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, 1886
Day of Week 4th » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a Labor movement e.g labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
Day of Week 5th » The Bay View Tragedy: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
Day of Week 8th » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a Carbonation known as carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
Day of Week 29th » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertising e.g advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in 'The Atlanta Journal-Constitution e.g The Atlanta Journal'.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1886
2nd » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (d. 1956)