Emergency Medical Services for Children Day - May 24, 2023 (Wednesday of EMS Week)
International Tiara Day
International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament
National Escargot Day
Scavenger Hunt Day
World Orienteering Day - May 24, 2023 (Fourth Wednesday in May)
World Schizophrenia Awareness Day
2023 Weekly Holidays that include May 24, are:
Click It or Ticket Mobilization (Cover Memorial Day Weekend) - May 15 - June 4, 2023
Emergency Medical Services Week (EMS) - May 21-27, 2023 (Third Full Week in May)
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week - May 22-28, 2023 (Week before Memorial Day Mon-Sun)
International Heritage Breeds Week - May 21-27, 2023 (Third Week of May)
National Backyard Games Week - May 21-27, 2023 (Week before Memorial Day)
National Heritage Breeds Week - May 21-27, 2023 (Third Full Week in May)
National New Friends, Old Friends - May 21-27, 2023 (Third Week in May)
National Safe Boating Week - May 21-27, 2023 (Week Before Memorial Day)
National Unicycle Week - May 21-27, 2023 (Begins on Third Sunday in May)
Older Americans Mental Health Week - May 21-27, 2023 (Last Full Week in May)
Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month - May 14 - June 18, 2023 (Mother's Day to Father's Day)
World Schizophrenia Awareness Week - May 21-27, 2023
2023 Monthly Holidays that include May 24, 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:
A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
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)
Cannes International Film Festival - May 16-27, 2023 in Cannes, France is the most prestigious and most publicized film festival in the World.
Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for May 24 is Gemini.
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
1819 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1901)
1941 - Bob Dylan - American singer, songwriter, writer, painter, and Nobel Prize laureate
1944 - Patti LaBelle, American singer, songwriter, and actress (Lady Marmalade)
1945 - Priscilla Presley, American actress, businesswoman, former wife of Elvis Presley
Famous Deaths
1984 - Vince McMahon, Dr., American businessman and wrestling promoter who founded WWE (b. 1914)
2008 - Dick Martin, American actor and director famous for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (b. 1922)
Famous Weddings and Divorces
1986 - Country singer Garth Brooks marries songwriter Sandy Mahl. After having three daughters, they divorce in 2001
2003 - Actress Kate Winslet (Titantic) marries director Sam Mendes
Quote of the Day
Sounds like such a simple thing to do!
Learn to fill your heart with positive, not negative!
Recipe of the Day or a Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day
There are many healthy diet tips that can help you to be a success at weight control and weight loss. No one is the same! We all have different areas of struggle in weight control. Search through the list of healthy tips and highlight those that are problem areas for you!
Choose three habits to change each month. It takes around a month to incorporate a new habit into your life. If you can make three healthy diet habit changes per month that will add up to 36 habits that you have changed this year! Slow and steady does win the race!
See Kerry's list of 60 Healthy Diet Tips from her Healthy Diet Habits website!
This Day in History
1607 - 100 English settlers land in Jamestown, the first English settlement in America
1626 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan for the Dutch
1738 - John Wesley is converted and launches the Methodist movement
1830 - Sarah Josepha Hale publishes Mary Had a Little Lamb
1883 - After 14 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge is opened to traffic in New York City
1930 - Amy Johnson becomes the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia after landing in Darwin, Northern Territory
1958 - The United Press and the International News Service merge to form the United Press International
1994 - Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 and are each sentenced to 240 years in prison
2002 - Russia and the U.S. sign the Moscow Treat
2014 - A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey injuring 324 people
This Day in Music
1964 - Love Me Do by the Beatles hits #1
1969 - The Guess Who make their American TV debut on American Bandstand and sing These Eyes and Laughing
1969 - Get Back by the Beatles hits #1 in America
1975 - Shining Star by Earth, Wind & Fire hits #1 in America
1997 - The Spice Girls album Spice hits #1 in the U.S.
1997 - MMMbop, debut single by Hanson hits #1
2006 - Taylor Hicks wins American Idol Season Five
The Beatles - Love Me Do - #1 on this day in 1964
This Day in Sports
1935 - The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played at Crosley Field, in Cincinnati, Ohio
1987 - Al Unser Sr., wins his 4th Indianapolis 500 race
1992 - Al Unser Jr., wins the Indianapolis 500 race
2001 - 16 year old Temba Tsheris becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest
Word of the Day from Wiktionary
Shylock (verb)
1. (intransitive, US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
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