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, 1929
Day of Week 14th » Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class cricket called first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton; he is the only player in history to have reached that number.
Day of Week 15th » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
Day of Week 16th » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards are awarded.
Day of Week 31st » The first talking Mickey Mouse cartoon, "The Karnival Kid", is released.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1929
1st » Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (d. 2009)
1st » Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1st » Mikhail Krivonosov, Russian hammer thrower (d. 1995)
1st » Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer
2nd » Édouard Balladur, French economist and politician, Prime Minister of France
2nd » James Dillion, American discus thrower (d. 2010)
2nd » Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)