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, 1957
Day of Week 1st » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers VC.1 Viking named Vickers Viking airliner 1957 Blackbushe Viking accident or crashes in Hampshire England.
Day of Week 15th » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple Grapple called Operation Grapple.
10th » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Vicious White Kids, The Flowers of Romance (band) or The Flowers of Romance) (d. 1979)
11th » Mike Nesbitt, Irish journalist and politician
11th » Peter North (pornographer) known as Peter North, Canadian-American porn actor, director, and producer
12th » Ziya Onis named Ziya Önis, Turkish political economist
12th » Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
13th » Alan Ball (screenwriter) called Alan Ball, American director, producer, and screenwriter
13th » David Hill (choral director) known as David Hill, English organist and conductor
13th » Andrea Klump, German terrorist
13th » Mar Roxas, Filipino economist and politician