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, 1916
Day of Week 10th » Sailing in the lifeboat Voyage of the James Caird named 'James Caird', Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands or South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
Day of Week 20th » The 'Saturday Evening Post' publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting ('Boy with Baby Carriage').
Day of Week 31st » World War I: Battle of Jutland The British Grand Fleet under the command of John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe and David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty engage the Imperial German Navy under the command of Reinhard Scheer and Franz von Hipper in the largest naval b
Famous Birthdays on May in 1916
1st » Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (d. 2006)