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).
Day of Week 30th » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General of New Zealand or Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
1st » Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer and basket weaver
2nd » Alan Best (filmmaker) e.g Alan Best, Canadian animator, director, and producer
2nd » Russ Grimm, American football player and coach
2nd » Tony Wakeford, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sol Invictus (band) e.g Sol Invictus, Death in June, Crisis (band) called Crisis, and Above the Ruins)
3rd » David Ball (musician) named David Ball, English keyboard player and producer (Soft Cell and The Grid)
3rd » Uma Bharti, Indian politician
3rd » Ben Elton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
3rd » Ivari Ilja, Estonian pianist
4th » Scott Armstrong (wrestler) called Scott Armstrong, American wrestler and referee
4th » Valdemaras Chomičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
4th » Inger Nilsson, Swedish actress
4th » Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter and actor
4th » Bob Tway, American golfer
5th » Bobby Ellsworth, American singer and bass player (Overkill (band) known as Overkill)
5th » Ian McCulloch (singer) or Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen, Electrafixion, and Crucial Three)
5th » Peter Molyneux, English video game designer, created 'Fable (video game series) e.g Fable'
10th » Victoria Rowell, American actress and dancer
10th » Danny Schayes, American basketball player
11th » Martha Quinn, American radio and television host
12th » Mark Davies (Bishop of Shrewsbury) e.g Mark Davies, English bishop
12th » Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (Badlands (American band) e.g Badlands, Blue Murder (band) called Blue Murder, and Sun Red Sun) (d. 1993)
12th » Ving Rhames, American actor and producer
12th » Deborah Warner, English director and producer
13th » Jerry Butler (pornographic actor) e.g Jerry Butler, American porn actor
14th » Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player
14th » Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (d. 2013)
14th » Robert Greene (American author) or Robert Greene, American author
14th » Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Marillion, The Europeans (band) called The Europeans, and How We Live)
14th » John Holt (American football) e.g John Holt, American football player (d. 2013)
14th » Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
14th » Heather Wheeler, English politician
15th » Andrew Eldritch, English singer-songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy, The Sisterhood, and SSV (band) named SSV)
15th » Kaokor Galaxy, Thai boxer
15th » Khaosai Galaxy, Thai boxer
15th » Luis Pérez-Sala, Spanish race car driver
15th » Beverly Jo Scott, American-Belgian singer-songwriter
18th » Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
19th » Nicole Brown Simpson, German-American murder victim (d. 1994)
20th » Susan Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cowsills and Continental Drifters)
20th » Daniel Darc, French singer-songwriter (Taxi Girl) (d. 2013)
20th » Annabel Giles, Welsh-English radio and television host
20th » Bronson Pinchot, American actor
21st » Nick Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter
21st » Abdulla Yameen, Maldivian politician, 6th President of the Maldives
22nd » Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and pianist (The Smiths, The Nosebleeds, and Slaughter & The Dogs)
22nd » Andres Luure, Estonian mathematician, philosopher, and academic
22nd » Jon Sopel, English journalist
22nd » Harry Standjofski, Canadian actor, director, and playwright
23rd » Ryuta Kawashima, Japanese neuroscientist and academic
23rd » Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player
23rd » Bob Mortimer, English comedian and actor
24th » Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player (d. 1985)
25th » Julian Clary, English comedian, actor, and author
25th » Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
25th » Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
26th » Ole Bornedal, Danish actor, director, and producer
28th » Risto Mannisenmäki, Finnish race car driver
28th » John Morgan (etiquette expert) named John Morgan, English etiquette expert and author (d. 2000)
29th » Rupert Everett, English actor, singer, and producer
29th » Steve Hanley (musician) named Steve Hanley, Irish-English bass player and songwriter (The Fall (band) or The Fall and Tom Hingley and the Lovers)
29th » Adrian Paul, English actor and producer
30th » Phil Brown (footballer, born 1959) e.g Phil Brown, English footballer, coach, and manager