May 8th Holidays
🕯️ Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
✌️ Victory in Europe Day
🦙 World Donkey Day
⛑️ World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
🦎 International Blue Iguana Day
🌸 White Lotus Day
👩💼 Working Mothers Day
⚕️ World Ovarian Cancer Day
⚕️ International Thalassaemia Day
🇺🇸 Victory Day for World War II - USA
🇺🇸 National Public Gardens Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Give Someone a Cupcake Day - USA
🇺🇸 National No Socks Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Have a Coke Day - USA
🇺🇸 Fintastic Friday - USA
🇺🇸 National Coconut Cream Pie Day - USA
🇺🇸 Military Spouse Appreciation Day - USA
🇺🇸 Emancipation Day in Mississippi - USA
🇺🇸 Child Care Provider Appreciation Day - USA
🇺🇸 Free Trade Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day - USA
🇺🇸 National Student Nurses Day - USA
🇺🇸 Truman Day - USA
🇬🇧 Flora Day (Furry Dance) - United Kingdom
🇨🇦 Canadian Tulip Festival
🇦🇺 National Amyloidosis Day - Australia
🇳🇴 Women’s Historic Night (Kvinnehistorisk natt) - Norway
🇳🇴 Liberation Day, Veterans Day (Frigjøringsdagen, Veterandagen) - Norway
🇧🇪 Iris Festival (Irisfeest) - Belgium
🇰🇷 Parent’s Day (어버이날) - South Korea
🇹🇭 Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival (บุญบั้งไฟ) - Thailand
🇵🇭 Radio Day (Araw ng Radyo) - Philippines
🇸🇪 Barbecue Day (Grillens dag) - Sweden
🇲🇽 Miguel Hidalgo’s Birthday (Aniversario del natalicio de Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla) - Mexico
This Day in History
• On May 8, 1895, China transferred Taiwan to Japan 131 yr.
• On May 8, 1945, The act of military surrender of the German armed forces has been signed in the suburbs of Berlin 81 yr.
• On May 8, 1978, The first ascent of Jomolungma without additional oxygen 48 yr.
