What holidays are celebrated on May 3?

 Holidays and Observances(Alphabetical Order)

2022 Daily Holidays that fall on May 3, include:

• Childhood Depression Awareness Day - May 3, 2022 (First Tuesday in May)
• Foster Care Day - May 3, 2022 (First Tuesday in May)
• Garden Meditation Day
• National Chocolate Custard Day 
• National Concert Day - May 3, 2022 (First Tuesday in May)
• National Golf Day - May 3, 2022 (First Tuesday in May)
• National Lumpy Rug Day 
• National Public Radio Day 
• National Raspberry  Popover Day 
• National SAN Architect Day 
• National Specially-abled Pets Day 
• National Teachers Day - May 3, 2022 (Tuesday of the First Full Week in May)
• National Textile Day 
• National Two Different Colored Shoes Day 
• Paranormal Day 
  
• Poem in Your Pocket Day - May 3, 2022 (First Tuesday in May), and  April 28, 2022 (Last Thursday in April)
• Sun Day 
• Wordsmith Day 
• World Asthma Day - May 3, 2022 (First Tuesday in May)
• World Press Freedom Day 

2022 Weekly Holidays that include May 3, are:

• Air Quality Awareness Week - May 2-8, 2022
• Arson Awareness Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• Be Kind to Animals Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• Choose Privacy Week - May 1-7
• Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• Drinking Water Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• Eid-Al-Fitr - Evening of May 2 - Evening of May 3, 2022
• Flexible Work Arrangement Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
  
• Goodwill Industries Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• International Building Safety Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
  
• International Clitoris Awareness Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• International Wildlife Film Week - April 23-30, 2022 (Virtual May 1-7, 2022)
• Kids Win Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Alcohol & Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Auctioneers Week - May 2-7, 2022 (Observed the week ending with National Auctioneers Day)
• National Children's Book Week - May 2-8, 2022 and also November 7-13, 2022
• National Children's Mental Health Week - May 1-7, 2022 and also February 6-12, 2022 (First Full Week in February and May)
• National Correctional Officer's Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Family Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
  
• National Herb Week - May 1-7, 2022 (Week Prior to Mother's Day)
• National Hug Holiday Week - May 1-7, 2022
• National Hurricane Preparedness Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Pet Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Physical Education and Sports Week - May 1-7 (First Week in May)
• National Postcard Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Raisin Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Safety Stand Down Week - May 2-6, 2022
• National Small Business Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Sun Safety Week - May 2-8, 2022
• National Tourism Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• National Travel & Tourism Week - May 1-7, 2022
• National Wildflower Week - May 2-8, 2022 (First Full Week in May Starting on Monday)
• North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH) - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• Public Service Recognition Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• Puppy Mill Action Week - May 2-8, 2022 (Begins the Monday before Mother's Day)
• Root Canal Appreciation Week - May 1-7, 2022 (First Week in May)
  
• Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week - Formerly TV Turnoff Week) - May 2-8, 2022
• Spring Astronomy Week - May 1-7, 2022 (Has Spring Astronomy Day in the Week)
• Teacher Appreciation Week - May 2-6, 2022 (First Full M-F Week in May)
• Update Your References Week - May 1-7, 2022
  
• Week of the Classroom Teacher - May 1-7, 2022 (First Full Week in May)
• World Dystonia Awareness Week - May 3-11
• Yom HaZikaron - Evening of May 3, 2022 to Evening of May 4, 2022

2022 Monthly Holidays that include May 3, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our May Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of May.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for May 3 is Taurus.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for May are:

• The Lily of the Valley - Humility, Chastity and Sweetness - signifies a return to happiness
• Hawthorn

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for May is the Emerald which is a symbol of rebirth and is believed to grant the owner foresight, good fortune, and youth.

Famous Birthdays

• 1469 - Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian politician, writer, historian and philosopher (d. 1527)
• 1879 - Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman who co-founded Quantas Airlines (d. 1950)
• 1903 - Bing Crosby, American singer (White Christmas), and actor (Going My Way)
• 1921 - Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (middle/welterweight) (d. 1989)
• 1933 - James Brown, American soul singer who was known as the Godfather of Soul, songwriter, producer, actor (I Got You I Feel Good and I Got the Feeling) (d. 2006)
• 1934 - Frankie Valli, American singer (The Four Seasons)
• 1946 - Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (CBS TV)
• 1951 - Christopher Cross, American singer, songwriter (Sailing)
• 1975 - Christina Hendricks, American actress (Mad Men)

Famous Deaths

• 1940 - Henry Ossian Flipper, American soldier, former slave, and first African/American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
• 1992 - George Murphy - American actor and politician (b. 1902)
• 2011 - Jackie Cooper, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1986 - Annette Funicello, actress and singer, weds horse breeder and trainer Glen Holt
• 1991 - Andy Williams, singer weds Debbie Hass
• 2003 - Matt LeBlanc, actor (Friends), weds Melissa McKnight, model

Quote of the Day

World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993, following the recommendation of UNESCO's General Conference. Since then, 3 May, the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek is celebrated worldwide as World Press Freedom Day. It is an opportunity to:

• Celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom;
• Assess the state of press freedom throughout the world;
• Defend the media from attacks on their independence;
• Pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

Info above from the United Nations website.

Recipe of the Day or a Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day

There are lots of Healthy Lunch Ideas available to us if we take the time to look. The typical lunch ideas of a huge sandwich, chips, cookies, and a fruit is outdated, as well as not being the healthiest choice! Too many processed carbs, fat, and additives.

Find some great Healthy Lunch Ideas and tips from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits!

This Day in History

• 1481 - The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes (in Greece in the Aegean Sea), and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. 
• 1494 - Jamaica was discovered by Christopher Columbus and named St Iago
  
• 1802 - Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city
• 1851 - Most of the city of San Francisco, CA is destroyed by fire, and 30 die
• 1901 - The Great Fire of 1901 occurs in Jacksonville, Florida and destroys 1,700 buildings
• 1921 - West Virginia imposes the 1st State Sales Tax
• 1937 - Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone with the Wind wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
• 1951 - The Festival of Britain opens
• 1952 - The 1st landing of an airplane at the North Pole
• 1960 - The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1971 - The Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters during a 3 day period
• 1973 - Chicago's Sears Tower, at 1,451 feet and 108 stories, becomes the world's tallest building
• 1982 - President Ronald Reagan begins a 5 minute weekly radio broadcast
• 1991 - The Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of Press Freedom principles is signed
• 1999 - During the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak, Oklahoma City is devastated by a F5 tornado, killing 45 people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage
• 2001 - The U.S. loses its seat on the United National Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947
• 2003 - Old Man of the Mountain, in New Hampshire collapses
• 2016 - A wildfire destroyed approx. 2,400 homes and buildings in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada where 88,000 people were evacuated from their homes

This Day in Music

• 1975 - He Don't Love You by Tony Orland and Dawn hits #1
• 1975 - Chicago's Album, Chicago VIII hits #1
• 1976 - Paul McCartney and his new band, Wings, open their first tour as the Wings Over America Tour 
• 1980 - Against the Wind, by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, top the US album chart and stay on top for six weeks
• 1986 - Addicted to Love, by Robert Palmer hits #1 on the US singles chart
• 2000 - The Offspring's album Smash from 1994 is certified platinum for the sixth time
• 2010 - I Gotta Feelin, by the Black-Eyed Peas becomes the best-selling digital song of all time.

Above, is Robert Palmer's, 'Addicted to Love' single which went to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart today, on May 3rd, 1986.

This Day in Sports

• 1936 - New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio makes his major league debut and gets 3 hits in his first game
• 1951 - Gil McDougald ties the major league record with 6 RBI's in 1 inning
• 1952 - The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time
• 1979 - Bobby Bonds hits his 300th Home Run
• 1980 - Willie McCovey, Giants 1st baseman hits his 521st and final Home Run
• 1986 - New York Yankee Don Mattingly hits 3 sacrifice flies in a game (6th to do this)
• 2000 - The sport of geocaching begins! The first cashe is placed and the corrdinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Treeness (noun)

1. The essence of what it means to be a tree; the qualities that make a tree what it is.
2. (genetics) The suitability of an evolutionary tree for representing the structure of a population; the degree to which a population structure can be accurately described as a tree of descent, with diffrent branches evolving independently after they split.
3. (graph theory) The condition of being a tree; acyclicity and connectedness.

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