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, 1979
Day of Week 3rd » After the United Kingdom general election, 1979 e.g general election, Margaret Thatcher forms her first government as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Day of Week 4th » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Day of Week 9th » Persian Jews or Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran.
Day of Week 10th » The Federated States of Micronesia become self-governing.
Day of Week 21st » White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
Day of Week 28th » Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1979
1st » Harvey (MC) named Harvey, English rapper and actor (So Solid Crew)