Day Guide for Monday May 26th 2025 What are the holidays on May 26th 2025?

This is our day guide for Monday May 26th 2025 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on May 26th 2025

International: Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in military service for the United States

International: Spring Bank Holiday

The second UK Bank Holiday in May which replaced Whit Monday in 1967

International: Africa Day (in lieu)

Commemoration on May 25th of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity

Bulgaria: Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture (in lieu)

Slavic missionaries Cyril (Constantine) and Metod (Methodius) came to Great Moravia

Georgia: Independence Day

On May 26th 1918, the National Council of Georgia declared independence from the Russian Empire and the creation of Democratic Republic of Georgia

Guyana: Independence Day

Marks Guyana's independence from the United Kingdom on May 26th 1966

Regional

India (regional): Savitri Amavasya

A fasting day for married Hindu women who pray for their husbands to have a long life.

Regional

India (regional): Public Holiday

Punjab. Public holiday in view of the upcoming local body elections.

Not a Public Holiday

Israel: Jerusalem Day

Marks the reunification of Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in 1967

Not a Public Holiday

Poland: Mother's Day

In Poland, Mother's Day is always celebrated on May 26th

Turks and Caicos Islands: National Heroes' Day

Commemorates the life of James Alexander George Smith McCartney

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General Information for May 26th 2025
There are 11 public holidays today.
Day 146 of 2025
219 days left in 2025
Week 22 of the year
On this Day in History
1994 - Michael Jackson marries Lisa Marie Presley.
1946 - Guitarist Mick Ronson, famed for his collaboration with David Bowie, is born in Hull, Yorkshire.
1904 - Entertainer George Formby is born.
1650 - John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough, considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses England has ever produced, is born at Ashe in Devon.