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, 1924
Day of Week 8th » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
Day of Week 21st » University of Chicago students Leopold and Loeb or Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
Day of Week 31st » The Soviet Union signs an agreement with the Beijing government, referring to Outer Mongolia as an "integral part of the Republic of China", whose "sovereignty" therein the Soviet Union promises to respect.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1924
1st » Art Fleming, American actor and game show host (d. 1995)
1st » Big Maybelle, American singer and pianist (d. 1972)
1st » Karel Kachyňa, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1st » Terry Southern, American author and screenwriter (d. 1995)