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, 1946
Day of Week 1st » Start of three-year 1946 Pilbara strike e.g Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
1st » The Paris Peace Conference, 1946 called Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
Day of Week 2nd » The "Battle of Alcatraz" takes place; two guards and three inmates are killed.
Day of Week 4th » In San Francisco Bay, United States Marine Corps named U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island (California) e.g Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot.
Day of Week 5th » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Day of Week 7th » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.
Day of Week 8th » Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet Union called Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
Day of Week 9th » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II of Italy e.g Umberto II.
Day of Week 10th » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Missile Range named White Sands Proving Ground.
Day of Week 21st » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Day of Week 25th » The parliament of Jordan called Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
13th » Jean Rondeau, French race car driver and constructor (d. 1985)
13th » Marv Wolfman, American author
14th » Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, English economist and journalist
15th » Aly Bain, Scottish fiddler (The Boys of the Lough)
15th » Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý, Vietnamese priest
16th » Roger Earl, English drummer (Savoy Brown and Foghat)
16th » Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (King Crimson, Fripp & Eno, and The League of Gentlemen (band) e.g The League of Gentlemen)
17th » Udo Lindenberg, German singer-songwriter and drummer (Passport (band) or Passport)
17th » F. Paul Wilson, American author
18th » Bruce Gilbert, English guitarist (Wire (band) or Wire and Dome (band) known as Dome)
18th » Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
18th » Reggie Jackson, American baseball player, sportscaster, and actor
18th » Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006)
18th » Gerd Langguth, German political scientist and author (d. 2013)