Daily Calendar for May 23rd, 2021
Share:
The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.
Previous Day | Next Day |
Whitsunday, or Pentecost, is the seventh Sunday after Easter. For Christians, this commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit in tongues of flame upon the apostles. Because the disciples were said to have begun baptizing thousands of people soon afterward, Whitsunday or Pentecost became the traditional time for baptisms. Whit, a corruption of white, refers to the white baptismal garments worn on this day. It is also a time of spring festivals throughout Europe, with echoes of pagan spring rites such as morris dancing and dressing a young boy in greenery (Jack-in-the-Green) and marching him through the village.
1700s
1780s
1800s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1950s
1960s
1970s
2000s
2010s
Previous Day | Next Day |