Month May 1912 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, 1912

• Day of Week 4th » Italy occupies the Greece called Greek island of Rhodes.
• Day of Week 8th » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• Day of Week 13th » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• Day of Week 18th » The first Cinema of India e.g Indian film, 'Shree Pundalik' by Dadasaheb Torne is released in Mumbai.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1912

• 1st » Otto Kretschmer, Polish-German admiral (d. 1998)
• 2nd » Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG (d. 1985)
• 3rd » Virgil Fox, American organist (d. 1980)
• 7th » Pannalal Patel, Indian author (d. 1989)
• 8th » George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet (d. 1995)
• 9th » Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (d. 1963)
• 9th » Per Imerslund, Norwegian author (d. 1943)
• 9th » Géza Ottlik, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1990)
• 11th » Foster Brooks, American actor (d. 2001)
• 11th » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author (d. 1955)
• 12th » Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner (d. 2001)
• 13th » Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988)
• 13th » Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
• 15th » Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003)
• 16th » Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
• 17th » Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (d. 2004)
• 17th » Ace Parker, American baseball and football player (d. 2013)
• 18th » Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 18th » Perry Como, American singer and actor (d. 2001)
• 18th » Walter Sisulu, South African politician (d. 2003)
• 21st » John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (d. 1986)
• 21st » Chen Dayu, Chinese artist (d. 2001)
• 21st » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (d. 1982)
• 21st » Akiva Vroman, Dutch-Israeli geologist (d. 1989)
• 22nd » Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 23rd » Betty Astell, English actress (d. 2005)
• 23rd » Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (d. 1997)
• 23rd » John Payne (actor) named John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1989)
• 25th » Princess Deokhye of Korea (d. 1989)
• 25th » Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005)
• 26th » János Kádár, Hungarian politician, List of Interior Ministers of Hungary known as Minister of the Interior of Hungary (d. 1989)
• 26th » Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (d. 1980)
• 27th » John Cheever, American author (d. 1982)
• 27th » Sam Snead, American golfer (d. 2002)
• 27th » Terry Moore (baseball) known as Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1995)
• 28th » Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (d. 1992)
• 28th » Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981)
• 28th » Patrick White, English-Australian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
• 30th » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 30th » Erich Bagge, German physicist (d. 1996)
• 30th » Hugh Griffith, Welsh-English actor (d. 1980)
• 30th » Millicent Selsam, American author (d. 1996)
• 30th » Joseph Stein, American playwright (d. 2010)
• 31st » Alfred Deller, English singer (d. 1979)

Famous Deaths for May 1912

• 14th » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 14th » August Strindberg, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1849)
• 19th » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)
• 25th » Austin Lane Crothers, American politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 30th » Wilbur Wright, American American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)

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