Important Days – May
First Tuesday in May – World Asthma Day
1st Sunday of May – World Laughter Day
2nd Sunday of May – Mother’s day
1. May Day (Worker’s Day International Labour day)
2. World Asthma Day
3. World Press Freedom day
5. National Labour day
8. World Migratory Birds day
8. world Red cross Red Crescent day, (Birthday of Henri Dunant, the founder of the Red cross movement)
11. National Technological day (of Buddha jayanthi, 11 may 1998 operation sakthi was carried out)
13. International Nurse day (since 1965 to mark the contribution nurses make to society)
15. International Day of family
17. World Telecommunication day (to commemorate the founding of the International Telecommunication union in 17 May 1865)
21. Anti – Terrorism day (the death anniversary Gandhi)
22. World Biodiversity day (to commemorate the adoption of the text of the convention on 22 May by the Nairobi Final Act of the Conference of the Adoption of the Agreed Text of the convention on Biological Diversity)
24. Commonwealth day (Queen Victoria her birthday 24 May)
29. Mount Everest day
31. No – Tobacco day (world tobacco day was initiated in the year 1987, when the world health assembly (WHA), of World Health Organization (WHO) passed a resolution)