Category: Important Days

31st May is observed as World No Tobacco Day 2020

May 31, 2020

• World No Tobacco Day is a yearly event that is commemorated on May 31st. It targets to grow awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco on health.
• Theme: “Protecting youth from industry manipulation and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use.”

International Everest Day is observed on 29th May

May 30, 2020

• International Everest Day is being celebrated on 29th May. Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary had climbed the Mt. Everest on this day (29th May) in 1953, as the first humans to accomplish the feat.

World Digestive Health Day is observed on 29th May

May 29, 2020

• World Digestive Health Day is celebrated on 29th May every year and is organized by the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) in collaboration with the WGO Foundation (WGOF).
• Theme 2020: “Gut Microbiome: A Global Perspective.”

International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed on 29 May

May 29, 2020

• International Day of UN Peacekeepers is celebrated on 29 May every year to respect all the women and men who have served as military, police or civilians in UN Peacekeeping operations.
• Theme 2020: “Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace”.

28th May is observed as World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2020

May 28, 2020

• World Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed on May 28. Its mission is to remove the silence, spread awareness and change negative social norms surrounding MHM around the world.
• Theme: ‘Periods in Pandemic’

World Thyroid Day observed on 25 May

May 25, 2020

• World Thyroid Day is celebrated on 25 May every year. The main objective of the WTD is to aware of the value of Thyroid and the prevention and treatment of thyroid diseases.

25th May is observed as International Missing Children’s Day 2020

May 25, 2020

• International Missing Children’s Day is celebrated on 25th May every year for missing children who have found their way home, remember those that are victims of crime, and continue endeavors to seek out those that are still missing.

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula celebrated on 23 May

May 23, 2020

• The United Nations commemorates International Day to End Obstetric Fistula on 23 May every year to raise awareness and intensify actions towards ending obstetric fistula.
• Theme 2020: ”End gender inequality! End health inequities! End Fistula now!”.

World Turtle Day observed on 23 May

May 23, 2020

• World Turtle Day is being commemorated every year on 23 May every year by American Tortoise Rescue, a nonprofit organization.
• The day was planned as an annual observance to aid people to celebrate and save protect turtles and tortoises as well as their disappearing habitats around the world.

Anti Terrorism Day 2020 is celebrated on 21st May

May 21, 2020

• Anti Terrorism Day 2020 is celebrated on 21st May every year in India. The day marks the death anniversary of India’s seventh Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on 21 May 1991.