Occasions and trivia calendar

Our popular calendar lists over 300 entries designed to inspire a party, or simply create an excuse for one.

From classic holidays we all celebrate like Thanksgiving, events like the Super Bowl, to obscure celebrations like "Limerick Day" and the always popular "Eggs Benedict Day.

We have suggestions on how to celebrate some of these dates. Try a Mint Julep to celebrate "Mint Julep Day", or a Dean Martini cocktail to celebrate Dean Martin's birthday.  (How you celebrate "National Poultry Day" or "National Pass Gas Day" is your business.)

Click on the month of your choice and find out what holidays or excuses to party you have been missing, or find out who invented Root Beer, or what day the final episode of "Cheers" aired.  Have Fun!

May

1
• May Day
• Elvis married Priscilla (1967)

2
• 135th Kentucky Derby

3
• Space Day

4
• International Tuba Day

5
• Cinco de Mayo
• Last episode of "Love Boat" airs (1986)

6
• Beverage Day
• National Nurses Day
• Roger Bannister runs the first ever four-minute mile (1954)

8
• Mad Magazine debuts (1952)
• World Red Cross Day

9
• Billy Joel born in 1949

10
• Mother's Day
• Last episode of “Laverne and Shirley” airs (1983)

11
• Eat What You Want Day
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded in 1927
• Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí is born in 1904

12
• Limerick Day

13
• Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24)
• The word "cocktail" is first used in print (1806)

14
• Last Seinfeld episode airs (1998)
• Last episode of “Family Ties” airs (1989)

15
• Chocolate Chip Day
• International Day of Families

16
• 134th Preakness Stakes
• Charles Hires invents Root Beer (1866)
• Michael Jackson moonwalks on TV (1983)

17
• World Information Society Day

18
• Victoria Day (Canada)
• International Museum Day

19
• Visit Your Relatives Day

20
• UEFA Cup Final from Istanbul, Turkey
• Last episode of “Cheers” airs (1993)

21
• National Waiters/Waitresses Day

22
• National Maritime Day (U.S.)

23
• World Turtle Day
• International Jazz Day

24
• 93rd Indianapolis 500
• French Open Tennis begins (May 24 - June 7)

25
• Memorial Day (U.S.)
• National Wine Day
• Star Wars- premiered 31 years ago (1977) in 32 theatres

27
• National Senior Health and Fitness Day

28
• Ian Fleming’s Birthday (1908)

29
• National Mint Julep Day
• Hillary & Norgay first to summit Everest (1953)

30
• Hug Your Cat Day

31
• Clint Eastwood born (1930)
• World No-Tobacco Day