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, 1982
Day of Week 1st » Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War.
Day of Week 2nd » Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror S48 6 sinks the Argentina Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano ARA 'General Belgrano'.
Day of Week 4th » Twenty sailors are killed when the United Kingdom British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield D80 6 is hit by an Argentina Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
Day of Week 12th » During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Krohn, an ultraconservative Spain named Spanish priest opposed to
Day of Week 21st » Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos (1982) called Battle of San Carlos.
Day of Week 24th » Liberation of Khorramshahr: Demography of Iran or Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War.
Day of Week 25th » HMS Coventry (D118) or HMS 'Coventry' is sunk during the Falklands War.
Day of Week 29th » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
29th » Falklands War: United Kingdom known as British forces defeat the Argentina called Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.