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, 1990
Day of Week 1st » The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines.
Day of Week 4th » Latvia On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia named proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet Union known as Soviet occupation.
Day of Week 17th » The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
Day of Week 18th » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new Land speed record for rail vehicles e.g rail world speed record of TGV world speed record called 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
Day of Week 20th » The first post-communism named Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
Day of Week 22nd » Yemen Arab Republic or North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
22nd » Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.