See also: Butlerwebs' May Holidays, Observances, Celebrity Birthdays, etc.
and for more info on upcoming movie premieres check out Coming Soon! or Zap2it; for TV premieres check out the futon critic; for dvd releases check out Coming Soon! or Amazon DVD; for music releases check out Amazon Music or CDJapan; for literature check out Amazon Books or Barnes & Noble Books; for games check out Amazon Computer & Video Games; for anime & manga check out Anime News Network; for conventions & festivals see tek's events links and Otakuphrenia's con links.

April 23-May 4

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Tribeca Film Festival

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Golden Week (Japan)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • May Day / Beltane (Pagan; cross-quarter day)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) (Nissan 27, A.M. 5768)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Kenpou-kinenbi (Constitution Memorial Day) (Japan)
  • Free Comic Book Day (Saturday)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Midori no hi (Greenery Day) (Japan)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
  • Kodomo no Hi (Children's Day) (Japan) / Tango no Sekku (Boy's Day) (Japan)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • DaisyCares's birthday (friend of tek)
  • National Teacher Day (USA; Tuesday)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • National Nurses Week (USA)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Mother's Day (USA; Sunday)
  • Pentecost (Christian; Whitsunday)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • International Nurses' Day

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Cannes Film Festival

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Whitsunday (Scottish quarter day; see also "Pentecost," May 27)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Armed Forces Day (USA; Saturday)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Malcolm X's birthday, 1925
  • Victoria Day (Canada; Monday)

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday, 1859

• Holidays/special occasions:
  • Memorial Day (observed) (USA; Monday)

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