Originally, May 12 was chosen, since it was Florence Nightingale's birth date and she was widely considered to be the founder of modern nursing.
Thursday, May 12, 2011International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every year on May 12. In 2011, the day was observed on Thursday, May 12.
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As the founder of Modern Nursing, her birthday is 12 May, and is celebrated around the world as International Nurses Day
The most formal celebration of International Nurses Day occurs in London's Westminster Abbey. Each May 12, there is a service commemorating nurses. The event is culminated by the lighting of a symbolic lamp in the Nurse's Chapel, then handed between a line of nurses to the Dean, who places the lamp on the High Altar. This ritual symbolizes the historical passing of knowledge from nurses of one generation to the next generation. Other places in the world have various kinds of rituals and commemoration events.
National School Nurse Day is always the Wednesday during National Nurses Week, so for 2013, the day will be celebrated on May 8th.
It will be on May 12, 2010.
National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
Labour Day, also known as International Workers' Day or May Day, is celebrated on May 1st each year to honor the contributions of workers and the labor movement. The date was chosen to commemorate the Haymarket affair, a labor protest in Chicago in 1886 that advocated for an eight-hour workday. The celebration gained international recognition after the Second International declared May 1st as a day of solidarity for workers in 1889. Since then, it has become a day to promote workers' rights and social justice.
"International Tuba Day" is celebrated on the first Friday in May each year.
May Day and the International Labour Day.
International Llama day is celebrated annually on the 16th of May. The day began being celebrated since the first discovery of Llamas back in 2001.
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