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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”

World Bee Day This day was created to raise awareness of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development by the UN. The goal is to strengthen measures aimed at protecting bees and other pollinators, which would significantly contribute to solving problems related to the global food supply and eliminate hunger inContinue reading “Holidays on 20th May”

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”

Ascension is celebrated 40 days after Easter by the Christian Church. It is always a Thursday and can be called Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday or Holy Thursday. It commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. Some Christian denominations move it to the following Sunday and call it Ascension Sunday. AscensiontideContinue reading “Ascension”

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”

This day 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”

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”

The independence of Paraguay started on 14th May 1811 after the Revolution of May 14 when a local ruling junta was created. In early 1811 Paraguayan Forces had repeatedly defeated the Argentine army which considered Paraguay to be a break-away province. On 12th October 1813 the Paraguayan Republic was proclaimed. Officially, independence was proclaimed onlyContinue reading “Paraguay Independence Day”