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, 1963
Day of Week 2nd » Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
Day of Week 3rd » The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and Birmingham campaign Fire hoses and police dogs called responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, brin
Day of Week 8th » Army of the Republic of South Vietnam South Vietnamese soldiers of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem Huế Phật Đản shootings open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesākha Vesak, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist cri
Day of Week 11th » Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama or Birmingham, Alabama disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a Birmingham crisis named crisis involving federal troops.
Day of Week 13th » The U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland is decided.
Day of Week 15th » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in outer space known as space.
Day of Week 22nd » An assassination attempt of Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis, who will die five days later.
Day of Week 24th » Baldwin–Kennedy meeting on race relations in the US
Day of Week 25th » In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1963
3rd » Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player and coach
3rd » Edward Kessler, English theologian
3rd » Jamie Reeves, English strongman and wrestler
3rd » Mona Siddiqui, Pakistani-Scottish journalist and academic
4th » Vange Leonel, Brazilian singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2014)
21st » Richard Appel, American screenwriter and producer
21st » Pete Sandoval, Salvadoran-American drummer (Terrorizer and Morbid Angel)
21st » Kevin Shields, American-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (My Bloody Valentine (band) e.g My Bloody Valentine, The Complex (band) known as The Complex, and Primal Scream)
21st » Dave Specter, American guitarist
23rd » Wally Dallenbach, Jr., American race car driver and sportscaster