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, 1915
Day of Week 1st » The RMS called Lusitania departs from New York City on her two hundred and second, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
Day of Week 3rd » The poem 'In Flanders Fields' is written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
Day of Week 7th » World War I: Germany German submarine SMU U-20 Germany 2 sinks Sinking of the RMS Lusitania RMS 'Lusitania', killing 1,198 people including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the Germ
7th » Japanese Twenty-one Demands Japanese ultimatum or 21 Demands Ultimatum to China (Commemorated as National Day of Humiliation)
Day of Week 9th » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
Day of Week 17th » The last The Liberal Party (UK) e.g British Liberal Party government (led by Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.
Day of Week 22nd » Lassen Peak erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain other than Mount St. Helens to erupt in the contiguous US during the 20th century.
22nd » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246; the accident is found to be the result of non-standard operating practices during a shift change at a busy junction.
Day of Week 23rd » World War I: Italy joins the Allies of World War I named Allies after they declare war on Austria-Hungary.
Day of Week 24th » World War I: Kingdom of Italy called Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1915
1st » Hanns Martin Schleyer, German businessman (d. 1977)
1st » Archie Williams, American runner and educator (d. 1993)
2nd » Doris Fisher (singer) named Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
2nd » Peggy Mount, English actress (d. 2001)
3rd » Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer, founded Stampede Wrestling (d. 2003)
5th » Alice Faye, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
6th » Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)
6th » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (d. 1986)
8th » John Archer (actor) or John Archer, American actor (d. 1999)
8th » Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (d. 2009)