Brookston Almanac

Holidays

• Army Day (Slovenia)
• Asphalt Day
• Break the Glass Ceiling Dy
• Bring Flowers to Someone Day
• Bring Your Legislator to School Day (North Carolina)
• Cold Sophie’s Day
• Constituent Assembly Day (Lithuania)
• Day of Customs and Traditions (Burkina Faso)
• Dinosaur Day (UK)
• Discovery Day (Cayman Islands)
• Do Lunch with Your Dog Day
• Festival of Masks (Los Angeles)
• 515 Day
• Flag Day (Macedonia)
• Flip Your Mattress Day
• Germit Day (Fiji)
• Halvard Vebjornsson (Norway)
• HG Awareness Day
• Hyperemisis Gravidarum Awareness Day (a.k.a. HG Day)
• International Conscientious Objectors Day
• International Day of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• International Day of Families (UN)
• International Fluevog Day
• International Huntington’s Disease Awareness Day
• International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day
• International Men Can Wear Dresses Day
• International MPS Awareness Day
• International Mucopolysaccharidoses Awareness Day (a.k.a. MPS Day)
• National Numeracy Day (UK)
• International Political Coordinators Day
• International Virtual Assistants Day
• International Water Safety Day
• Kamuzu Banda Day (Malawi)
• Kan Phuetchamongkhon (Royal Plowing and Farmers Day; Thailand)
• Kepler’s Law Day
• Konstantineoba (Georgia)
• Law Enforcement Memorial Day (Florida)
• Ma’alot Massacre Anniversary Day
• Miracle Monday (Superman: Miracle Monday)
• Mother’s Day (Paraguay)
• Nakba Day (Palestine)
• National Cycling Day
• National Defense Transportation Day
• National Hispanic Hepatitis Awareness Day
• National Pathological Demand Avoidance Day
• National Pun Day
• National Safety Dose Day
• National Senior Fraud Awareness Day
• National Stockings Day
• National Stop Nausea Day
• National Tuberous Sclerosis Global Awareness Day (a.k.a. TSC Global Awareness Day)
• Never Turn Your Back on the Ocean Day
• Nylon Stockings Day
• Over the Rainbow Day
• Peace Officers Memorial Day
• Persian Language Day (Iran)
• Relive Your Past By Listening to the First Music You Ever Bought, No Matter What It Was!, No Excuses Now Day
• Republic Day (Lithuania)
• Rhododendron Festival (Mentone, Alabama)
• San Isidro Day (Mexico, Spain)
• Shrub Day (French Republic)
• Spring Astronomy Day
• Straw Hat Day
• Teachers’ Day (Colombia, Mexico, South Korea)
• Te Aso o te Tala Lei (Gospel Day; Tuvalu)
• Tree Day (India)
• U.S. Agriculture Day
• VBF Day of Awareness (a.k.a. Vascular Birthmark Foundation Day of Awareness)
• Welsh Poppy Day
• World Aeronautical Informational Services (AIS) Day
• World Climate Change Day
• World Facilities Management Day
• World Orthodontic Health Day
• World Product Day
• World Thrombectomy Day
• World Vasculitis Day
• Xenogender Visibility Day
• Ziua Europei (Moldova)

Food & Drink Celebrations

• Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
• Hefe Day (Portland, Oregon)
• National Bread Pudding Day
• National Day of Pisco (Chile)
• National Pizza Party Day
• National Slider Day

Independence & Related Days

• Gamerland (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
• Las Vegas, Nevada (Founded; 1905)
• Paraguay (Independence Day, Day 2; from Spain, 1811)
• Republic of Uniland (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]
• Upper Silesia (Ceded to Poland by Germany; 1922)

3rd Wednesday in May

• International Customer Support Day [3rd Wednesday]
• International Trauma Survivors Day [3rd Wednesday]
• National Employee Health & Fitness Day [3rd Wednesday]
• National Juice Slush Day [3rd Wednesday]
• National Parent Peer Support Provider Appreciation Day [3rd Wednesday]
• National Playday for Health [3rd Wednesday]
• National Trauma Survivors Day [3rd Wednesday]
• Philly Loves PAWS Day (Philadelphia) [3rd Wednesday]
• Turn Beauty Inside Out Day [3rd Wednesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning May 15 (2nd Full Week)

• National EMS Week (thru 21)
• National Law Week (Australia)

Festivals Beginning May 15, 2024

• Aoi Matsuri (Hollyhock Festival; Kyoto, Japan)
• The Great Escape Festival (Brighton, UK) [thru 5.18]
• Nantucket Wine & Food Festival (Nantucket, Massachusetts) [thru 5.19]
• National Association of Flour Distributors Annual Convention (St. Pete Beach, Florida) [thru 5.19]
• World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest (Memphis, Tennessee) [thru 5.18]

Feast Days

• Achillius of Larissa (Christian; Saint)
• Albert Dubout (Artology)
• Aoi Matsuri (a.k.a. Hollyhock Leaf Crest Festival; Kyoto, Japan)
• Argei (Ancient Rome) [also 3.16]
• Athanasius of Alexandria (Coptic Church)
• Bertha and Rupert (Christian; Saints)
• Bike to Work Day (Pastafarian)
• Buddha’s Birthday (Hong Kong, Macau)
• Carlo Maratti (Artology)
• Declutter Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
• Dymphna (Christian; Saint) [The Insane]
• Feg Murray (Artology)
• Festa dei Ceri (St. Ubaldo Day, Gubbio, Italy; Feast Day 5.16)
• French Fried Fairy Awareness Day (Shamanism)
• Hallvard Vebjørnsson (Roman Catholic Church; Martyr)
• Hesychius of Cazorla (Christian; Saint)
• Hilary of Galeata (Christian; Saint)
• Huldra’s Blot (Pagan)
• Ides of May (Ancient Rome)
• Isaias of Rostov (Christian; Saint)
• Isidore of Chios (Christian; Martyr)
• Isidore the Laborer, celebrated with festivals in various countries, the beginning of bullfighting season in Madrid (a.k.a. Isidore of Madrid; Christian; Saint)
• Jagger Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
• Jasper Johns (Artology)
• Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (Roman Catholic Church)
• Katherine Anne Porter (Writerism)
• L. Frank Baum (Writerism)
• Mercuralia (Old Roman Festival to Mercury)
• Over Sea, Under Stone, by Susan Cooper (Novel; 1965)
• Peter, Andrew, Paul, and Denise (Roman Catholic Church; Martyrs)
• Purification Rite to River God of the Tiber (Sacrifice of 27 Straw Puppets; Ancient Rome)
• Ralph Steadman (Artology)
• Reticius (Roman Catholic Church)
• Richard Avedon (Artology)
• Simivisionios (Celtic Book of Days)
• Sophia of Rome, the fifth of the Ice Saints (Roman Catholic Church)
• The Sublime Ms. M (Muppetism)
• Torquatus and His Companions (Christian; Martyrs)
• Vespasian (Positivist; Saint)
• Viktor Vasnetsov (Artology)
• Welcome Time Travelers Yesterday (Pastafarian)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

• Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
• Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [27 of 60]

Premieres

• Angels & Demons (Film; 2009)
• The Big Birdcast (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1938)
• Bowling for Columbine (Documentary Film; 2002)
• Bulworth (Film; 1998)
• The Cactus Kid (Disney Cartoon; 1930)
• Chariots of Fire (Film; 1981)
• A Crown of Swords, by Robert Jordan (Novel; 1996) [Wheel of Time #7]
• Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto, by Vine Deloria Jr. (History Book; 1969)
• Dhalgren, by Samuel R. Delany (Novel; 1975)
• East Side Story, by Squeeze (Album; 1981)
• Electric Earthquake (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#7]
• Fools Afloat or All the Drips at Sea (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 50; 1960)
• The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, by Patricia A. McKillip (Novel; 1974)
• Gesta Danorum, by Saxo Grammaticus (Danish History; 1514)
• Gigi (Film; 1958)
• God Bless the Go-Go’s, by The Go-Go’s (Album; 2001)
• The Great (TV Series; 2020)
• Greetings Bait (WB MM Cartoon; 1943)
• The Ground Floor or That’s Me All Over! (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 49; 1960)
• Jungle Jive (Swing Symphony Cartoon; 1944)
• The Last Picture Show, by Larry McMurtry (Novel; 1966)
• Laterals, by Tool (Album; 2001)
• Leave Us Chase It (Phantasies Cartoon; 1947)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (Film; 1992)
• Little Hiawatha (Silly Symphonies Cartoon; 1937)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (Film; 2015)
• The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red’s Head (DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special; 1974)
• Marouf, Savetier de Caire, by Henri Rabaud (Opera; 1914)
• The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov (Novel; 1967)
• The Matrix Reloaded (Film; 2003)
• Neck and Neck (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)
• One Cab’s Family (MGM Cartoon; 1952)
• Pitch Perfect 2 (Film; 2015)
• Porky and Gabby (WB LT Cartoon; 1937)
• The Portable Dorothy Parker, by Dorothy Parker (Short Stories, Poetry; 1944)
• Pulcinella, by Igor Stravinsky (Opera; 1920)
• Quest for Camelot (Animated Film; 1998)
• Raising Hell, by Run-DMC (Album; 1986)
• Raspberry Beret, by Prince (Song; 1985)
• Romance (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)
• Royal Opera House (Opera House in Covent Garden, London; 1858)
• The Runt, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)
• The Time Traveler’s Wife (TV Series; 2022)
• Tokio Jokio (WB LT Cartoon; 1943)
• 21st Century Breakdown, by Green Day (Album; 2009)
• Vision of Love, by Mariah Carey (Song; 1990)
• Von Ryan’s Express, by David Westheimer (Novel; 1964)
• Weezer (a.k.a. The Green Album), by Weezer (Album; 2001)
• Whispering Smith (TV Series; 1961)
• The White Dragon, by Anne McCaffrey (Novel; 1978) [Dragonriders of Peru #3]
• Wise Blood, by Flannery O’Connor (Novel; 1952)

Today’s Name Days

• Hertraud, Rupert, Sonja, Sophie (Austria)
• Izidor, Jakov (Croatia)
• Žofie (Czech Republic)
• Sophie (Denmark)
• Sofia, Viia, Viiu (Estonia)
• Sofia, Sohvi, Sonja (Finland)
• Denise (France)
• Hertraud, Sonja, Sophia (Germany)
• Achilleas, Archillios, Kali, Pahomios (Greece)
• Szonja, Zsófia (Hungary)
• Achille, Germana, Mattia, Torquato (Italy)
• Arita, Saulnesis, Sofija, Taiga (Latvia)
• Algedas, Izodorius, Jaunutė, Sofija (Lithuania)
• Hallvard, Halvor (Norway)
• Afanazy, Atanazy, Berta, Cecyliusz, Czcibora, Dionizja, Izydor, Jan, Nadzieja, Ruprecht, Strzeżysław, Zofia (Poland)
• Iacob, Pahomie (România)
• Žofia (Slovakia)
• Indalecio, Isidro (Spain)
• Sofia, Sonja (Sweden)
• Yardarm (Ukraine)
• Sofia, Sonia, Sonya, Sophia, Sophie, Ward, Wardell (USA)

Today is Also…

• Day of Year: Day 136 of 2024; 230 days remaining in the year
• ISO: Day 3 of week 20 of 2024
• Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 4 of 28]
• Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 8 (Ji-Mao)
• Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
• Hebrew: 7 Iyar 5784
• Islamic: 7 Dhu al-Qada 1445
• J Cal: 16 Magenta; Twosday [16 of 30]
• Julian: 2 May 2024
• Moon: 50%: 1st Quarter
• Positivist: 23 Caesar (5th Month) [Vespasian]
• Runic Half Month: Ing (Expansive Energy) [Day 6 of 15]
• Season: Spring (Day 58 of 92)
• Week: 2nd Full Week of May
• Zodiac: Taurus (Day 26 of 31)