Today is National Nurses Day.
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Bill Williams
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026 11:29am
Today is National Nurses Day.
It began in 1953, when an employee at the United States Department of Health, Dorothy Sutherland, sent a letter to President Eisenhower asking him to declare National Nurses Day. People began celebrating Nurses Day the following year
. It was made official in 1973.
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