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, 1902
Day of Week 4th » 8 fishermen lose their lives in Galway Bay, County Galway, Ireland in the Galway Bay drowning tragedy.
Day of Week 6th » Macario Sakay establishes the Tagalog Republic with himself as President.
Day of Week 8th » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique e.g Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
Day of Week 17th » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
Day of Week 31st » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures United Kingdom named British control of South Africa.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1902
2nd » Arturo Licata, Italian super-centenarian (d. 2014)
3rd » Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
4th » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician (d. 1981)
6th » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author (d. 1981)
6th » Max Ophüls, German director and screenwriter (d. 1957)
8th » André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
10th » Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1974)
10th » David O. Selznick, American director and producer (d. 1965)
15th » Richard J. Daley, American politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
18th » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer (d. 1984)
21st » Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
21st » Marcel Breuer, Hungarian-American architect, designed the Ameritrust Tower (d. 1981)
21st » Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1974)
22nd » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (d. 1956)
23rd » Frank Buckland (ice hockey) e.g Frank Buckland, Canadian businessman (d. 1991)
24th » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (d. 1954)
24th » Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (d. 2004)
27th » Fanny Godin, Belgian super-centenarian (d. 2014)
30th » Stepin Fetchit, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1985)
31st » Billy Mayerl, English pianist and composer (d. 1959)