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May & June 2023
STATS FOR STORIES (SFS)
Tomorrow is Armed Forces Day [ [link removed] ]. Sunday is Waitstaff Day [ [link removed] ]. Monday is Maritime Day [ [link removed] ]. Tuesday is South Carolina's 235th Anniversary of Statehood [ [link removed] ]. May celebrates Biking [ [link removed] ] (today is Bike to Work Day), Older Americans [ [link removed] ], and World Trade [ [link removed] ].?
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Armed Forces [ [link removed] ]
*Armed Forces Day: May 20
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The 2021 American Community Survey estimated the U.S. had 257.1 million people 18 years and over, and of those, 16.5 million, or 6.4 percent, were veterans.
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*National Waitstaff Day: May 21*
The 2021 American Community Survey counted 1,686,901 waiters/waitresses aged 16 and over employed in the U.S. About 29.1% were full-time and 70.9% were female.
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*National Maritime Day: May 22*
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The 2021 County Business Patterns counted 143,325 employees in ship and boat building, 95,754 in support activities, including 61,763 in marine cargo handling.
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*South Carolina 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): May 23*
South Carolina ratified the U.S. Constitution on May 23, 1788 ? (8th state). Nickname: The Palmetto State. Motto: Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope).
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*National Police Week: May 14-20
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*Peace Officers Memorial Day: May 15
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In March 2021, the Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll counted 924,326 full-time police employees in the U.S. with a monthly payroll of $6.38 billion.
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*National Bike Month: May*
*Bike to Work Week 2022: May 15-21 *
*Bike to Work Day: May 19
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In 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 616,153 workers in the U.S. bicycled to work, down from 805,722 in 2019.
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**Older Americans Month: May**
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The 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) estimated there were 55,892,014 people aged 65 and over in the U.S. out of a total population of 331,893,745, or 16.8%.
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*World Trade Month: May
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*World Trade Week: May 21-27*
On May 4, 2023, the FT900 reported the goods and services deficit was $64.2 billion in March, down $6.4 billion from $70.6 billion in February,
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*All?**Stats for Stories [ [link removed] ]** for May 2023:* [ [link removed] ]
* Small Business Week: April 30-May 6 [ [link removed] ]
* National Bike Month: May [ [link removed] ]
* Older Americans Month: May [ [link removed] ]
* World Trade Month & Week: May & May 21-17 [ [link removed] ]
* National Nurses Day & Week: May 6 & 6-12 [ [link removed] ]
* Public Service Recognition Week: May 7-13 [ [link removed] ]
* National Teacher Appreciation Week & Day: May 8-12 & 9 [ [link removed] ]
* Europe Day: May 9 [ [link removed] ]
* Minnesota 165th Anniversary of Statehood (1858): May 11 [ [link removed] ]
* Mother's Day: May 14 [ [link removed] ]
* National Police Week: May 14-20 [ [link removed] ]
* Bike to Work Day & Week: May 15-21 & 19 [ [link removed] ]
* Armed Forces Day: May 20 [ [link removed] ]
* Waitstaff Day: May 21 [ [link removed] ]
* National Maritime Day: May 22 [ [link removed] ]
* South Carolina 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): May 23 [ [link removed] ]
* Memorial Day: May 29 [ [link removed] ]
* Wisconsin 175th Anniversary of Statehood (1848): May 29 [ [link removed] ]
*All?**Stats for Stories [ [link removed] ]** for June 2023:*
* American Housing Month: June [ [link removed] ]
* Great Outdoors Month: June [ [link removed] ]
* LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: June
* National Caribbean-American Heritage Month: June
* National Dairy Month: June
* National Ocean Month: June
* Atlantic Hurricane Season: June 1-November 30
* National Cheese Day: June 4
* Multiracial Heritage Week: June 7-14
* Day of Portugal (1580): June 10
* 76th Tony Awards (theater): June 11
* 83rd Annual Peabody Awards (storytelling): June 11
* Philippines Independence Day (1898): June 12
* Certified Nursing Assistants Week: June 15-21
* Nursing Assistants Day: June 17
* Father's Day: June 18
* Juneteenth (1865): June 19
* West Virginia 160th Anniversary of Statehood (1863): June 20
* New Hampshire 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): June 21
* Summer 2023: June 21-September 22
* Virginia 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): June 25
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