University of Kansas Medical Center Diversity Calendar

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May 2012 Events

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

Jewish-American Heritage Month

National Better Hearing and Speech Month

National Mental Health Month

National Older Americans Month

Women's Health Care Month

1 - May Day

3 - National Day of Prayer (United States)

5 - Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)

7-13 - Deaf Awareness Week

7 - May Day Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)

9 - Victory Day (Russia)

13 - Mother's Day (United States)

17 - Ascension Day (Christian)

18 - Isreal's Independence Day (Yom Ha'Atzma'Ut)

19 - Armed Forces Day

19 - Malcolm X's birthday (African-American, United States)

23 - Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)

27 - Shavuot* (Jewish)

28 - Memorial Day (observed)

29 - Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)


Note: Sundown times for Kansas City, Kansas were determined by using the Sunrise/Sunset/Twilight and Moonrise/ Moonset/Phase calculator, a web resource provided by the United States Navy.

*Holy days usually begin at sundown the day before this date.

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