Festival de Cannes 2026 : la cérémonie d’ouverture célèbre le cinéma comme un « acte de résistance »
Maîtresse de cérémonie, l’actrice française Eye Haïdara a donné une dimension politique à son discours d’ouverture. Le jury du 79e Festival de Cannes a pris ses quartiers sur la Croisette sous la présidence du cinéaste sud-coréen Park Chan-wook et devra départager 22 films pour d
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The most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar, marking the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha. Observed across Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, and wherever Buddhist communities gather.
National Limerick Day
May 12th is Edward Lear's birthday — the Victorian poet who popularised the limerick form in his 1846 Book of Nonsense. The limerick's AABBA rhyme scheme is believed to date to 14th-century French poetry, but Lear made it immortal. A man from Nantucket famously misunderstood the assignment.
Saint Andrew the First-Called Day
Saint Andrew the First-Called Day is observed in Georgia (წმინდა მოციქულის ანდრია პირველწოდებულის საქართველოში შემოსვლის დღე). Recognized nationally.
International Nurses Day
Marks Florence Nightingale's birthday and the work of everyone who's ever held a hand through a 3 AM crisis. Buy a nurse a coffee.