Month May 1914 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, 1914

• Day of Week 16th » The first ever National Challenge Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2-1.
• Day of Week 17th » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus or full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
• Day of Week 29th » The Ocean liner RMS or Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.
• Day of Week 30th » The new, and then the largest, Cunard Line Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City New York, New York.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1914

• 1st » Jaap van der Poll, Dutch javelin thrower (d. 2010)
• 3rd » Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French poet
• 4th » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (d. 1971)
• 5th » Tyrone Power, American actor (d. 1958)
• 7th » Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat. List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to South Africa e.g British Ambassador to South Africa (d. 1996)
• 8th » Geoffrey Gilbert, English flute player (d. 1989)
• 9th » Denham Fouts, American prostitute (d. 1948)
• 9th » Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (d. 2005)
• 9th » Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
• 11th » Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist and geologist (d. 1998)
• 12th » Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet (d. 1993)
• 12th » James Bacon (author) e.g James Bacon, American journalist and author (d. 2010)
• 12th » Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor (d. 2002)
• 13th » Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
• 13th » Johnnie Wright, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Johnnie & Jack) (d. 2011)
• 14th » Mir Gul Khan Nasir, Baloch politician, poet, historian and journalist from Pakistan (d. 1983)
• 15th » Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
• 15th » Angus MacLean, Canadian politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2000)
• 15th » Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979)
• 16th » Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
• 17th » Robert N. Thompson, American-Canadian politician (d. 1997)
• 18th » Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. 1982)
• 18th » Boris Christoff, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 1993)
• 18th » Robert J. Wilke, American actor (d. 1989)
• 19th » Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
• 19th » Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
• 20th » Hideko Maehata, Japanese swimmer (d. 1995)
• 22nd » Maurice Blackburn (composer) named Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 1988)
• 22nd » Vance Packard, American journalist and author (d. 1996)
• 22nd » Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, and poet (d. 1993)
• 22nd » Edward Arthur Thompson, Irish historian, author, and educator (d. 1994)
• 23rd » Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (d. 1999)
• 23rd » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist and journalist (d. 1981)
• 24th » Lilli Palmer, German-American actress and singer (d. 1986)
• 24th » Giuseppe Valdengo, Italian opera singer (d. 2007)
• 26th » Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
• 28th » W. G. G. Duncan Smith, English captain and pilot (d. 1996)
• 29th » Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
• 30th » Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Makuuchi Yokozuna or Yokozuna (d. 1979)
• 31st » Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (d. 2006)

Famous Deaths for May 1914

• 9th » C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (b. 1854)
• 26th » Jacob Riis named Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)

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