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, 1954
Day of Week 6th » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the Middle distance track event Mile named mile in four-minute mile or under four minutes.
Day of Week 7th » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13).
Day of Week 10th » Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard (magazine) known as 'Billboard' charts.
Day of Week 13th » The 1954 National Service Riots called anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese people or Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place.
13th » The original Broadway theatre Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony award Tony Awards for Tony Award for Best Musical Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Act
Day of Week 17th » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in 'Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas'.
Day of Week 29th » First of the annual Bilderberg Group named Bilderberg conferences.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1954
1st » Fred Chichin, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Les Rita Mitsouko) (d. 2007)
1st » Archie Norman, English businessman and politician
1st » Ray Parker, Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Raydio)
1st » Joel Rosenberg (science fiction author) e.g Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author (d. 2011)