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What is celebrated on May 8?

See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to May 8. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.

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2009
Institutional decision

National Public Gardens Day

The association history states that National Public Gardens Day was inaugurated on May 8, 2009.

1998
First observance

National Student Nurses Day

ANA states that as of 1998, May 8 was designated National Student Nurses Day to be celebrated annually.

1945
Institutional decision

Victory Day

The preserved decree is dated 8 May 1945.

1945
First observance

Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)

UK National Archives documents contemporaneous celebrations in 1945, not a later invented founding date.

1945
Institutional decision

Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)

National Archives records official public announcement on that date; not represented as global day-establishing law.

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8 observances

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0 repeat predictably

0 use a fixed annual date and 0 follow a reusable calendar rule.

0 are edition-specific

These dates are shown only for the year or edition that has been confirmed.

3 have a country-specific scope

Country-specific observances are not presented as worldwide events.

8 have in-depth guides

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Other in-depth guides on May 8

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National Report Government Contractor Fraud Day

8 May · United States / Hesch Firm fraud-reporting awareness campaign

The Hesch Firm-issued May 2018 founder release states the observance is celebrated May 8 and says Joel D. Hesch formed it in 2018. DOJ material is retained only for current False Claims Act…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Student Nurses Day

8 May · United States / student nursing recognition

The American Nurses Association states that its Board, at the request of the National Student Nurses Association, designated May 8 in 1997 and that the day was celebrated annually as of 199…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

No Socks Day

8 May · United States / creator-defined informal Wellcat observance

The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists No Socks Day on May 8 and identifies the holiday collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Truman Day

8 May each year · Missouri / statutory annual commemorative day on 8 May

Missouri Revised Statutes § 9.035, effective 28 August 1967, requires the governor to issue an annual proclamation setting aside 8 May as Truman Day; current gubernatorial proclamations con…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)

8 May · United Kingdom and wider European remembrance of the end of the Second World War in Europe

UK government material marks 8 May as VE Day and commemorates the end of the Second World War in Europe.

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8 observances

All observances on this date

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Report Government Contractor Fraud Day

8 May · United States / Hesch Firm fraud-reporting awareness campaign

The Hesch Firm-issued May 2018 founder release states the observance is celebrated May 8 and says Joel D. Hesch formed it in 2018. DOJ material is retained only for current False Claims Act…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Student Nurses Day

8 May · United States / student nursing recognition

The American Nurses Association states that its Board, at the request of the National Student Nurses Association, designated May 8 in 1997 and that the day was celebrated annually as of 199…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

No Socks Day

8 May · United States / creator-defined informal Wellcat observance

The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists No Socks Day on May 8 and identifies the holiday collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Truman Day

8 May each year · Missouri / statutory annual commemorative day on 8 May

Missouri Revised Statutes § 9.035, effective 28 August 1967, requires the governor to issue an annual proclamation setting aside 8 May as Truman Day; current gubernatorial proclamations con…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)

8 May · United Kingdom and wider European remembrance of the end of the Second World War in Europe

UK government material marks 8 May as VE Day and commemorates the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

World Ovarian Cancer Day

8 May annually · International / World Ovarian Cancer Coalition annual awareness and mobilisation campaign

World Ovarian Cancer Coalition states that World Ovarian Cancer Day was established in 2013 by global ovarian-cancer advocacy leaders, is observed on May 8, and is currently coordinated thr…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day

8 May · International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement annual humanitarian recognition observance

IFRC first-party history verifies May 8, post-First-World-War conference origins, the first International Red Cross Day on May 8, 1948, the Henry Dunant birthday rationale, the 1984 change…

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