May 2008 Totally Explained

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May 2008 is the fifth month of the current leap year. It began on a Thursday and will end after 31 days on a Saturday. It is the current month.

International holidays

May 1 - Labour Day (Pakistan)
May 1 - Labour Day (Singapore)
May 1 - May Day (Europe)
May 1 - Labour Day and Ascension Day (Norway)
May 1 - Labour Day (India)
May 1 - Labour Day (Guyana)
May 1 - Labour Day (Brazil)
May 1 - Labour Day (Chile)
May 1 - Labour Day (China)
May 1 - Holocaust Remembrance Day (Israel)
May 2 - Dos de Mayo (Spain)
May 5 - Liberation Day (Ethiopia, Netherlands, Denmark)
May 5 - Children's Day (Japan, South Korea)
May 5 - Coronation Day (Thailand)
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
May 5 - Indian Arrival Day Guyana
May 6 - St George's Day (Bulgaria)
May 7 - Memorial Day (Israel)
May 8 - Independence Day (Israel)
May 8 - Victory in Europe Day
May 8 - Parent's day in South Korea
May 9 - Europe Day (European Union)
May 12 - Whit Monday (France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Greece, Hungary, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway)
May 14 - Independence Day (Israel)
May 16 - Jerusalem Day (Israel)
May 17 - Constitution Day (Norway)
May 17 - May 3rd Constitution Day (Poland, Lithuania)
May 18 - Haitian Flag Day (Haiti)
May 19 - Victoria Day (Canada)
May 22 - Corpus Christi
May 23 - Lag Ba'omer (Judaism)
May 24 - Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia)
May 24 - Bermuda Day (Bermuda)
May 25 - African Liberation Day
May 25 - Jordan's Independence Day
May 26 - Spring Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)
May 26 - Memorial Day (United States)
May 26 - National Sorry Day (Australia)
May 26 - Independence Day (Guyana)
May 27 - Children's Day (Nigeria)
May 28 - Republic Day (Armenia, Azerbaijan)
May 29 - Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji)

Mother's Day

May 8 (Parent's Day) - South Korea and Albania
May 10 - Mexico
May 10 - South America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Oman, and Pakistan
May 11 (2nd Sunday) - Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
May 25 (last Sunday) - France (switches to first Sunday of June if coincides with Pentecost), Dominican Republic, Haiti, Sweden, and Morocco
May 26 - Poland
May 27 - Bolivia

Scheduled events

May 12 - JetBlue Airways is ending its nonstop service from New York-JFK to Tucson, Arizona.

May 13 - Nebraska and West Virginia hold primaries in U.S. presidential election.

May 14 - The UEFA Cup Final to be held at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester.

May 14 - NASA has scheduled a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, to announce the discovery of an object in our Galaxy astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years.

May 16 - Dominican Republic presidential elections.

May 16 - V Summit of the European Union-Latin America and the Caribbean Leaders in Lima, Peru.

May 16 - Launch of the The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope Space Telescope, or GLAST.

May 20 - Kentucky and Oregon hold primaries in U.S. presidential election.

May 21 - Georgian legislative election.

May 21 - The UEFA Champions League Final to be held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

May 21 - The Seventh American Idol will be decided at the Nokia Theater.

May 24 - The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Final will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, following semi-finals on May 20 and 22.

May 24 - Bassinthegrass Music Festival (Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia).

May 24 - The first round of the 2007–08 Stanley Cup finals commences between Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins in Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

May 25 - NASA's Phoenix spacecraft will land on Mars.

May 25 - The 92nd edition of the Indianapolis 500 will be run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the main race of the IndyCar Series.

May 27 - Idaho Republican primary in U.S. presidential election.

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