Category Archives: May

May 19 is Frog Jumping Jubilee Day

Mark Twain wrote about the frog jumping contest in “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” in 1865 which took place in Angels Camp, a gold rush town. As the story goes Dan’l Webster had a frog that could out jump all other frogs.

May’s Bizarre Holidays

  1. Mother Goose Day
  2. Fire Day
  3. Lumpy Rug Day
  4. National Candied Orange Peel Day
  5. National Hoagie Day
  6. Beverage Day
  7. International Tuba Day
  8. No Socks Day
  9. Lost Sock Memorial Day
  10. Clean Up Your Room Day
  11. Eat What you Want Day
  12. Limerick Day
  13. Leprechaun Day
  14. National Dance Like a Chicken Day
  15. National Chocolate Chip Day
  16. Wear Purple for Peace Day
  17. Pack Rat Day
  18. Visit Your Relatives Day
  19. Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
  20. Eliza Doolittle Day
  21. National Memo Day
  22. Buy A Musical Instrument Day
  23. Penny Day
  24. National Escargot Day
  25. National Tap Dance Day
  26. Grey Day
  27. Body Painting Arts Festival Day
  28. National Hamburger Day
  29. End of the Middle Ages Day
  30. My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It Day
  31. National Macaroon Day