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What is celebrated on May 4?

For 2026, these source-backed observances resolve to Monday, May 4. Recurring rules can move in another year, so each record keeps its own date logic.

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17 unique authority records

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8 explicit country-scope records

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Topics represented on May 4

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Civic, Remembrance & History 4Workplace, Professions & Appreciation 2Health, Wellness & Awareness 2Food, Drink & Hospitality 2Community, Causes & Advocacy 2Arts, Entertainment & Lifestyle 2Faith, Tradition & Spirituality 1Celebrations & Social 1
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All observances on this date

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Early May bank holiday

4 May 2026; 3 May 2027; 1 May 2028 — re-check the official UK calendar for later years · UK bank-holiday calendar; exact dates are published by nation

GOV.UK official bank-holiday calendar

Source-backedFixed Annual

Firefighters’ Memorial Day

4 May annually · United Kingdom / firefighters remembrance

The Firefighters Memorial Trust says Firefighters’ Memorial Day is marked each year on 4 May to remember firefighters who have died in service.

Source-backedRule Based Annual

Great Lakes Awareness Day

First Monday in May · United States / informal Great Lakes environmental-awareness observance

National Today uses the first Monday in May, while Checkiday’s target-year listing corroborates the equivalent first-full-week Monday recurrence.

Source-backedFixed Annual

Greenery Day (Midori no Hi)

4 May · Japanese national holiday

Cabinet Office of Japan; Act on National Holidays

Source-backedFixed Annual

International Respect for Chickens Day

4 May · International / United Poultry Concerns advocacy project

United Poultry Concerns identifies International Respect for Chickens Day as an annual May 4 project and traces the campaign to its 2005 launch.

Source-backedFixed Annual

May 4 Day of Remembrance

4 May annually at Kent State University · Kent State University / May 4, 1970 remembrance

Kent State University says May 4 was established as an official Day of Remembrance in 1977 and documents annual May 4 commemorations.

Source-backedRule Based Annual

Melanoma Monday®

First Monday in May; 4 May 2026 · American Academy of Dermatology U.S. skin-cancer awareness campaign

The American Academy of Dermatology says it launched Melanoma Monday in 1995, observes it every year on the first Monday in May, and identifies 4 May as the 2026 date.

Source-backedFixed Annual

National Candied Orange Peel Day

4 May · Informal food-calendar usage documented by Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals chapter material

ANFP chapter calendar material lists National Candied Orange Peel Day on May 4.

Source-backedFixed Annual

National Day of Reason

4 May · United States / secular observance promoted by the American Humanist Association and partner organizations

The current National Day of Reason campaign and American Humanist Association identify May 4 as the annual observance date; a 2026 U.S. House resolution also recognizes May 4, 2026 without…

Source-backedFixed Annual

National Kids Fitness Day

4 May · United States / informal children’s fitness observance

UCLA Health explicitly highlights National Kids Fitness Day on May 4 during National Fitness Month, and Days Of The Year independently places the observance on May 4.

Source-backedFixed Annual

National Orange Juice Day

4 May · United States / informal food observance with Florida citrus-industry and university corroboration

The Florida Department of Citrus and University of Florida IFAS materials repeatedly identify May 4 as National Orange Juice Day.

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Remembrance Day

4 May annually; national two-minute silence at 20:00 · Netherlands / national remembrance observance

The Government of the Netherlands states that each year at 20:00 on 4 May a two-minute silence is observed for victims of the Second World War.

Source-backedFixed Annual

Rhode Island Independence Day

4 May annually · Rhode Island, United States / state independence commemoration

Rhode Island government sources state that 4 May each year is established as Rhode Island Independence Day, commemorating the General Assembly’s 4 May 1776 Act renouncing allegiance to the…

Source-backedFixed Annual

Star Wars Day / May the 4th

4 May · Star Wars / Lucasfilm fan-culture observance

StarWars.com documents May 4 as Star Wars Day and the worldwide “May the 4th” celebration.

Source-backedFixed Annual

World Give Day

4 May · International / informal giving observance

National Today and Days Of The Year independently place World Give Day on May 4 each year.

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