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Indian Arrival Day is a holiday celebrated on various days in the nations of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa and Mauritius, commemorating the arrival of people from India and the…
Indian Arrival Day (Guyana)
Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5 to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. Z…
Cinco de Mayo (Mexico, United States)
The International Day of the Midwife is annually celebrated on 5 May, and was established in 1992 by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) to celebrate and raise awaren…
International Midwives' Day (International)
Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day, but differing from it because it does not involve the origina…
Liberation Day (Denmark, Netherlands)
The Community of Portuguese Language Countries, also known as the Lusophone Commonwealth or Lusophone Community, is an international organization and political association of Lusop…
Lusophone Culture Day (Community of Portuguese Language Countries)
World Portuguese Language Day is observed annually on May 5. The day is marked through a range of musical performances, literature readings, competitions, cultural shows, art exhib…
World Portuguese Language Day (International)
Martyrs' Day is an Albanian Holiday observed annually on May 5 for the remembrance of those who died for Albanian liberation during World War 2. The date was chosen for its signifi…
Martyrs' Day (Albania)
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls are victims of violence against Indigenous women in Canada and the United States, of those in the First Nations in Canada and Native…
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Awareness Day (Canada and United States)
May 5th is National Cartoonist Day, a world-wide celebration of cartoonists and their work. The National Cartoonist Society declared the date in the 1990s to promote support for th…
National Cartoonist Day
The Ethiopian Patriots' Victory Day, also called Meyazia 27, is a national holiday in Ethiopia celebrated on 5 May to commemorate the Ethiopian Arbegnoch resistance against Italy d…
Patriots' Victory Day (Ethiopia)
Star Wars Day is an informal commemorative day observed annually on May 4 to celebrate the Star Wars media franchise created by filmmaker George Lucas. Observance of the day spread…
Revenge of the Fifth (see Star Wars Day)
The Soviet Press Day was an annual observance in the Soviet Union, celebrated on May 5. The celebration was done in commemoration of the publishing of the first issue of the Bolshe…
Soviet Press Day (Soviet Union)
Tango no Sekku (端午の節句), also known as Ayame no hi , originally referred to an annual ceremony held at the Japanese imperial court on May 5. It was one of the five annual court cere…
Tango no sekku (Japan)
The Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival, observed annually on 5 May, celebrates the culture and history of the Uyghurs, a Turkic people originating from Xinjiang, China. It is also know…
Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival (Doppa Day): 1–2
Dominic Savio was a 19th-century Italian teenager who was a student of John Bosco and became a Catholic saint. He was studying to be a priest when he became ill and died at the age…
Christian feast day: Dominic Savio
Evodius was an early Christian identified by some Christian writings as the first bishop of Antioch. In some traditions, he is seen as succeeding Peter. He is regarded as one of th…
Christian feast day: Evodius of Antioch (Roman Catholic Church)
Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, commonly referred to as François de Laval, was considered the founder of the Catholic faith in New France. He was a French Catholic prelate who…
Christian feast day: François de Laval
Blessed Jacinto Vera Durán was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of Montevideo. He was an active minister in Uruguay, although his efforts to renew …
Christian feast day: Jacinto Vera (Roman Catholic Church)
Lucius of Laodicea, also known as Luke and Lucius of Cyrene, was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, one of the founders of the Christian Church in Antioch and according to Eas…
Christian feast day: Lucius of Cyrene
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Caterina Troiani
Peter Nolasco, O. de M. was a Catholic nobleman known for founding the Royal and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy of the Redemption of the Captives with approval by Pope Gregory…
Christian feast day: Peter Nolasco
Saint Petronax of Monte Cassino, called "The Second Founder of Monte Cassino", was an Italian monk and abbot who rebuilt and repopulated the monastery of Monte Cassino, which had b…
Christian feast day: Petronax of Monte Cassino
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo