Portal:Current events/May 2008/Sidebar

Ongoing events
Diplomatic response to Kosovar independence Economic crisis in U.S. and Europe Olympic torch relay Subprime mortgage crisis U.S. Democratic presidential primaries U.S. Republican presidential primaries World food price crisis

Recent deaths

May 30: Lorenzo Odone 29: Harvey Korman 28: Luc Bourdon 28: Beryl Cook 26: Sydney Pollack 26: Earle Hagen 25: J.R. Simplot 24: Dick Martin 23: Cornell Capa 22: Robert Asprin 20: Hamilton Jordan 19: Huntington Hartford 18: Joseph Pevney 17: Wilfrid Mellers 16: William Blease 16: Robert Mondavi 15: Tommy Burns 15: Alexander Courage 13: Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah 12: Robert Rauschenberg 12: Irena Sendler

Ongoing conflicts
Acholiland insurgency Arab-Israeli conflict Colombian armed conflict Iraq War Communist and Islamic insurgency in the Philippines Fatah-Hamas conflict War in Somalia Turkey-PKK conflict Second Chechen War Ogaden conflict South Thailand insurgency Sri Lankan Civil War War in Afghanistan War in Darfur

Elections
Recent 4: Equatorial Guinea, Parliament 10: Burma, constitutional referendum 11: Serbia, Parliament 16: Dominican Republic, President 17: Kuwait, Parliament 21: Georgia, Legislative 25: Lebanon, President Upcoming 1: Switzerland, Referendum 1: Macedonia, Assembly 7: Niue, Parliament 12: Ireland, Treaty of Lisbon referendum 27: Zimbabwe, President (2nd round) 29: Mongolia, Legislative

Trials

Upcoming Canada: Larry O'Brien US: James Charles Kopp US: Ehren Watada US: Tom DeLay US: William J. Jefferson US: Kwame Kilpatrick US: Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá Ongoing Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal Netherlands: ICC Thomas Lubanga Netherlands: ICTY Peru: Alberto Fujimori Sierra Leone: SCfSL Charles Taylor US: Jena Six US: Brian Nichols US: José Padilla US: Phil Spector

Holidays and observances

1: Holocaust Remembrance Day (Israel) 1: May Day (Europe) 1: Ascension Day (Norway) 1: Labour Day in the following countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Guyana, India, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore 2: Dos de Mayo (Spain) 3: Constitution Day (Poland 5: Liberation Day (Ethiopia, Netherlands, Denmark) 5: Children's Day (Japan, South Korea) 5: Coronation Day (Thailand) 5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico) 5: Indian Arrival Day Guyana 6: St George's Day (Bulgaria) 7: Memorial Day (Israel) 8: Israel Independence Day (Israel) 8: Victory in Europe Day 8: Parents' Day - South Korea 8: Parent's Day – South Korea and Albania 9: Europe Day (European Union) 10: Mother's Day – Mexico 10: Mother's Day – South America, El Salvador, Guatemala, Oman, and Pakistan 11: Mother's Day (2nd Sunday) – Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Croatia, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Malta, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe 12: Whit Monday (France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Greece, Hungary, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway) 16: Jerusalem Day (Israel) 17: Constitution Day (Norway) 18: Flag Day (Haiti) 19: Victoria Day (Canada) 22: Corpus Christi 23: Lag Ba'omer (Judaism) 24: Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia) 24: Bermuda Day (Bermuda) 25: African Liberation Day 25: Independence Day (Jordan) 25: Mother's Day(last Sunday) – France (switches to first Sunday of June if coincides with Pentecost), Dominican Republic, Haiti, Sweden, and Morocco 26: Spring Bank Holiday (United Kingdom) 26: Memorial Day (United States) 26: National Sorry Day (Australia) 26: Independence Day (Guyana) 26: Mother's Day Poland 27: Mother's Day Bolivia 27: Children's Day (Nigeria) 28: Republic Day (Armenia, Azerbaijan) 29: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day (Fiji) 29: Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Baháʼí Faith) 29: Democracy Day (Nigeria) 30: Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago) 31: World No Tobacco Day June 1: Madaraka Day (Kenya) 2: Jerusalem Day (Israel) 2: Public Holiday (Ireland) 4: Independence Day (Tonga) 6: Independence Day (Sweden) 6: Anniversary of D-Day 7: Independence Day (Norway) 8: Father's Day (Belgium) 11: Kamehameha Day (Hawaii) 12: Independence Day (Philippines) 13: Feast of St. Anthony of Padua 14: Flag Day (United States) 15: Flag Day (Denmark) 15: Father's Day (various countries) 16: Bloomsday (Ireland) 16: Youth Day) (South Africa) 17: Independence Day (Iceland) 19: Juneteenth (Texas) 20: Flag Day (Argentina) 20: Solstice 20: Midsummer (Sweden) 24: Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec) 25: Independence Day (Mozambique) 25: Independence Day (Slovenia) 26: Flag Day (Romania) 26: Independence Day (Madagascar) 29: Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul 30: Independence Day (Congo)