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Germany Constitution Day This day commemorates the signing of the West German Constitution on 23rd May 1949 in Bonn after having been approved by the occupying western Allies of World War 2. World Turtle Day This day began on 23rd May 2000 and is sponsored by the American Tortoise Rescue. The day was created toContinue reading “Holidays on 23rd May”

International Day for Biological Diversity This is a United Nations sanctioned international day for the promotion of biodiversity issues. It was created by the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly in 1993 and until 2000 it was held on 29th December to celebrate the day the Convention on Biological Diversity went into effect. OnContinue reading “Holidays on 22nd May”

This day is celebrated over 21st and 22nd May to celebrate the anniversary of the Montenegrin independence referendum in 2006 when the country decided to leave Serbia and Montenegro. It was renamed Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 under the Belgrade agreement after formerly being named the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This contained a provision thatContinue reading “Montenegro Independence Day”

East Timor Independence Day This formally occurred on 20th May 2002. The country was occupied and annexed by Indonesia from 1976 to 1999, who were claimed to be responsible for 180,000 deaths in that time. Long time President Suharto was overthrown in May 1998 and was replaced by B.J. Habibie. He allowed an East TimoreseContinue reading “Holidays on 20th May”

This is a federal Canadian Public Holiday observed on the last Monday proceeding 25th May to honour Queen Victoria, who is known as the “Mother of the Confederation”. The holiday has existed since at least 1845, originally on Victoria’s natural birthday, 24th May. It is a federal state holiday, as well as a holiday inContinue reading “Victoria Day”

International Museum Day This day has been celebrated since 1977. The objective is to raise awareness about the fact that “Museums are important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.” Last year over 37,000 museums participated in the event in about 158 countries and territories.Continue reading “Holidays on 18th May”

This is the national day of Norway and is an official public holiday. The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on 17th May 1814. The declaration declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to avoid it being ceded to Sweden after Denmark-Norway’s defeat in the Napoleonic Wars. This established an unionContinue reading “Norwegian Constitution Day”

On the evening of 16th-17th May an attack on German dams was carried out by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command under the codename Operation Chastise. It used special “bouncing bombs” developed by Barnes Wallis to breach the dams Mohne and Edersee which caused catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley and of villages in the EderContinue reading “Dambusters Raid”

16th May celebrates the contribution of light and light-based technologies to various fields and areas of life including arts and culture, education, medicine, communication, science and sustainable development. The day commemorates the anniversary of physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman’s first successful laser operation in 1960. The day is observed by the United Nations and administeredContinue reading “International Day of Light”

The Eurovision Song Contest is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries’Continue reading “Eurovision Song Contest”