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, 1967
Day of Week 8th » The Philippines known as Philippine province of Davao province called Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
Day of Week 11th » Andreas Papandreou, Greek economics called economist and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 named Greek military junta.
Day of Week 13th » Zakir Hussain (politician) named Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of India or President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
Day of Week 17th » Six-Day War: President of Egypt e.g President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
Day of Week 20th » The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Day of Week 23rd » Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
Day of Week 24th » Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
Day of Week 25th » Celtic F.C. from Glasgow, Scotland, becomes the first ever Northern European team to win the 1967 European Cup Final named European Cup; with previous winners being from Spain, Italy and Portugal.
Day of Week 27th » Australians vote in favor of a Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals) called constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
27th » The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy CV-67 6 is Ship naming and launching launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline Kennedy Caroline.
Day of Week 30th » The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Biafra known as Republic of Biafra, sparking a Nigerian Civil War named civil war.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1967
1st » Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor
1st » Scott Coffey, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
2nd » Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995)
2nd » Mika Brzezinski, American journalist
3rd » André Olbrich, German guitarist and songwriter (Blind Guardian)
13th » Chuck Schuldiner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Death (metal band) known as Death, Control Denied, Slaughter (Canadian band) called Slaughter, and Voodoocult) (d. 2001)
13th » Melanie Thornton, American-German singer (La Bouche) (d. 2001)