TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/6/26 – NURSES DAY!
We’re all suckers for the white outfit with the pointy cap and jaunty cape. Even if they don’t dress that way anymore, we still adore every last one of them in their pastel scrubs and white walking shoes on NATIONAL NURSES DAY! There’s not a soul in this country who has not been helped by
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/5/26 – LET’S PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT MEXICAN HISTORY DAY!
Okay, let’s get this straight. It’s not Mexican Independence Day or even a major Mexican holiday, since Cinco de Mayo is celebrated mostly in the Mexican state of Puebla, commemorating an obscure battle that had zip to do with Mexican Independence, making today NATIONAL LET’S PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT MEXICAN HISTORY DAY! What we’re left
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/4/26 – INTERGALACTIC STAR WARS DAY!
A long time ago (the early 1970s), in a Ford Galaxy far, far away (under an overpass in LA), a broke-ass wannabe filmmaker had an idea, and before you could say “Lando Calrissian,” the entire universe is celebrating INTERGALACTIC STAR WARS DAY! The fertile mind of George Lucas gave us Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Obi
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/3/26 – NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO DAY!
So, what special day is it, you ask? Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Today is NATIONAL NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO DAY! It’s not the anniversary of its founding or the day it went on the air, but like Public Radio itself, you just take National Public Radio Day for granted. You won’t hear them airing any
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/2/26 – KENTUCKY DERBY DAY!
Fancy ladies in fancy hats are always a good thing, and mint juleps in the shade of the grandstands never did much harm, so lets have a big cheer for the field on NATIONAL KENTUCKY DERBY DAY! It’s the first Saturday in May, the 152nd Run for The Roses, the most famous horse race on
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/1/26 – WORKERS DAY!
It was May 1, 1884 when the proclamation demanding the 8 Hour Work Day was issued by the American Federation of Labor, making today NATIONAL WORKERS DAY! The Labor Movement was young in the 1880s, and too many American workers were still underpaid, overworked and expendable while toiling under dangerous conditions to amass historic fortunes