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, 1937
Day of Week 3rd » 'Gone with the Wind', a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Day of Week 6th » Hindenburg disaster: The Nazi Germany named German zeppelin 'Hindenburg' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
Day of Week 12th » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as George VI called King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother e.g Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
Day of Week 21st » A Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations e.g Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
Day of Week 27th » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
Day of Week 28th » The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
28th » Volkswagen (VW), the Germany named German automobile manufacturer is founded.
Day of Week 30th » Memorial Day massacre of 1937 named Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1937
1st » Tamsyn Imison, English illustrator and educator
1st » Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer
1st » Una Stubbs, English actress and dancer
2nd » Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
10th » William Tedmarsh, English-American actor (b. 1876)
15th » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
23rd » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil called Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
28th » Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (b. 1870)