May 8th 2023 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Amato Ronconi
  • Apparition of Saint Michael
  • Arsenius the Great
  • Desideratus
  • Blessed Catherine of St. Augustine
  • Julian of Norwich (Anglican, Lutheran)
  • Magdalene of Canossa
  • Our Lady of Luján
  • Peter II of Tarentaise
  • Blessed Teresa Demjanovich (Ruthenian Catholic Church)
  • May 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Mother's Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (United States and others)
• Earliest day on which State Flag and State Emblem Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (Belarus)
• Earliest day on which World Fair Trade Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Saturday of May (site of the WFTO) (International)
• Emancipation Day (Columbus, Mississippi)
• Furry Dance (Helston, UK)
• Liberation Day (Czech Republic)
• Miguel Hidalgo's birthday (Mexico)
• Parents' Day (South Korea)
• Truman Day (Missouri)
• Veterans Day (Norway)
• Victory in Europe Day, and its related observances (Europe):
  • Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War, continues to May 9
• White Lotus Day (Theosophy)
• World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (International)

 

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

 

National Have a Coke Day

 

 

 

Reward Yourself Day

Free Trade Day

Iris Day

Jamestown Day

National Amyloidosis Day

National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day

National Coconut Cream Pie Day

National Dakota Day

National Give Someone a Cupcake Day

National Maria Day

 

 

 

National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day

National Nova Day

National Report Government Contractor Fraud Day

National Student Nurse Day

National Women's Check-up Day - 1

National Women’s Checkup Day - 2

No Socks Day

World Donkey Day

World Ovarian Cancer Day

Golf Day

 

 

 

 

Harry S. Truman’s Birthday

Trisha Paytas’s Birthday

Enrique Iglesias’s Birthday

 

 

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Last Valentine's Day, I arrived at the doctor's office where I work as a receptionist to find a mystery man pacing up and down holding a package. As I got out of the car, he declared warmly, "I have something for you."

I excitedly ripped open the bundle. It was a urine sample.

 

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I walked into the lobby of my apartment building recently and was greeted by this notice: "To whoever is watering these plants, please stop. They are the property of the building, and our maintenance staff will take care of them. They may have already been watered, in which case you will be overwatering them. Besides, these plants are fake."

 

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Our coworker Patrick shared his worst workday ever. He was at an appliance store and the delivery truck had broken down, which meant he was flooded with angry phone calls from customers. One irate caller canceled the delivery and told Patrick what he could do with it.

"I'm sorry," said Patrick. "That's impossible. I already have a stove, a vacuum cleaner, and a microwave up there."

 

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In lectures on human genetics, I explained to my college students that males determine the sex of the offspring by contributing either an X or a Y chromosome. So at the end of the year, I put it on the final exam: "How is the sex of the child determined?"

One student wrote, "By examining it at birth."

 

 

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