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, 1974
Day of Week 1st » The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo called expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
Day of Week 4th » An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.
Day of Week 7th » West Germany known as West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns.
Day of Week 9th » Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives United States House Committee on the Judiciary Judiciary Committee opens formal and public Impeachment in the United States impeachment hearings against President of the United States President
Day of Week 16th » Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected president for Life e.g for life.
Day of Week 18th » Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
18th » Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8, 1991.
Day of Week 30th » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1974
1st » Kellie Crawford, Australian singer and actress (Hi-5 (Australian band) or Hi-5 and Teen Queens)