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, 1927
Day of Week 1st » The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.
1st » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
Day of Week 8th » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard 'The White Bird' biplane.
Day of Week 9th » The Parliament of Australia known as Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
Day of Week 11th » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
Day of Week 18th » The Bath School disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
18th » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China (1912–49) named Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
Day of Week 20th » Treaty of Jeddah (1927) named Treaty of Jeddah: the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Najd or Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Day of Week 27th » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A (1927) named Ford Model A.
Day of Week 31st » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1927
1st » Gary Bertini, Israeli conductor and composer (d. 2005)
1st » Laura Betti, Italian actress and singer (d. 2004)