May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere (Summer in Europe). Therefore May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
May symbols: The birthstone of May is the emerald which is emblematic of love and success. The May birth flower is the Lily of the Valley and the Crataegus monogyna. The mayflower Epigaea repens is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. Its native range extends from Newfoundland south to Florida, west to Kentucky in the southern range, and to Northwest Territories in the north. The zodiac signs for the month of May are Taurus (until May 20) and Gemini (May 21 onwards).
Historical Events for May, 1873
Day of Week 9th » 'Panic of 1873 e.g Der Krach': Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
Day of Week 20th » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis (inventor) called Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
Day of Week 23rd » The Canada named Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1873
2nd » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
3rd » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (d. 1945)
4th » Joe De Grasse, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1940)
9th » Anton Cermak, Czech-American politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933)
12th » J. E. H. MacDonald, English-Canadian painter (d. 1932)
17th » Henri Barbusse, French author and journalist (d. 1935)
17th » Dorothy Richardson, English author and journalist (d. 1957)
18th » Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress (d. 1937)