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, 1901
Day of Week 1st » The Pan-American Exposition opens in Buffalo, New York.
Day of Week 3rd » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
Day of Week 8th » The Australian Labor Party known as Australian Labour Party is established.
Day of Week 9th » Australia opens its first Australian Parliament e.g parliament in Melbourne.
Day of Week 24th » Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1901
1st » Sterling Allen Brown, American poet, academic, and critic (d. 1989)
1st » Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer (d. 1985)
1st » Antal Szerb, Hungarian scholar and author (d. 1945)
18th » Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
20th » Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (d. 1981)
21st » Manfred Aschner, German-Israeli microbiologist and entomologist (d. 1989)
21st » Horace Heidt, American pianist, bandleader, and radio host (d. 1986)
21st » Sam Jaffe (producer) named Sam Jaffe, American film producer and agent (d. 2000)
21st » Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright (d. 1992)
22nd » Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 1953)
24th » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 1968)
30th » Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer (d. 1969)
30th » Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (d. 1979)
31st » Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (d. 1983)
Famous Deaths for May 1901
4th » John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
19th » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African politician, 1st List of Presidents of the South African Republic e.g President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
21st » Joseph Olivier (rugby union) or Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
22nd » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
24th » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)