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On 16 May, the USA celebrates its National Day of the Sea-Monkeys
The 17th of May stands since 2005 for the World Hypertension Day.
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The importance of bees as pollinators for biodiversity and food security is fundamental to humanity. The General Assembly of the United Nations has declared May 20 as World Bee Day.
According to US radio preacher Harold Egbert Camping (1921 - 2013), the beginning of the end of the world should begin on 21 May 2011. Fortunately a wrong prognosis, which caused many US-Americans to celebrate this date since then omitted as world doom day and/or rapture party day.
Star Wars fans naturally celebrate 21 May as Talk Like Yoda Day.
Ash Ketchum is the main character of the Pokémon anime. He is also the main character of various manga based on the anime, including The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Ash & Pikachu, and Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl.
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and more than fifty short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Pac-Man is a maze arcade game developed and released by Namco in 1980. The original Japanese title of Puck Man was changed to Pac-Man for international releases as a preventative measure against defacement of the arcade machines. Outside Japan, the game was published by Midway Games as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America.
As World Turtle Day, 23 May will be all about reptiles. At least when it comes to the American Tortoise Rescue, the US-American animal welfare organisation that launched this international action day for the protection of animals from the Sauropsida order in the year 2000.
MySQL is one of the most widely used relational database management systems in the world. It is available as open source software as well as a commercial enterprise version for various operating systems and forms the basis for many dynamic web presences.
Sir Ian Murray McKellen CH CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. His career spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction.
All passionate wine drinkers should mark May 25th red in their calendars. The USA celebrates this date as its national wine day.
On May 25th since 2001 not only fans of the Hitchhiker through the Galaxy but also the so called Towel Day.
The People's Revolution of the Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May is depicted in Night Watch. It ended the increasingly tough reign of Lord Winder. Tension had been rising, and while the nobility arranged a quiet succession by Lord Snapcase in the background, the people on the streets started a revolution and attacked Watch Houses all over the city.