A little reason to celebrate
National Rescue Dog Day
Animal · May 20
A day for rescue dogs: the shelter and rescue dogs who find new homes, and the people who adopt, foster and care for them.
National days on May 20, 2027
Also on May 20
On this day
- 1775: The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
- 1861: American Civil War: The State of North Carolina secedes from the Union. American Civil War
- 1927: Charles Lindbergh takes off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, landing 33+1⁄2 hours later. Charles Lindbergh
- 1932: The American Friends of Lafayette is founded at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania American Friends of Lafayette
- 1985: Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba. Radio y Televisión Martí
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