>Jim,
>
>>>Hilmar,
>>>
>>>>>mayday (mâ´dâ´) noun
>>>>>An international radiotelephone signal word used by aircraft and ships in distress.
>>>>>
>>>>>Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition.
>>>>
>>>>I know; the title was supposed to be funny.
>>>>
>>>>Anyway, how exactly do you call May the 1st. in the United States? May Day?
>>>>
>>>>Hilmar.
>>>
>>>We call it May 1st.
>>>
>>><g>
>>
>>... and I think that "Labor" (Labour) Day is the rough equivalent at our (northern) end of this continent.
>
>Yes, quite right - only here we glorify capitalism as opposed to socialism. <g>

Doug;

Should we point out that this year May 1st fell on "hump day"? That is a very important day of each work week in the United States. :)

Tom