of Ferde Grofé’s “San Francisco Suite”, with Grofé conducting, in San Francisco

1962 Stephen Sondheim‘s musical “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” starring Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford, and directed by George Abbott, opens at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 965 performances, and wins 6 Tony Awards

1971 Courtney, Courtney, and Link’s musical “Earl of Ruston” closes at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, after 5 performances

1976 Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner’s musical “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” closes at Mark Hellinger, NYC, after 7 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines

1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire

1897 22nd Preakness: T. Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼

1906 Philadelphia A’s pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs

1907 Boston’s Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 6-0

1907 Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after beating “Philadelphia” Jack O’Brien on points in 20 rounds in Los Angeles, California

1909 American Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6) in NYC

1909 British runner Henry Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31) in the Polytechnic Marathon in London

May 7 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1429 English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army

1867 Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel Patents Dynamite in England, the first of three patents he would receive for the explosive material

1912 Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after established by Joseph Pulitzer

1915 RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland; 1198 lives lost

1939 Germany and Italy announce an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis

1945 World War II: Unconditional German surrender to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims

1952 The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by G

eoffrey Dummer

2017 Emmanuel Macron wins France’s presidential election defeating Marine Le Pen

Today’s Historical Events

558 In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.

1274 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens, convened by Pope Gregory X

1355 1,200 Jews of Toledo, Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara

1416 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay

1429 English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army

1579 Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands

1624 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru

1638 Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited)

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1947 “Kraft Television Theater” premieres on NBC

1965 WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting

1987 Diane Chambers’ (Shelley Long) final episode on TV comedy “Cheers”

1996 Comedian Martin Lawrence suffers a nervous breakdown

1997 Science fiction film “The Fifth Element” written and directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich is released. Then the most expensive European film ever made.

2006 52nd British Academy Television Awards: “Help” Best Comedy, “Doctor Who” Best Drama

2011 “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, premieres in – opening weekend makes $350.6m

2017 MTV becomes 1st major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories – Emma Watson best film actor, Millie Bobby Brown best TV actor

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1824 Ludwig van Beethoven‘s 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, premieres in Vienna

1888 Édouard Lalo’s opera “Le roi d’Ys” premieres in Paris

1941 Glenn Miller records “Chattanooga Choo Choo” for RCA, it becomes 1st record to be designated “gold”

1953 Cole Porter‘s musical “Can-Can” opens at the Shubert Theatre, NYC; runs for 892 performances

1960 Webster and Fain’s musical “Christine”, based on Hilda Wernher’s novel “My Indian Family”, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 12 performances

1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “Flower Drum Song” closes at St James Theater. NYC, after 602 performances and 1 Tony Award

1960 Musical review “From A to Z” closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 21 performances

1961 “Young Abe Lincoln” closes at Eugene O’Neill NYC after 27 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1910 35th Preakness: R Estep aboard Layminster wins in 1:40.6

1917 In a testament to his pitching ability, future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth leads Boston Red Sox to a 1-0 victory against Washington Senators legend Walter Johnson

1921 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2

1922 Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2

1922 NY Giant Jesse Barnes no-hits Phillies, 2-0

1925 Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row

1925 MBA Pittsburgh Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play

1932 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2

Making Room for all Genders in Paganism

Making Room for all Genders in Paganism

Author: Maggi Setti

In this age of women’s liberation, we still find a deep wound surrounding gender differences in our culture. How is gender expressed differently in the pagan community? Is there still a use for gender specific ritual spaces? Many of these questions are ongoing with many answers, but it is high time that we see these issues with new eyes as we approach a second generation of Pagan feminists, both male, female, and spectrum of gender identification in between.

At a public class I taught a couple weeks ago on developing energetic and psychic skills, I was surprised that that there was an equal number of male and female attendants. For Wicca, this is a rarity, as you will find the vast majority of Wiccans are women. The easy explanation for this is that women are more hurt by the patriarchal approach of mainstream religions and need the feminine divine more acutely than men.

In a personal conversation, a male Wiccan offered the idea that there are more women than men interested and involved in spirituality and religion in general. He used the example that most church functions, other than the priesthood itself, are run by women and often women are dragging their husbands to church rather than the men being self-motivated in attending. I think that if this premise is true, that women as a group are more spiritually focused than men in mainstream religions as well as Pagan denominations. We can infer that this phenomenon comes from at least two influences as follows.

1. Men are discouraged from being in touch with their soft emotions. It’s hard to be in touch with the greater picture and how one fits in to that greater whole, and at the same time, this suppresses much of one’s internal reality as well.
2. Much of adherence to the Christian religion, as it is currently expressed, depends on guilt and fear. There is more room for men to assert themselves, their ideas, opinions and what they want on other people in their lives. While this may be lopsided, it also allows for a greater development on one’s power and ego especially for men as a group more so than women. Women are more likely to struggle with fear and guilt, and feeling powerless, are therefore more susceptible to the disempowerment and subversion of the religions tenants.

Both of my points above would support that it is not the nature of women or men that make women more spiritually focused, but another example of how our culture is unhealthy and imbalanced. Unfortunately how the pagan community during the past 40 years has approached this is by creating overblown false egos for women and small-scale fiefdoms that breed infighting, confusion, and mistrust. I saw this in Sunday school as a kid, in the choir in high school, and still see it.

Women’s empowerment and healing the gap between the genders is not about the segregation of the sexes anymore though. It’s about building healthy egos, empowerment, self-esteem and ending the war of the sexes. Women’s only spaces were intended to be safe havens in which women felt supported rather than competing with other women. These spaces were meant as healing spaces to use ritual as a forum to connect with the feminine divine within each woman there, as well as the feminine divine of the group, the culture, and the Great Goddess Herself. Therefore these spaces are not about reliving the pain and hurt of what has been wrong with the system, but to encourage alchemical change within individuals so that they can build new paradigms of how they approach and express gender, but power, sexuality, self-expression, and self-worth.

All of this is about self-love and acceptance. Not acceptance that makes excuses for maladaptive behavior that is permissive our faults, but rather an acceptance to be gentle with ourselves so that we can motivate change, growth, and healing. “I love my body as uniquely my own. I am not flawed. I am as I should be.” Affirmations such as these help to let go of the cultural myth of the perfect feminine, youthful woman that does not exist.

Please note that I am referencing cultural expectations. Our culture oversimplifies definitions of qualities into white and black categories. If you can’t label someone, force him or her to go into a category until you are comfortable that you have him or her pegged. Much of the path of the witch embraces the grays of twilight and dawn and the myriad of shades of gray within continuum of many things. Where we fall on the continuum for many things including how we express gender, sexuality, our relationships, our connection to the Gods, will be different for all of us.

As Pagans we embrace our differences and still are able to work together, to manifest a new humanity. We need to be very cognizant of embracing each individual’s true expression of himself or herself: whether it be the gender labels they use for themselves in this case, or other expressions of self.

We can’t just look at women though. Women are not the only ones that have suffered from the imbalance of this “war of the sexes.” At Fall Frolic in Milford PA, I’ll be teaching a women’s empowerment class and leading a women’s only ritual. I’ve suggested to the organizers of Fall Frolic that we also run a men’s ritual at the same time. In fact, these rituals can do real magick upon the higher planes to interact in a spiritually fertilizing and polarizing way in order to heal the gender schism of the group mind of humanity. In my opinion, this magickal healing is the next step for building bridges for healthy intragender relationships.

How do we interest men in a way that retains their sense of strength, self-worth, respect, and power? How do we incorporate men into a religion that includes sparkly purple fairy glitter and witch Barbie? (Not my personal taste, but still an active stereotype) . How do we rebuild the archetype of the warrior for both men and women, working, fighting for a cause, and protecting their tribe?

I hope that there are Pagan men interested and willing to forge the way for answering these questions. We need all genders working together and creating new ways of relating to one another so that we can create a balanced future for our religion, our children, and our culture.

May 6 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1626 Dutch colonist Peter Minuit organizes the purchase of Manhattan Island from Native Americans for 60 guilders worth of goods, believed to have been Canarsee Indians of the Lenape

1840 World’s first adhesive postage stamp, the “Penny Black“, is first used in Great Britain

1889 Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair) in Paris opens with the recently completed Eiffel Tower serving as the entrance arch

1937 German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 of the 97 on board and 1 on the ground

1941 Joseph Stalin becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, replacing his foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov

Today’s Historical Events

878 Battle of Edington: Alfred the Great and his West Saxon army defeat Viking army of Guthrum the Old [earliest possible date]

1312 Pope Clement V closes Council of Vienna

1432 Renaissance masterpiece The Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck is consecrated at St Bravo’s Cathedral, Belgium, commissioned by wealthy merchants

1527 Spanish and German Imperial troops sack Rome, ending the Renaissance

1529 Battle at Gogra: Mughal Emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals

1541 King Henry VIII orders a bible in English be placed in every church in England

1542 Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, then capital of Portuguese India

1598 Archduke Albrecht & Isabella become rulers of the Southern Netherlands

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1935 KTM-AM in Los Angeles California changes call letters to KEHE (now KABC)

1941 At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show

1956 WRCB TV channel 3 in Chattanooga, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting

1957 Last broadcast of “I Love Lucy” on CBS-TV

1977 “Beatles at Hollywood Bowl” released in UK

1990 Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in South Carolina

1994 Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait sets fire to the couch on The Tonight Show

1995 Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1948 Revival of Jerome Kerns and Clifford Grey’s rags-to-riches musical “Sally” opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 36 performances

1950 “Great to Be Alive” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances

1966 The Rolling Stones release “Paint it Black” in the US

1974 Stolen “Guitar Player” painting by Jan Vermeer found in London

1974 American composer Roger Sessions receives special Pulitzer Prize for his life’s work in music

1981 “Inacent Black” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 14 performances

1989 34th Eurovision Song Contest: Riva for Yugoslavia wins singing “Rock Me” in Lausanne

1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Bee Gees; Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills and Nash; The Jackson Five; Joni Mitchell; Parliament-Funkadelic; The (Young) Rascals; Mahalia Jackson; Bill Monroe; and Syd Nathan

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1733 First international boxing match: Local fighter Bob Whittaker beats “The Venetian Gondolier”, Tito di Carni at James Figg’s academy amphitheatre in Marylebone, London

1895 21st Kentucky Derby: James “Soup” Perkins aboard Halma wins last KD run over a distance of 1.5 miles (2.4km)

1896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins first Derby held at the current distance of 1.25 miles (2.0km)

1903 Chicago White Sox commit 11 errors against Detroit Tigers but win 10-9 at South Side Park. Chicago

1907 33rd Kentucky Derby: In muddy conditions and against a reduced field Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in a slow 2:12.6

1915 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth hits his first MLB home run; pitches 12 frames in Boston Red Sox 4-3 extra innings loss to New York Yankees

1917 St Louis Browns pitcher Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0 at Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis

1921 Teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League merge to form the American Soccer League (ASL); collapses 1933

May 5 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1260 Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire

1941 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa

1955 West Germany is granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers

1965 First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam

1980 Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends as the SAS and police storm the building

1981 After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old Provisional IRA member and British MP Bobby Sands dies in the Maze Prision. Nine more hunger strikers die in the next 3 months.

Today’s Historical Events

553 Second Council of Constantinople (5th ecumenical council) opens

1260 Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire

1430 Jews are expelled from Speyer, Germany

1494 On 2nd voyage to New World Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica, landing at Discovery Bay

1640 English Short Parliament rises

1646 King Charles I surrenders in Scotland

1665 Nicolaas Witsen visits patriarch Nikon in Moscow

1762 Russia & Prussia sign Treaty of Saint Petersburg ending the Seven Years’ War

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, California (ABC) begins broadcasting

1952 “Lucy Does a TV Commercial” (also known as “Vitameatavegamin”) episode of “I Love Lucy” premieres, garnering 68% of US television viewers

1958 KNME TV channel 5 in Albuquerque, NM (PBS) begins broadcasting

1962 “West Side Story” soundtrack album goes #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album

1996 Renette Cruz, Vancouver, wins Miss Canadian Universe

1997 “Married With Children” final episode on Fox TV

1999 34th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win

2018 Childish Gambino [Donald Glover] releases the music video to new single “This is America” to wide acclaim

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1726 Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris

1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky is guest conductor

1900 “The Billboard” began weekly publication

1927 Dmitri Shostakovich‘s 1st Symphony premieres in Berlin

1951 “Out of This World” closes at New Century Theater NYC after 157 performances

1955 “Damn Yankees” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances

1967 The Kinks release “Waterloo Sunset” as a single; peaks at #2 on the British charts

1971 Courtney, Courtney, and Link’s musical “Earl of Ruston” opens at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, runs for 5 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1863 Irish boxer Joe Coburn KOs American Mike McCoole in the 67th round in his first defence of Heavyweight C’ship of America in Charlestown, Maryland

1904 Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in “modern” baseball as the Boston Americans beat Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0

1908 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens aboard 66-1 chance Stone Street wins in muddy track conditions; 2:15.20 slowest Derby in history

1917 St Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Sportsman’s Park III

1922 After sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants for 10 years construction begins on Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC

1925 Detroit center fielder Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6 with 4 runs, 5 RBI and 16 TBs in Tigers’ 14-8 win over the Browns at Sportsman’s Park III, St. Louis

1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak

1930 Australian cricket batting prodigy Don Bradman scores an unbeaten 185 in a tour match for Australia v Leicestershire at Aylestone Road, Leicester

May 4 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV restored to his throne. Re-restores political stability to England until his death in 1483.

1814 King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decree of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism

1904 Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal

1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Today’s Historical Events

1256 Augustinian monastic order constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae

1303 Flemings conquers Middelburg

1415 Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance

1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, final battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York: Prince of Wales, Edward of Westminster killed and King Edward IV restored to his throne. Re-restores political stability to England until his death in 1483.

1493 Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides America between Spain and Portugal

1535 Five Carthusian monks from London Charterhouse monastery hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London, for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England

1540 Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople

1572 Veere sides with Geuzen

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1944 “Gaslight”, starring an 18-year-old Angela Lansbury in her film debut, is released

1959 “The 400 Blows”, French film directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, is released

1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting

1975 Italian film “Seven Beauties” directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini, and Shirley Stoler released – first film directed by a women to be nominated for an Academy Award

1991 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent

1999 “The Mummy” film directed by Stephen Sommers starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah premieres in the US

2008 Seth MacFarlane reaches an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep “Family Guy” and “American Dad” on television until 2012, making MacFarlane the world’s highest paid television writer

2010 Julia Louis-Dreyfus receives the 2,407th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, although on the original star her name is spelled incorrectly

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1728 George Frideric Handel‘s opera “Tolomeo, re di Egitto” premieres in London

1878 Thomas Edison‘s Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House

1957 Alan Freed hosts “Rock n’ Roll Show” 1st prime-time network rock show

1959 First Grammy Awards: Perry Como & Ella Fitzgerald win

1973 Wings release “Red Rose Speedway” in UK

1976 Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner’s musical “1600 Pennsylvania Avenue” opens at Mark Hellinger, NYC; runs for 7 performances

1985 30th Eurovision Song Contest: Bobbysocks! for Norway wins singing “La det swinge” in Gothenburg

1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex-husband David slept with Mick Jagger

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings play their 1st official baseball game, a win against the Great Western Base Ball Club, 45-9

1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double

1893 Cowboy Bill Pickett invents bulldogging, the skill of grabbing cattle by the horns and wrestling them to the ground

1897 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12.5

1898 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09

1899 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12

1919 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC, 35,000 watch the Phillies beat the NY Giants 4-3

1924 VIII Summer Olympic Games open at Olympic Stadium of Colombes, Paris, France

May 3 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1791 Constitution of May 3 is proclaimed by the Great Sejm (Parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, becoming the 1st modern constitution in Europe

1926 Britain’s Trade Union Congress calls for the country’s first ever general strike, begins at 1 minute to midnight in support striking coal miners, lasts 9 days

1937 Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for “Gone With The Wind”

1945 World War II: German ship “Cap Arcona” laden with prisoners sunk by Royal Air Force in East Sea, 5,800 killed – one of largest maritime losses of life

1947 Japan’s post-war constitution goes into effect, granting universal suffrage, stripping Emperor Hirohito of all but symbolic power and outlawing Japan’s right to make war

Today’s Historical Events

1374 BC Solar eclipse (2m 07s) seen at Ugarit by Mesopotamian astronomers “On the day of the new moon, in the month of Hiyar, the Sun was put to shame, and went down in the daytime, with Mars in attendance.”

1294 John II becomes Duke of Brabant and Limburg

1342 Count Hartmann II becomes ruler of Vaduz (Liechtenstein)

1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld near Bruges in modern-day Belgium – the army of Ghent beats a drunken Bruges militia

1491 Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I

1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateran at St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome

1558 Ferdinand I officially appointed Holy Roman Emperor after his brother Charles abdicated in 1556

1616 Treaty of Loudun ends French civil war

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1944 “Going My Way”, directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby premieres in New York (Academy Award for Best Picture, 1945)

1948 1st broadcast of “CBS Evening News” – longest running network news show in the US

1953 WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting

1954 KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, Oklahoma(ABC) begins broadcasting

1954 WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, Wisconsin (PBS) begins broadcasting

1965 KTCI TV channel 17 in St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) 1st broadcast

1966 WDHO (now WNWO) TV channel 24 in Toledo, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting

1982 ABC’s All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1917 1st performance of Ernest Bloch’s symphony “Israel”

1952 “Call Me Madam” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances

1956 Frank Loesser’s musical “Most Happy Fella” opens at Imperial Theater, NYC; runs for 678 performances

1960 Musical “Fantasticks” by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, premieres in NYC (world’s longest running musical)

1969 “Trumpets of the Lord” closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 7 performances

1981 “Can-Can” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 5 performances

1986 31st Eurovision Song Contest: Sandra Kim for Belgium wins singing “J’aime la vie” in Bergen

1987 “Mikado” closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 46 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1900 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06.25

1902 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75

1903 AVC Heracles (SC Heracles ’74) soccer team forms in Almelo

1909 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2

1910 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

1922 Mayor Hylan closes 2 streets for building of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC

1936 NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits

1941 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway, 1st leg of successful Triple Crown

 

May 2022 Holidays & Observances Worldwide

There is a total of 693 public holidays and observances in May of 2022 for over 230 countries and 3300 locations around the world. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays & observances along with when and where they are observed.

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Date Holiday Location
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Andorra
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Unity Day Kazakhstan
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Sri Lanka
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Liechtenstein
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Saint Lucia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Martyr’s Day Lebanon
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Lebanon
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Laos
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day South Korea
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Lithuania
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day North Korea
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Comoros
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Kiribati
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Cambodia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Kyrgyzstan
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Kenya
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Jordan
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Lesotho
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Mothers’ Day Lithuania
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Iceland
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Constitution Day Marshall Islands
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Malta
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Mauritania
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Martinique
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Macau
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Workers’ Day Mali
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day North Macedonia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Luxembourg
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Montenegro
Sunday, May 1, 2022 International Day of Solidarity of Workers Moldova
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Morocco
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Libya
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Constituent Assembly Convocation Day Latvia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Latvia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Italy
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Iraq
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Maldives
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Estonia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day France
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Finland
Sunday, May 1, 2022 International Labor Day Ethiopia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Mothers’ Day Spain
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Spain
Sunday, May 1, 2022 International Workers’ Day Eritrea
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Egypt
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Ecuador
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Grenada
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Algeria
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Dominican Republic
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Denmark
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Germany
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Czechia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Cyprus
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Gabon
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day French Guiana
Sunday, May 1, 2022 International Worker’s Day India
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Guinea-Bissau
Sunday, May 1, 2022 International Labor Day Indonesia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Hungary
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Agriculture and Labor Day Haiti
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Croatia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Hong Kong
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Guyana
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Guatemala
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Ghana
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Greece
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Guinea
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Greenland
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Mauritius
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Malawi
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Cabo Verde
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor and Solidarity Day Turkey
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Law Day United States
Sunday, May 1, 2022 International Family Equality Day United States
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Uganda
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Ukraine
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Worker’s Day Tanzania
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Taiwan
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Ramadan Feast Eve Turkey
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Tunisia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Lei Day United States
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day East Timor
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Thailand
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Togo
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Chad
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Syria
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Loyalty Day United States
Sunday, May 1, 2022 First Day of Military Appreciation Month United States
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day El Salvador
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Workers’ Day Zimbabwe
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Zambia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Workers’ Day South Africa
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Mayotte
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Yemen
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Yemen
Sunday, May 1, 2022 International Labour Day Kosovo
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Vanuatu
Sunday, May 1, 2022 First Day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month United States
Sunday, May 1, 2022 International Labor Day Vietnam
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Venezuela
Sunday, May 1, 2022 National Workers Day Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Feast of St Joseph the Worker Vatican City (Holy See)
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Uruguay
Sunday, May 1, 2022 First Day of Jewish American Heritage Month United States
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Sint Maarten
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Sao Tome and Principe
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Mexico
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Majdoor Divas Nepal
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Pakistan
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Philippines
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day French Polynesia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor day Norway
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Mother’s Day Portugal
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Nicaragua
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Workers’ Day Nigeria
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Niger
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day New Caledonia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Workers’ Day Namibia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Mozambique
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Malaysia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Portugal
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day South Sudan
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Singapore
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Suriname
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Somalia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Senegal
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day San Marino
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Accession to the European Union Day Slovakia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Slovakia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Slovenia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May 1st Sweden
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Reunion
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Saudi Arabia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Rwanda
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Spring and Labor Day Russia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor holiday Serbia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Mother’s Day Romania
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Romania
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Monaco
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Cuba
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Cameroon
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Barbados
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Bahrain
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Central African Republic
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Anguilla
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Congo
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Switzerland
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Bolivia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day (Half-Day) Switzerland
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Bulgaria
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Brazil
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Afghanistan
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Botswana
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day Cote d’Ivoire
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Congo Democratic Republic
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day China
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Armenia
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Benin
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Belize
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Bangladesh
Sunday, May 1, 2022 International Worker’s Day Albania
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Costa Rica
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labour Day Burundi
Sunday, May 1, 2022 Labor Day / May Day St. Barts
Sunday, May 1, 2022 May Day Angola
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labour Day Seychelles
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Laos
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labour Day Sao Tome and Principe
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for International Labour Day Kosovo
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Spring and Labor Day Russia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor holiday Serbia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Barbados
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for May Day Gibraltar
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for International Worker’s Day Albania
Monday, May 2, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Saudi Arabia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labour Day Botswana
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Belize
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day Lebanon
Monday, May 2, 2022 May Day observed Ghana
Monday, May 2, 2022 Early May Bank Holiday Jersey
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Sint Maarten
Monday, May 2, 2022 May Day Guernsey
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Panama
Monday, May 2, 2022 Eid ul-Fitr Holiday Bangladesh
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day Aruba
Monday, May 2, 2022 Public Holiday Belarus
Monday, May 2, 2022 May Day Ireland
Monday, May 2, 2022 National Workers Day observed Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Monday, May 2, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Qatar
Monday, May 2, 2022 Idul Fitri Indonesia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labor Day observed Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day holiday Slovenia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Kiribati
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Liberation Day/Reunification Day Vietnam
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Saint Kitts and Nevis
Monday, May 2, 2022 Early May Bank Holiday Isle of Man
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for May Day South Sudan
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day observed Hong Kong
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day of the Flag Poland
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Guyana
Monday, May 2, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Serbia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day/May Day observed Kenya
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Vanuatu
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labor Day / May Day observed Equatorial Guinea
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Unity Day Kazakhstan
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labour Day Singapore
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day Antigua and Barbuda
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day Cote d’Ivoire
Monday, May 2, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Eve Yemen
Monday, May 2, 2022 May Day Australia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Oraza Bayram Turkmenistan
Monday, May 2, 2022 World Tuna Day United States
Monday, May 2, 2022 Memorial Day/Parents’ Day Moldova
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day Australia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Bahrain
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for May Day Malawi
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Ecuador
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day Holiday China
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day/May Day Holiday Montenegro
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day Dominican Republic
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Dominica
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labour Day Zambia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Ramadan Feast Turkey
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day observed Malaysia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Eid-ul-Fithr Maldives
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labour Day Burundi
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day Montserrat
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labor Day observed Taiwan
Monday, May 2, 2022 May Day Holiday Macau
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Constitution Day Marshall Islands
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day Ukraine
Monday, May 2, 2022 Workers’ Day observed Zimbabwe
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Curaçao
Monday, May 2, 2022 End of Ramadan Argentina
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day North Macedonia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Early May Bank Holiday United Kingdom
Monday, May 2, 2022 Eid al-Fitr North Macedonia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labour Day/May Day Monaco
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labor Day observed Rwanda
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Bolivia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for May Day Eswatini
Monday, May 2, 2022 Special Bank Holiday Sri Lanka
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Workers’ Day South Africa
Monday, May 2, 2022 Workers’ Day observed Namibia
Monday, May 2, 2022 May Day observed Chad
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labor Day observed Thailand
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Cuba
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labour Day Grenada
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labour Day observed Cameroon
Monday, May 2, 2022 May Day observed Mozambique
Monday, May 2, 2022 Eid ul Fitr Brunei
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labor Day observed Bulgaria
Monday, May 2, 2022 Labor Day / May Day observed Saint Lucia
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day of Madrid Spain
Monday, May 2, 2022 Monday After The Labor Festival Spain
Monday, May 2, 2022 Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo Bhutan
Monday, May 2, 2022 Day off for Labor Day / May Day Nicaragua
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid ul Fitr Burundi
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Orozo Ait Kyrgyzstan
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Labor holiday second day Serbia
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Madagascar
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Constitution Memorial Day Japan
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Lebanon
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Public Holiday Russia
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Id el Fitr Nigeria
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Mauritius
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid Al Fitr Holiday Brunei
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Uzbekistan
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid-ul-Fitr Pakistan
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Kuwait
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eidul-Fitar Philippines
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Constitution Day Poland
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Ramjan Edul Fikra Nepal
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Libya
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Bahrain
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Niger
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Our Lady of Mércoles Portugal
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Comoros
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Radonitsa Belarus
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Labour Day/May Day observed Montenegro
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Ramdan Bayram Montenegro
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid-ul-Fithr Holiday Maldives
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Qatar
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid ul-Fitr Bangladesh
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Malawi
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Labor Day (Day 2) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Rwanda
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 National Teacher Appreciation Day United States
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Hari Raya Puasa Australia
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr United States
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 World Press Freedom Day United States
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Gabon
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid ul Fitr South Africa
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Syria
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid ul-Fitr Ghana
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Cross Day El Salvador
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Kosovo
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid ul Fitr Ethiopia
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Suriname
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid ul Fitr United Kingdom
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Uganda
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Ramadan Bayram Ukraine
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid el Fitri Tanzania
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr United Arab Emirates
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid ul Fitr Germany
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Trinidad and Tobago
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Ramadan Feast Holiday Turkey
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Labour Day Holiday China
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid ul Fitr Australia
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Algeria
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid el Fitr Egypt
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Eritrea
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid ul Fitr East Timor
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Cameroon
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Aid el-Fitr Cote d’Ivoire
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Central African Republic
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid-e-Fetr (End of Ramadan) Iran
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Iraq
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Ramzan Id/Eid-ul-Fitar India
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 End of Ramadan Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Mali
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Idul Fitri Holiday Indonesia
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Sierra Leone
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Korité Senegal
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Ramadan Bayram Croatia
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Hari Raya Puasa Singapore
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Korité Benin
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Ramadan holiday Azerbaijan
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Day off for International Labor Day Vietnam
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Guinea-Bissau
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Jordan
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Ramdan Bayram Holiday Montenegro
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Kent State Shootings Remembrance United States
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid el Fitr Holiday Egypt
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Kenya
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Tunisia
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid-ul-Fithr Holiday Maldives
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Sudan
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday United Arab Emirates
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Labour Day Holiday China
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid-ul-Fitr Holiday Pakistan
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Morocco
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Bahrain
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Iraq
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Ramadan Feast Holiday Turkey
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Greenery Day Japan
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Saint Florian’s Day Austria
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Literary Day Taiwan
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Saudi Arabia
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid-e-Fetr (Additional Holiday) Iran
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Youth Day China
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Rhode Island Independence Day United States
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Afghanistan
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Id el Fitr holiday Nigeria
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Comoros
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Yemen
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Oman
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Anniversary of the Decease of M. R. Štefánik Slovakia
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Yom HaZikaron Israel
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Coronation Day Thailand
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Cassinga Day Namibia
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid ul-Fitr Holiday Bangladesh
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid Al Fitr Holiday Brunei
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Independence Restoration Day Latvia
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Ramadan holiday Azerbaijan
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid ul Fitr Holiday Lebanon
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Remembrance Day Netherlands
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Qatar
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Hari Raya Puasa Day 2 Malaysia
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Somalia
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid-ul-Fitr Holiday Pakistan
Thursday, May 5, 2022 National Day of Prayer United States
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Liberation Day Netherlands
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid ul-Fitr Holiday Bangladesh
Thursday, May 5, 2022 West Virginia Day of Prayer United States
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Yom HaAtzmaut Australia
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Oman
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Yom Ha’atzmaut United States
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Senior Citizens Day Palau
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Bank Holiday Maldives
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Tunisia
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Cinco de Mayo United States
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Sudan
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Battle of Puebla (Cinco de Mayo) Mexico
Thursday, May 5, 2022 World Portuguese Language Day United States
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Yom HaAtzmaut United Kingdom
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Constitution Day of the Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyzstan
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Yom HaAtzmaut Israel
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday United Arab Emirates
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Patriots’ Day Ethiopia
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid el Fitr Holiday Egypt
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Children’s Day Japan
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Jordan
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Liberation Day Denmark
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Comoros
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Children’s Day South Korea
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Afghanistan
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Yom HaAtzmaut Canada
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Libya
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Europe Day (Council of Europe) Germany
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Iraq
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Arrival Day Guyana
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Kuwait
Thursday, May 5, 2022 Ramdan Bayram Holiday Montenegro
Friday, May 6, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Sudan
Friday, May 6, 2022 Day of Gorans Kosovo
Friday, May 6, 2022 Martyrs’ Day Syria
Friday, May 6, 2022 Kentucky Oaks United States
Friday, May 6, 2022 Military Spouse Appreciation Day United States
Friday, May 6, 2022 Eid al-Fitr holiday Jordan
Friday, May 6, 2022 St. George’s Day Bulgaria
Friday, May 6, 2022 National Nurses Day United States
Friday, May 6, 2022 Military Spouse Appreciation Day United States
Friday, May 6, 2022 St. George’s Day Bulgaria
Friday, May 6, 2022 Eid al-Fitr Holiday Oman
Saturday, May 7, 2022 Defender of the Fatherland Day Kazakhstan
Saturday, May 7, 2022 Kentucky Derby United States
Saturday, May 7, 2022 Special Working Day China
Saturday, May 7, 2022 Soldiers’ Day El Salvador
Saturday, May 7, 2022 National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day United States
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory Day Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Iris Day Belgium
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mothers’ Day Cayman Islands
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Parents’ Day South Korea
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Buddha’s Birthday South Korea
Sunday, May 8, 2022 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day United States
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day India
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Father’s Day Romania
Sunday, May 8, 2022 World Ovarian Cancer Day United States
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mothers’ Day Puerto Rico
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Italy
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Day of the National Emblem and Flag of Belarus Belarus
Sunday, May 8, 2022 WWII Victory Day Reunion
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Kenya
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War United States
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Benin
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Anniversary of the End of World War II Germany
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Germany
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Buddha’s Birthday Taiwan
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mothers’ Day Tanzania
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day South Africa
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory in Europe Day Czechia
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Colombia
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mothers’ Day Estonia
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Yerkrapah Day Armenia
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day US Virgin Islands
Sunday, May 8, 2022 WWII Victory Day Guadeloupe
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Day of Victory Over Fascism Slovakia
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Honduras
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Buddha’s Birthday Hong Kong
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Congo
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory Day Wallis and Futuna
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mothers’ Day Ghana
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Finland
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory Day French Guiana
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Grenada
Sunday, May 8, 2022 WWII Victory Day France
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Chad
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory Day Mayotte
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Hong Kong
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory Day Martinique
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Day of liberation Norway
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Brazil
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mothers’ Day Bermuda
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Sri Lanka
Sunday, May 8, 2022 1945 Victory Day Saint Martin
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mothers’ Day The Bahamas
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Netherlands
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory in Europe Day United States
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory Day New Caledonia
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day New Zealand
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory Day St. Barts
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Liberation and Resistance Holiday Lebanon
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mothers’ Day Latvia
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Botswana
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Victory Day French Polynesia
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Truman Day United States
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Buddha’s Birthday Macau
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Mother’s Day Peru
Sunday, May 8, 2022 Daylight Saving Time starts Morocco
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory Day Serbia
Monday, May 9, 2022 Remembrance Day Uzbekistan
Monday, May 9, 2022 Europe Day and Victory Day Over Fascism Croatia
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory Day Georgia
Monday, May 9, 2022 Day following Buddha’s Birthday Hong Kong
Monday, May 9, 2022 Liberation Day Jersey
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory Day Moldova
Monday, May 9, 2022 Mother’s Day Samoa
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory Day Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monday, May 9, 2022 Liberation Day (except Alderney and Sark) Guernsey
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory Day Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monday, May 9, 2022 Birthday of Ravindranath India
Monday, May 9, 2022 Europe Day Kosovo
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory Day over Fascism Azerbaijan
Monday, May 9, 2022 Europe Day Luxembourg
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory and Peace Day Armenia
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory Day Turkmenistan
Monday, May 9, 2022 Gospel Day Tuvalu
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory Day Belarus
Monday, May 9, 2022 Europe Day (European Union) Germany
Monday, May 9, 2022 Truman Day observed United States
Monday, May 9, 2022 Buddha’s Birthday Holiday Macau
Monday, May 9, 2022 Victory Day Kazakhstan
Monday, May 9, 2022 Day off for Defender of the Fatherland Day Kazakhstan
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Victory Day Kazakhstan
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Mothers’ Day El Salvador
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Mother’s Day Mexico
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Liberation Day (only Sark) Guernsey
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 National Independence Day Romania
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Confederate Memorial Day United States
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Public Holiday Russia
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Monarchy Day Romania
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 International Day of Argania United States
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Constitution Day Micronesia
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Confederate Memorial Day United States
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Primary Election Day United States
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 Death Anniversary of Zhabdrung (Zhabdrung Kuchoe) Bhutan
Thursday, May 12, 2022 International Nurses Day United States
Thursday, May 12, 2022 St Andrew’s Day Georgia
Thursday, May 12, 2022 St. Joana’s Day Portugal
Friday, May 13, 2022 Royal Ploughing Ceremony Day Thailand
Friday, May 13, 2022 Great Prayer Day Greenland
Friday, May 13, 2022 Friday the 13th United States
Friday, May 13, 2022 Prayer Day Faroe Islands
Friday, May 13, 2022 Native American Day United States
Friday, May 13, 2022 Great Prayer Day Denmark
Saturday, May 14, 2022 Kamuzu Day Malawi
Saturday, May 14, 2022 Full Moon Day of Kasong Myanmar
Saturday, May 14, 2022 World Migratory Bird Day United States
Saturday, May 14, 2022 King’s Birthday Cambodia
Saturday, May 14, 2022 National Holiday Paraguay
Saturday, May 14, 2022 Special Working Day Belarus
Saturday, May 14, 2022 National Unification Day Liberia
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Visakha Bucha Thailand
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Wesak Day Malaysia
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Feast Day of St Isidore Spain
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Independence Day Paraguay
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Visak Bochea Day Cambodia
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Family Day Moldova
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Vesak Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Teacher’s Day South Korea
Sunday, May 15, 2022 International Day of Families United States
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Teacher’s Day Colombia
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Buddha Purnima/Vesak Bangladesh
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Peace Officers Memorial Day United States
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Vesak Day Singapore
Sunday, May 15, 2022 Family Day Mongolia
Monday, May 16, 2022 Day of Vesak United States
Monday, May 16, 2022 Day off for Visakha Bucha Thailand
Monday, May 16, 2022 Discovery Day Cayman Islands
Monday, May 16, 2022 Buddha Jayanti Nepal
Monday, May 16, 2022 Ubhauli Parva Nepal
Monday, May 16, 2022 International Day of Light United States
Monday, May 16, 2022 Day off for Kamuzu Day Malawi
Monday, May 16, 2022 Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day Sri Lanka
Monday, May 16, 2022 Day off for Vesak Day Singapore
Monday, May 16, 2022 Buddha Purnima Pakistan
Monday, May 16, 2022 Buddha Purnima/Vesak India
Monday, May 16, 2022 SPLA Day South Sudan
Monday, May 16, 2022 Waisak Day (Buddha’s Anniversary) Indonesia
Monday, May 16, 2022 Great Buddha Day Mongolia
Monday, May 16, 2022 International Day of Living Together in Peace United States
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 World Information Society Day United States
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 17 May Constitution Day (1814) Norway
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Liberation Day Congo Democratic Republic
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Galicia Literature Day Spain
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Constitution Day Nauru
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Flag Day/University Day Haiti
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 International Museum Day Singapore
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Restoration of Somaliland Sovereignty Somalia
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Census Day Argentina
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 Battle of Las Piedras Uruguay
Thursday, May 19, 2022 Lag B’Omer Canada
Thursday, May 19, 2022 Restoration of Somaliland Sovereignty Holiday Somalia
Thursday, May 19, 2022 Royal Plowing Ceremony Cambodia
Thursday, May 19, 2022 Lag BaOmer United States
Thursday, May 19, 2022 Lag B’Omer Australia
Thursday, May 19, 2022 Lag BaOmer Israel
Thursday, May 19, 2022 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day Turkey
Thursday, May 19, 2022 Lag B’Omer United Kingdom
Friday, May 20, 2022 World Autoimmune / Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day United States
Friday, May 20, 2022 National Defense Transportation Day United States
Friday, May 20, 2022 Restoration of Independence Day East Timor
Friday, May 20, 2022 National Day Cameroon
Friday, May 20, 2022 World Bee Day United States
Friday, May 20, 2022 Saint Helena Day Holiday Saint Helena
Friday, May 20, 2022 Independence Day Cuba
Saturday, May 21, 2022 Europe Day Ukraine
Saturday, May 21, 2022 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development United States
Saturday, May 21, 2022 International Tea Day United States
Saturday, May 21, 2022 Saint Helena Day Saint Helena
Saturday, May 21, 2022 Preakness Stakes United States
Saturday, May 21, 2022 Independence Day Montenegro
Saturday, May 21, 2022 Armed Forces Day United States
Saturday, May 21, 2022 Navy Day Chile
Saturday, May 21, 2022 Public Lands Day United States
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Unity Day Yemen
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Abolition Day Martinique
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Harvey Milk Day United States
Sunday, May 22, 2022 National Maritime Day United States
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Leiria Day Portugal
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Carpet Day Turkmenistan
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Independence Day Holiday Montenegro
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Pahang State Holiday Malaysia
Sunday, May 22, 2022 Bălți Day Moldova
Sunday, May 22, 2022 International Day for Biological Diversity United States
Monday, May 23, 2022 Pahang State Holiday observed Malaysia
Monday, May 23, 2022 Victoria Day Canada
Monday, May 23, 2022 Vlach’s National Day (for Vlach community) North Macedonia
Monday, May 23, 2022 International Day to End Obstetric Fistula United States
Monday, May 23, 2022 Independence Day Holiday observed Montenegro
Monday, May 23, 2022 Labor Day / May Day Jamaica
Monday, May 23, 2022 Constitution Day Germany
Monday, May 23, 2022 National Patriots’ Day Canada
Monday, May 23, 2022 Portalegre Day Portugal
Monday, May 23, 2022 The Battle of Pichincha Holiday Ecuador
Monday, May 23, 2022 Victoria Day Canada
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Saints Cyril and Methodius’ Day North Macedonia
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Culture and Literacy Day Bulgaria
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Independence Day Eritrea
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 The Battle of Pichincha Ecuador
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Emergency Medical Services for Children Day United States
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 African Liberation Day United States
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 National Missing Children’s Day United States
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Africa Freedom Day Zambia
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Africa Day Zimbabwe
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Independence Day Jordan
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Africa Day Guinea
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 National Day/May 1810 Revolution Argentina
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Ashgabat City Day Turkmenistan
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Africa/Heroes Day Lesotho
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Africa Day Namibia
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 African Union Day Ghana
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Liberation and Resistance Day Lebanon
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Ascension Day Venezuela
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Ascension Day of Jesus Christ Indonesia
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Ascension Day Vatican City (Holy See)
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Independence Day Guyana
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Ascension Day Liechtenstein
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Father’s Day Germany
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Ascension Day Germany
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Independence Day Georgia
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Ascension Day French Guiana
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Mother’s Day Poland
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Ascension Day Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Thursday, May 26, 2022 National Sorry Day Australia
Thursday, May 26, 2022 Ascension Day Australia
Friday, May 27, 2022 Children’s Day Nigeria
Friday, May 27, 2022 Bermuda Day Bermuda
Friday, May 27, 2022 Abolition Day Guadeloupe
Friday, May 27, 2022 Mother’s Day Bolivia
Friday, May 27, 2022 Martyrdom of Imam Sadeq Iran
Friday, May 27, 2022 Day after Ascension Day Belgium
Saturday, May 28, 2022 Republic Day Armenia
Saturday, May 28, 2022 Abolition Day Saint Martin
Saturday, May 28, 2022 Republic Day Azerbaijan
Saturday, May 28, 2022 Derg Downfall Day Ethiopia
Sunday, May 29, 2022 Mother’s Day Haiti
Sunday, May 29, 2022 Jerusalem Day Israel
Sunday, May 29, 2022 Mother’s Day Senegal
Sunday, May 29, 2022 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers United States
Sunday, May 29, 2022 Ganatantra Diwas (Republic Day) Nepal
Sunday, May 29, 2022 Internal Affairs Officers Day Turkmenistan
Sunday, May 29, 2022 Mother’s Day Dominican Republic
Sunday, May 29, 2022 Kyiv Day Ukraine
Sunday, May 29, 2022 Dniester Day Moldova
Monday, May 30, 2022 Day of the Canary Islands Spain
Monday, May 30, 2022 JAGS McCartney Day Turks and Caicos Islands
Monday, May 30, 2022 Memorial Day Northern Mariana Islands
Monday, May 30, 2022 Day off for Republic Day Azerbaijan
Monday, May 30, 2022 Reconciliation Day Australia
Monday, May 30, 2022 Ascension Day Colombia
Monday, May 30, 2022 Spring Bank Holiday Guernsey
Monday, May 30, 2022 Memorial Day American Samoa
Monday, May 30, 2022 Harvest Festival Malaysia
Monday, May 30, 2022 Memorial Day Puerto Rico
Monday, May 30, 2022 Statehood Day Croatia
Monday, May 30, 2022 Memorial Day US Virgin Islands
Monday, May 30, 2022 Ascension Day Holiday Venezuela
Monday, May 30, 2022 Anguilla Day Anguilla
Monday, May 30, 2022 Memorial Day United States
Monday, May 30, 2022 Decoration Day United States
Monday, May 30, 2022 Jefferson Davis’ Birthday United States
Monday, May 30, 2022 Mothers’ Day Nicaragua
Monday, May 30, 2022 Indian Arrival Day Trinidad and Tobago
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 World No Tobacco Day United States
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Day of Castile-La Mancha Spain
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Royal Brunei Armed Forces Day Brunei
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Second Day of Harvest Festival Malaysia

From calendarific.com

Pluto and Mercury will be the only retrograde planets in May 2022

The end of a month doesn’t necessarily mean the end of a retrograde cycle. The planetary retrogrades that began in April 2022 prove it, considering there was only one and it began at practically the tail end of the month, and will continue through the summer and even part of the fall months. That means you’re guaranteed to find at least one retrograde planet in the month of May 2022, and I’m telling you right now, there’s more where that came from.

How Many Planets Will Be Retrograde During May 2022?

There will actually be two planetary retrogrades in May: Pluto retrograde, which began on April 29, and the infamous Mercury retrograde, which isn’t too far behind. But, while the term “retrograde” can cause plenty of distress — i.e. flashbacks to disagreements or falling-outs among loved ones — the reality is that retrogrades are far more common than you may realize. Take Mercury retrograde, for example — this event typically happens about three times every year (though, in 2022, there will be four Mercury retrograde cycles), and you’ve survived them each and every time, so there’s nothing to be afraid of. Think of all the mishaps you experience during those seasons as minor inconveniences.

Pluto Retrograde (April 29 to Oct. 8)

Pluto retrogrades — like the one you’re experiencing right now — are less noticeable than Mercury retrogrades, but they do signify a period of review, so you should still pay attention. My advice: Take a look at the house in your birth chart Pluto’s currently transiting in, which is currently the cardinal earth sign of Capricorn, and revise. Pluto stations retrograde annually for about six months, so it typically takes a bit longer to know how the retrograde will affect you.

Mercury retrograde, on the other hand, lasts about three weeks, making the effects much more acute during that period — and sometimes even before and/or after the planet actually stations, known as the shadow phase.

Mercury Retrograde (May 10 to June 3)

Starting off in the mutable air sign of Gemini and ending in the fixed earth sign of Taurus, Mercury will be inclined to bring active thoughts and ideas down to Earth during this period. During the first half of the retrograde, Mercury will be incredibly supported in Gemini, since this is a sign all about mental stimulation and communication. But retrograde, you will likely notice a difficulty effectively sharing and implementing these ideas until Mercury steps back into the stable sign of Taurus on May 22. By this time, the ideas that you’ve come up with during the retrograde will be solidified and secured, so it’ll be important to make as many necessary changes and adjustments to your endeavors before Mercury’s less willing to budge in Taurus. Taurus is definitely a sign that likes to maintain things, so you’ll likely notice things really start to slow down once Mercury makes its way back into this sign.

During this retrograde, it’ll be important to consider where Taurus and Gemini fall in your birth chart, since these are the two astrological houses that will be experiencing the action as Mercury moves back and forth between these signs. These houses will be prone to revisions and reorganizations from May 10 until June 3, so if things feel a bit scattered here during this time, you can be sure to blame it on the stars — especially if you have planets in these two signs.

From elitedaily.com

April 30 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

311 Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire

711 Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus)

1562 1st French colonists in North America: Jean Ribault & colonists arrive in Florida

1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America

1859 Charles Dickens‘ “A Tale Of Two Cities” is first published in literary periodical “All the Year Round” (weekly installments until Nov 26)

2009 Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Today’s Historical Events

311 Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire

313 Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule

711 Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus)

1064 German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland

1315 French chamberlain Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon after being convicted of sorcery

1349 Jewish community of Radolfzell, Germany, exterminated

1396 Crusaders & Earl of Nevers depart from Dijon

1483 Orbital calculations suggest that on this day, Pluto moved inside Neptune’s orbit until July 23, 1503

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1598 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande)

1695 William Congreve’s Restoration comedy “Love for Love” premieres in London

1938 The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End

1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World’s Fair

1943 Noël Coward‘s play “This Happy Breed” premieres in London

1945 “Arthur Godfrey Time” begins a 27 year run on CBS radio

1952 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television

1969 WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, New Hampshire (PBS) begins broadcasting

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1852 Anton Rubinstein’s opera “Dmitri Donskoi” premieres in St Petersburg

1885 Henry Lee Higginson starts the “Popular Music” series with the Boston Symphony, which evolves into the Boston Pops Orchestra 1900

1902 Claude Debussy‘s only completed opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” premieres in Paris

1948 “Inside USA” opens at Century Theater NYC for 339 performances

1954 Darius Milhaud‘s 4th Concert for piano and orchestra premieres in Haifa, Israel

1955 Cuban bandleader Pérez Prado’s mambo version of “Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White” goes #1 for 10 weeks

1961 “Tossin’ and Turnin'” single released by Bobby Lewis (Billboard Song of the Year, 1961)

1973 Paul McCartney releases “Red Rose Speedway” album, including the hit single “My Love”

 

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1722 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant

1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires

1887 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10

1900 Weighing in at 170 lbs British former world heavyweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons KOs 270 lb American Ed Dunkhost in round 2 of a lop-sided bout in Brooklyn, New York

1903 NY Highlanders (Yankees) inaugural home opener at Hilltop Park, Manhattan; beat Washington Senators, 6-2

1905 First official soccer game between neighbouring countries Belgium-Netherlands; Dutch win, 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Antwerp

1910 Cleveland Naps Addie Joss limits St.Louis Browns to 8 hits in 2-1 victory

1918 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen

April 29 Today in History

Today’s Important Historical Events

1862 New Orleans falls to Union forces during US Civil War

1864 Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga

1916 Irish republicans abandon the post office in Dublin and surrender unconditionally, marking the end of the Easter Rising

1945 US Army liberates 31,601 people from the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany

1975 Vietnam War: US begins to evacuate its citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces, bringing an end to US involvement in the war

1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate

1991 Cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh, killing 139,000 people and leaving 10 million homeless

1997 Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories

Today’s Historical Events

1091 Battle at Monte Levunium: Byzantium Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegene force invading from the north

1429 Joan of Arc arrives at the siege of Orleans

1522 Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-general of Netherlands

1540 Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Ghent ended

1550 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority

1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England

1587 English naval officer Francis Drake sails into Cadiz, Spain and sinks the Spanish fleet, thereby “Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard” and delaying the Spanish invasion by a year

1623 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

1912 Frank Wedekind‘s play “Tod und Teufel” premieres in Berlin

1932 1st broadcast of “One Man’s Family” on NBC radio, longest-running dramatic serial on US radio (ends 1959)

1940 1st radio broadcast of “Young Dr Malone” on CBS

1943 Noël Coward‘s comic play “Present Laughter” premieres in London

1945 Conscientious objector Desmond Doss saves approximately 75 wounded soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa at Hacksaw Ridge. Later depicted in the Oscar-winning film “Hacksaw Ridge”.

1953 The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV

1953 6th Cannes Film Festival: “The Wages of Fear” directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film

1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting

Today’s Historical Events in Music

1784 Premiere of Mozart‘s Violin Sonata in B flat, K.454 at Kärntnerthor Theater in Vienna; violinist Regina Strinasacchi, and Wolfgang Mozart on piano

1967 Aretha Franklin releases her single “Respect” (written by Otis Redding); Billboard Song of the Year, 1967

1968 “Hair” opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances

1969 “Trumpets of the Lord” opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 performances

1984 “Oliver!” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances

1990 “Change in the Heir” opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances

1991 “Our Country’s Good” opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 48 performances

1991 “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” single released by Alan Jackson (ASCAP Award Country Song of the Year, 1992; Billboard Song of the Year, 1991)

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

1751 The New York Gazette and Post Boy carries first public report of a cricket match played in America; New York XI v London XI on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan, NYC

1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball’s 1st pinch hitter

1901 27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75

1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays

1922 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ in Tallinn, Estonia

1930 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games

1931 Cleveland Indians pitcher Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0

1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday