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, 1925
Day of Week 1st » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
1st » The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Day of Week 5th » Scopes Trial: serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
5th » The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.
Day of Week 30th » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1925
1st » Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (d. 2014)
1st » Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player
1st » Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1st » Sardar Fazlul Karim, Bangladeshi philosopher, scholar, and academic
2nd » Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (d. 2007)
2nd » John Neville (actor) e.g John Neville, English-Canadian actor (d. 2011)