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, 1966
Day of Week 6th » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to Life imprisonment (England and Wales) known as life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
Day of Week 8th » A plane crash at Connellsville, Pennsylvania kills Pennsylvania Attorney General, Walter E. Alessandroni, his wife, and other state officials.
Day of Week 16th » The Communist Party of China issues the "Cultural Revolution 1966: The 16 Points and the Red Guards known as May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
Day of Week 21st » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army (1922–69) or Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
25th » The first prominent Big-character poster known as dàzìbào during the Cultural Revolution in China is posted at Peking University.
Day of Week 26th » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
Day of Week 30th » The former Democratic Republic of the Congo or Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Mobutu Sese Seko or Joseph Mobutu.
30th » Launch of 'Surveyor 1', the first US spacecraft to land on an extraterrestrial body.