May 2021
PARAMEDIC SERVICES WEEK
The theme for Paramedic Services Week 2021 is Paramedic as Educator – Citizen Ready.
Find out more »WORLD TURTLE DAY
Sponsored by American Tortoise Rescue, World Turtle Day brings attention to, and respect for, turtles and tortoises... encouraging human action to help them survive and thrive. World Turtle Day is celebrated around the globe in a variety of ways, from dressing up as turtles or wearing green summer dresses, to saving turtles caught on highways, to research activities. Turtle Day lesson plans and craft projects encourage teaching about turtles in classrooms.
Find out more »VICTORIA DAY
Victoria Day is a statutory holiday celebrated in every province and territory. It honours Queen Victoria's birthday. Victoria Day is also commonly referred to as the "May long weekend" or the "May two-four weekend" as it marks the unofficial start of the cottage season where cases of beer are consumed… or maybe it's called May two-four because May 24, 1819 is Queen Victoria's birthday. Either way, THIS year it IS celebrated on the 24th! (In Quebec this holiday is called…
Find out more »Birthday – BOB DYLAN (80)
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and visual artist who has been a major figure in popular culture for more than 50 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements. He has sold more than 100 million records, making him one of the best-selling…
Find out more »FLOWER MOON
The Full Moon in May is known as the Flower Moon. Other names include the Corn Planting Moon, and the Milk Moon, while some named it the Hare Moon. In ancient times, it was common to track the changing seasons by following the lunar month rather than the solar year, which the 12 months in our modern calendar are based on. For millennia, people across Europe, as well as Native American tribes, named the months after features they associated with…
Find out more »Album – SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (The Beatles)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967 in the United Kingdom (June 1 here in North America), it spent 27 weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart and 15 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the US. It was lauded by critics for its innovations in production, songwriting and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high…
Find out more »Birthday – LENNY KRAVITZ (57)
Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. His style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, pop, folk, and ballads. Kravitz won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category and setting the record for most consecutive wins in one category by a male. He…
Find out more »Birthday – STEVIE NICKS (73)
Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. She is known for her distinctive voice, mystical stage persona and poetic, symbolic lyrics. Nicks was named one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time by Rolling Stone. She was the first woman to have been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of Fleetwood…
Find out more »Birthday – JOHN FOGERTY (76)
John Cameron Fogerty Born: May 28, 1945 (age 76), Berkeley, California American musician, singer, and songwriter. Founded the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, for which he was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter.
Find out more »Birthday – RITA MacNEIL
Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. In 1990, she was the bestselling country artist in Canada, outselling even Garth Brooks and Clint Black. She was also the only female singer ever to have three separate albums chart in the same year in Australia. Throughout her career MacNeil would receive five honorary degrees, release 24 albums, win three Juno Awards,…
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