Month May 1968 Calendar

About Month of May Calendar

• 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, 1968

• Day of Week 11th » The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor–Danforth line, going to Scarborough, Ontario or Scarborough in the East, and Etobicoke in the West.
• Day of Week 20th » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War
• Day of Week 22nd » The nuclear-powered submarine the USS Scorpion SSN-589 6 sinks with 99 men aboard 400 miles southwest of the Azores.
• Day of Week 24th » FLQ separatists bomb the U.S. consulate in Quebec City.
• Day of Week 25th » Gateway Arch Saint Louis Gateway Arch is dedicated.
• Day of Week 27th » The meeting of the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety.
• Day of Week 30th » Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turni

Famous Birthdays on May in 1968

• 1st » Oliver Bierhoff, German footballer and manager
• 1st » Johnny Colt, American bass player (The Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Train (band) or Train, and Rock Star Supernova)
• 1st » Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
• 1st » Denise Masino, American bodybuilder
• 2nd » Jeff Agoos, Swiss-American soccer player, manager, and sportscaster
• 2nd » Hikaru Midorikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 2nd » Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
• 3rd » Shane Minor, American singer-songwriter
• 4th » Julian Barratt, English comedian and actor
• 5th » Katherine Rake, English academic
• 6th » Worku Bikila, Ethiopian runner
• 6th » Lætitia Sadier, French singer and keyboard player (Stereolab, Monade, and McCarthy (band) known as McCarthy)
• 7th » Traci Lords, American actress, singer, director, and producer
• 7th » Lisa Raitt, Canadian politician
• 7th » Florian Schwarthoff, German hurdler
• 8th » Teet Kask, Estonian ballet dancer and choreographer
• 8th » Chris Lighty, American talent manager, co-founded Violator (company) named Violator Entertainment (d. 2012)
• 8th » Nathalie Normandeau, Canadian politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 8th » Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
• 8th » Jamie Summers, American porn actress
• 9th » David Benoit (basketball) named David Benoit, American basketball player
• 9th » Graham Harman, American philosopher
• 9th » Ruth Kelly, Irish economist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 9th » Marie-José Pérec, French runner
• 10th » Thomas Coville, French sailor
• 10th » Paul Dolan (academic) known as Paul Dolan, British behavioural scientist
• 10th » Al Murray, English comedian and television host
• 10th » Erik Palladino, American actor
• 10th » William Regal, English wrestler and sportscaster
• 10th » Ed Sanders (television carpenter) e.g Ed Sanders, English carpenter and television host
• 10th » Tatyana Shikolenko, Russian javelin thrower
• 11th » Jeffrey Donovan, American actor, director, and producer
• 12th » Mark Clark (baseball) named Mark Clark, American baseball player and coach
• 12th » Tony Hawk, American skateboarder and actor
• 12th » Scott Schwartz, American actor
• 12th » Catherine Tate, English actress and screenwriter
• 13th » PMD (rapper) called PMD, American rapper (EPMD)
• 13th » Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)
• 13th » Susan Floyd, American actress
• 13th » Dmitriy Shevchenko (athlete) or Dmitriy Shevchenko, Russian discus thrower
• 13th » Sonja Zietlow, German television host
• 14th » Greg Davies, Welsh comedian and actor
• 15th » Cecilia Malmström, Swedish politician
• 15th » Seth Putnam, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anal Cunt, Post Mortem (band) or Post Mortem, and Siege (band) e.g Siege) (d. 2011)
• 15th » Sophie Raworth, English journalist
• 16th » Ralph Tresvant, American singer, actor, and producer (New Edition and Heads of State (group) known as Heads of State)
• 16th » Chingmy Yau, Hong Kong actress
• 18th » Shelley Lubben, American porn actress and author
• 18th » Sergei Martynov (sport shooter) or Sergei Martynov, Belarusian target shooter
• 18th » Ralf Kelleners, German racing driver
• 19th » Kyle Eastwood, American actor, singer, and bass player
• 20th » Timothy Olyphant, American actor
• 20th » Waisale Serevi, Fijian rugby player and coach
• 21st » Lauren Hays, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 21st » Ilmar Raag, Estonian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 21st » Matthias Ungemach, German-Australian rower
• 21st » Julie Vega, Filipino actress and singer (d. 1985)
• 22nd » Pedro Bleyer, Bolivian fencer
• 22nd » Randy Brown, American basketball player
• 22nd » Graham Linehan, Irish comedian, actor, and author
• 23rd » Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter
• 24th » Mo Willems, American author and illustrator
• 25th » Kendall Gill, American basketball player, boxer, and sportscaster
• 26th » Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark
• 26th » Simon Diamond, American baseball player and wrestler
• 26th » Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 26th » Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager
• 27th » Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player and coach
• 27th » Rebekah Brooks, English journalist
• 27th » Frank Thomas (designated hitter) e.g Frank Thomas, American baseball player
• 28th » Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 29th » Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician
• 29th » Tate George, American basketball player
• 29th » Jessica Morden, English politician
• 30th » Jason Kenney, Canadian politician
• 30th » Zacarias Moussaoui, French terrorist
• 31st » John Connolly (author) e.g John Connolly, Irish author
• 31st » Stéphane E. Roy, Canadian comedian and actor

Famous Deaths for May 1968

• 1st » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
• 1st » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 2nd » Harri Moora, Estonian archeologist (b. 1900)
• 9th » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 9th » Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (b. 1878)
• 9th » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created 'Little Orphan Annie' (b. 1894)
• 9th » Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1885)
• 10th » Scotty Beckett, American actor (b. 1929)
• 14th » Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
• 21st » Doris Lloyd, English-American actress (b. 1896)
• 25th » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 26th » Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
• 27th » Denise Legeay, French actress (b. 1898)
• 28th » Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)
• 29th » Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)

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