Anniversaries, Holidays, & Observances for May 5, 2022

Many days there are far too many anniversaries, holidays, and observances to post about individually on social media, so in an effort to have more of them available, LLPHP is going to experiment with posting them daily here. If there are other items you feel should be included, please email contact@llphp.org and share!


Please note all holidays and observances listed as “National” days are American holidays and observances unless it is stated otherwise.

On This Day

• Cinco de Mayo
• Hand Hygiene Day
• National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
• National Silence the Shame Day
• World Password Day
• 1430: Jews were expelled from Speyer, Germany
• 1762: Russia and Prussia signed the Treaty of Saint Petersburg ending the Seven Years’ War
• 1809: Citizenship was denied to Jews of Aargau Canton, Switzerland
• 1842: A city-wide fire burned for over 100 hours in Hamburg, Germany
• 1870: The British and Foreign Society for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind (now Royal National Institute for the Blind) adopted Braille as the best format for blind people
• 1877: Sitting Bull led his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment and capture by the United States Army in the aftermath of the Battle of Little Big Horn
• 1881: Anti-Jewish rioting took place in Kyiv, Ukraine
• 1886: The Bay View Massacre occurred as militia fired upon a crowd of protesters and striking workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin killing at least seven people
• 1917: Eugene Bullard became the first African-American military pilot, though he flew for the French Air Service
• 1920: US President Woodrow Wilson outlawed the Communist Labor Party
• 1925: Teacher John T Scopes was arrested for teaching the theory of evolution
• 1945: Mauthausen Concentration camp was liberated by US forces
• 1945: An uprising against occupying SS troops took place in Prague
• 1945: The Netherlands and Denmark were liberated from Nazi control with Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange telling the Dutch they were liberated
• 1947: Mississippi Valley flooding killed 16 people and caused $850M in damage
• 1955: West Germany was granted full sovereignty by its three occupying powers
• 1955: The Indian Parliament approved Hindu divorces
• 1964: Separatists rioted in Quebec
• 1971: A race riot took place in Brooklyn’s Brownsville section in New York City
• 1988: Eugene A. Marino was installed as the first African American archbishop
• 1991: A riot broke out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, DC after Daniel Gomez, from El Salvador was shot by police
• 2012: Japan shut down its nuclear reactors leaving the country temporarily without nuclear power for the first time since 1970
• 2012: 17 people were killed and 47 people were missing after a flash flood in Nepal
• 2016: Canada’s Alberta Province declared a state of emergency as the evacuation of 80,000 people because of the Fort McMurray wildfires continued
• 2019: Violent clashes between Israel and Gaza militants over three days left 4 Israelis and 23 Palestinians dead
• 2021: A week of mass protests and demonstrations against tax reform and poverty in Colombia left 24 people dead
• 2021: The possible eviction of Palestinian families from a Jerusalem neighborhood prompted days of unrest in the city that left hundreds of people injured
  
  

Weekly Holidays and Observances including May 5, 2022

• Choose Privacy Week (May 1-7)
• Flexible Work Arrangement Week (May 1-7)
• International Building Safety Week (May 1-7)
• National Alcohol & Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week (May 1-7)
• National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week (May 1-7)
• National Herb Week (May 1-7)
• National Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 1-7)
• National Small Business Week (May 1-7)
• Air Quality Awareness Week (May 2-8)
• National Sun Safety Week (May 2-8)
• World Dystonia Awareness Week (May 3-11)
• Yom HaAtzmaut (May 4-5)
  
  

May Monthly Holidays and Observances

• Arthritis Awareness Month
• Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Asthma Awareness Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Better Sleep Month
• Breathe Easy Month
• Clean Air Month
• Digestive Diseases Awareness Month
• Electromagnetic Radiation Awareness Month
• Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
• Food Allergy Awareness Month
• Fungal Infection Awareness Month
• Gardening for Wildlife Month
• Healthy Vision Month/UV Safety
• High Blood Pressure Awareness Month
• Home Schooling Awareness Month
• Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month
• International Respect for Chickens Month
• International Victorious Woman Month
• Internet and E-Commerce Services Month
• Jewish American Heritage Month
• Labor History Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Lyme Disease Awareness Month
• MCS Awareness Month
• Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
• Mental Health Month
• National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• National Community Action Month
• National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
• National Hepatitis Awareness Month
• National Meditation Month
• National Mental Health Month
• National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• National Recommitment Month
• National Stroke Awareness Month
• National Tuberous Scierosis Awareness Month
• Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
• Neurofibromatosis Month
• Revise Your Work Schedule Month
• Small Business Month
• Spiritual Literacy Month
• Syringomyelia Awareness Month
• Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month 
• Trauma Awareness Month
• Ultraviolet Awareness Month