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, 1884
Day of Week 1st » Proclamation of the demand for Eight-hour day or eight-hour workday in the United States.
1st » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
Day of Week 20th » Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo becomes the king of the Zulu Nation.
Day of Week 31st » The arrival at Plymouth of Tāwhiao, King of Māori people called Maoris, to claim the protection of Queen Victoria
Famous Birthdays on May in 1884
1st » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English politician, commander, and race car driver (d. 1964)
5th » Chief Bender, American baseball player (d. 1954)
8th » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (d. 1972)