Khordad · Haurvatat 1392

May 22 – June 21, 2013

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Events this month

  • Azerbaijani protests of May 2006 · 1 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Azerbaijani · Historical

    On 22 May 2006 thousands of Azerbaijanis protested in Tabriz against a cartoon in the state newspaper Iran; across Azerbaijan, security forces shot dead at least 20 protesters.

  • Saga Dawa Düchen · Saga Dawa Duchen · 4 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Buddhist · Cultural

    The full moon of Saga Dawa, the fourth Tibetan month, which commemorates the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and parinirvana.

  • Vesak (Buddha Day) · Vesak · 4 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Buddhist · Cultural

    The Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, on the full moon of Vaishakha as India and Sri Lanka keep it; Thailand and Singapore sometimes keep it a month later, and Sri Lanka sometimes a day earlier.

  • Memorial Day · 6 Khordad · Haurvatat

    National · National holiday

    The US day for those who died serving in the armed forces, on the last Monday of May.

  • Spring bank holiday · 6 Khordad · Haurvatat

    National · National holiday

    A UK bank holiday on the last Monday of May.

  • Martyrdom of Guru Arjan · Shaheedi Purab Guru Arjan Dev · 22 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Sikh · Historical

    The execution of Guru Arjan, the fifth Sikh Guru, in Lahore in 1606 on the orders of the Mughal emperor Jahangir; Sikhs hand out sweetened water to passers-by.

  • Ascension (Orthodox) · 23 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Christian · Cultural

    Christ's ascension into heaven, forty days after Orthodox Easter; one of the Twelve Great Feasts.

  • Green Movement · 25 Khordad · Haurvatat

    Iranian · Historical

    Millions marched in Tehran against the disputed presidential election (25 Khordad 1388; 15 June 2009); Neda Agha-Soltan was killed five days later.

  • Juneteenth · 29 Khordad · Haurvatat

    National · National holiday

    The end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday since 2021.

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