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, 1934
Day of Week 5th » The first Three Stooges short, 'Woman Haters,' is released.
Day of Week 15th » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
Day of Week 21st » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
Day of Week 23rd » The American Bank robbery named bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana.
23rd » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
Day of Week 28th » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first Multiple birth or quintuplets to survive Infant called infancy.