In the UK, May day bank holiday 2018 will be on the 7th.
it is for national voters day
because of LABOUR DAY 1988
Ireland has 9 bank holidays annually. The 2014 bank holidays in Ireland are: New Year's Day, (1 January) St. Patrick's Day (17 March) Easter Monday (21 April) May Bank Holiday (5 May) June Bank Holiday (2 June) August Bank Holiday (4 August) October Bank Holiday (27 October) Christmas Day (25 December) St. Stephen's Day (26 December)
May Day is celebrated on the first day of May. It is also referred to as "International Workers' Day", and is a holiday mainly to do with the Political Party, Labor.May Day Bank Holiday happens in the first Monday of May, in many countries.
There are currently eight public holidays in England and Wales: New Year's Day Good Friday Easter Monday Early May Bank Holiday Spring Bank Holiday Summer Bank Holiday Christmas Day Boxing Day
The first Monday in May is a bank holiday in Ireland. In 2015 the first Monday in May is the 4th of May. So the bank holiday will be on the 4th of May.
The national holiday in the U.S. in the month of May is Memorial Day. This holiday is to remember the men and women who have died serving the country.
Despite previous historical interpretation, Boxing Day became a Bank Holiday named in the Bank Holidays Act of 1871. The other days were, Easter Monday, Whit Monday and the First Monday in August. With reference to the Banking and Financial Dealings Act of 1971, the August Bank Holiday was changed to the end of the month and Whit Monday was replaced by the Late Spring Bank Holiday, fixed as the last Monday in May
The main ones are New Year's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday, May Bank Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday, Christmas and Boxing Day. There are slight differences in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to the above list which is for England.
Not in the US, if you are asking about May 6, 2013. In the UK Monday 6th May 2013 is May Bank Holiday, the first of two Spring Bank Holidays.
There are eight bank holidays in England and Wales for 2013... New years day - Jan 1st Good Friday - Mar 29th Easter Monday - Apr 1st Early May - 6th May Spring - May 27th Summer - August 26th Christmas - Dec 25th Boxing day - Dec 26th