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, 1895
Day of Week 7th » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniv
Day of Week 24th » Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted.
Day of Week 25th » The playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of Labouchere Amendment or gross indecency with Homosexuality called other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
25th » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as its List of rulers of Taiwan Republic of Formosa .281895.29 named president.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1895
2nd » Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (d. 1943)
3rd » Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist (d. 1987)
6th » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (d. 1974)
6th » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician (d. 1946)
6th » Rudolph Valentino, Italian-American actor (d. 1926)
8th » James H. Kindelberger, American businessman (d. 1962)
8th » Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (d. 1979)
8th » Edmund Wilson, American author and critic (d. 1972)
9th » Richard Barthelmess, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1963)
9th » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961)
9th » Frank Foss (athlete) or Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
10th » Kama Chinen, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2010)
11th » William Grant Still, American composer and conductor (d. 1978)
12th » William Giauque, Canadian-American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1982)
12th » Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian-American philosopher and author (d. 1986)
13th » Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist, parapsychologist, and author (d. 1964)
15th » Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician (d. 1972)
15th » William D. Byron, American politician (d. 1941)
15th » Astrid Zachrison, Swedish super-centenarian (d. 2008)
17th » Saul Adler Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist (d. 1966)
17th » Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player (d. 1936)
17th » Mary Josephine Ray, Canadian-American super-centenarian (d. 2010)
18th » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (d. 1934)
20th » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B (d. 1937)
23rd » Billy Smith (footballer born 1895) known as Billy Smith, English footballer and manager (d. 1956)
24th » Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications (d. 1979)
26th » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (d. 1965)
26th » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (d. 1971)
27th » Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1995)