May 18

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on May 18, include:

• Armed Forces Day - May 18, 2024 (Third Saturday in May)
  
• Astronomy Day - Spring - May 18, 2024 (Saturday from Mid-April to Mid-May)
• Culture Freedom Day - May 18, 2024 (Third Saturday in May)
• Do Dah Day (Salute to Silliness) - May 18, 2024 (Third Saturday in May)
• HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 
  
• I Love Reese's Day 
• International Museum Day 
• Jamestown Day - May 18, 2024
• Mother Whistler Day
• National Cheese Souffle Day 
• National Learn to Swim Day - May 18, 2024 (Third Saturday of May - week before Memorial Day)
• National Museum Day 
• National No Dirty Dishes Day 
• National River Cleanup Day - May 18, 2024 (Third Saturday in May)
• National Speech Pathologist Day 
• National Visit Your Relatives Day 
• Plant a Lemon Tree Day - May 18, 2024 (Third Saturday in May)
• Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day 
  
• Spring Astronomy Day - May 18, 2024
• World Aids Vaccine Day 
• World Fiddle Day - May 18, 2024 (Third Saturday in May)
• World Whiskey Day - May 18, 2024 (Third Saturday in May

2024 Weekly Holidays that include May 18, are:

• American Craft Beer Week - May 13-19, 2024
• Armed Forces Week - May 11-18, 2024 (Second Saturday to Third Saturday in May)
• Food Allergy Awareness Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Second Full Week in May)
• Frog Jumping Jubilee Day (Calaveras County, CA) - May 16-19, 2024
• Hospital Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Second Full Week of May)
  
• International Coaching Week - May 13-19, 2024
• National Bike to Work Week - May 13-19, 2024 
• National Etiquette Week - May 13-19, 2024 (Begins Second Monday of Full Week in May)
  
• National Foul Ball Week - May 16-21
• National Hospital Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Second week in May)
  
• National Police Week - May 12-18, 2024
  
• National Prevention Week - May 12-18, 2024
• National Public Gardens Week - May 10-19, 2024 (Friday before to the Sunday after Mother's Day)
  
• National Return to Work Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Second Full Week in May)
• National Safe Boating Week - May 18-24, 2024 (Week Before Memorial Day)
• National Salvation Army Week - May 13-19, 2024
• National Skilled Nursing Care Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Starts on Mother's Day to Following Saturday)
• National Stationary Week - May 13-19, 2024
• National Stuttering Awareness Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Second Full Week in May)
• National Transportation Week - May 16-22, 2024 (Always has Third Friday in May)
• National Women's Health Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Week Starting With Mother's Day)
  
• Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month - May 12 - June 16, 2024 (Mother's Day to Father's Day)
• Reading is Fundamental Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Second Full Week in May) 
  
• Salute to Moms 35+ Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Starts on Mother's Day)
• Work at Home Mom's Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Starts on Mother's Day)
  
• World Trade Week - May 12-18, 2024 (Third Week in May)

2024 Monthly Holidays that include May 18, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our May Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of May.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• PGA Championship - May 13-19, 2024
• Cannes International Film Festival - May 14-25, 2024 in Cannes, France is the most prestigious and most publicized film festival in the World.
• National Morel Mushroom Festival - May 16-19, 2024 (Weekend after Mother's Day)
• Preakness Stakes - May 18, 2024 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for May 18 is Taurus.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for May are:

• The Lily of the Valley - Humility, Chastity and Sweetness - signifies a return to happiness
• Hawthorn

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for May is the Emerald which is a symbol of rebirth and is believed to grant the owner foresight, good fortune, and youth.

Famous Birthdays

• 1912 - Perry Como, American singer and TV host (d. 2001)
• 1946 - Reggie Jackson, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1952 - George Strait, American Country singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer

Famous Deaths

• 526 - Pope John I (b. 470)
• 1808 - Elijah Craig, American minister, educator, and inventory who invented Bourbon Whiskey (b. 1738)
• 2017 - Chris Cornell, America singer (Lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave) (b. 1964)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 2007 - Amy Winehouse marries former video production assistant Blake Fielder-Civil in Miami, Florida

Quote of the Day

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Why we eat, and your desire to eat can be from many different signals. The average person eats 20% of the time from physical hunger, and 80% of the time for other reasons besides hunger. What are the other reasons why we eat? If we can learn to distinguish our reason for eating, we can develop some healthy diet habits that not only relate to food but these other reasons! Find out why we eat from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

This Day in History

• 1096 - Approximately 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany during the First Crusade
• 1652 - Rhode Island passes the first law in North America that makes slavery illegal
• 1756 - Great Britain declares war on France to start the Seven Years' War
• 1763 - A large part of Montreal, Canada is destroyed by Fire
• 1860 - Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward
• 1953 - Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier
• 1969 - Apollo 10 is launched
• 1980 - Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington State killing 57 people, and causing $3 billion in damage.
• 2018 - 10 people are killed during a school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas

This Day in Music

• 1963 - The Beatles start their first tour as the featured act
• 1964 - House of the Rising Sun is recorded by The Animals
• 1966 - Bus Stop is recorded by The Hollies
• 1978 - The Buddy Holly Story, starring Gary Busey in the role of Buddy Holly, is released in the U.S.
• 1991 - Out of Time by R.E.M. is the #1 Billboard Album
• 1999 - The second album, Millennium is released by The Backstreet Boys
• 2004 - Baptism is the seventh album released by Lenny Kravitz

Above, is Losing My Religion, the Grammy Award-winning song from R.E.M's 1991 album, Out of Time

This Day in Sports

• 1942 - Due to WW II, New York City ends night baseball games
• 1947 - Catcher, Warren Rosar of the A's catches his 147th game without an error
• 1956 - For a record 3rd time, Mickey Mantle hits HR's from both sides of the plate
• 1982 - Larry Herndon, outfielder for the Tigers is the 14th player to hit 4 consecutive HRs
• 1986 - David Goch finishes swimming 55,682 miles in a 25-yard pool
• 2014 - Adam Scott overtakes Tiger Woods as the Number 1 ranked golf player in the world

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!