Month May 1909 Calendar

About Month of May Calendar

• 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, 1909

• Day of Week 31st » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, convenes for the first time.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1909

• 1st » Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet (d. 1990)
• 5th » Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet (d. 1944)
• 6th » Loyd Sigmon, American radio host (d. 2004)
• 7th » Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (d. 1991)
• 9th » Don Messer, Canadian violinist (d. 1973)
• 10th » Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 1978)
• 11th » Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (d. 2001)
• 11th » Kurt Großkurth, German actor and singer (d. 1975)
• 11th » Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (d. 1952)
• 13th » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (d. 1992)
• 14th » Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel (d. 2009)
• 15th » James Mason, English-Swiss actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 15th » Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
• 16th » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (d. 1960)
• 17th » Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist (d. 1987)
• 18th » Fred Perry, English tennis player (d. 1995)
• 19th » Nicholas Winton, English humanitarian
• 21st » François-Albert Angers, Canadian economist (d. 2003)
• 24th » Wilbur Mills, American politician (d. 1992)
• 25th » Alfred Kubel, German politician (d. 1999)
• 25th » Marie Menken, American actress, director, and painter (d. 1970)
• 26th » Matt Busby, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 1994)
• 26th » Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (d. 2002)
• 26th » Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (d. 1969)
• 27th » Don Finlay, English hurdler and pilot (d. 1970)
• 27th » Dolores Hope, American singer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
• 28th » Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
• 30th » Jacques Canetti, French talent agent (d. 1997)
• 30th » Benny Goodman, American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader (d. 1986)
• 31st » Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2000)
• 31st » Aurore Gagnon, Canadian child abuse victim (d. 1920)

Famous Deaths for May 1909

• 18th » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 18th » George Meredith, English author and poet (b. 1828)
• 20th » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)

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