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, 1995
Day of Week 1st » Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence.
Day of Week 2nd » During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces Zagreb rocket attack called fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians.
Day of Week 11th » More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
Day of Week 13th » Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
Day of Week 18th » Shawn Nelson, 35, steals a tank from a National Guard Armory in San Diego, destroying cars and other property and is shot to death by police after immobilizing the tank.
Day of Week 23rd » The first version of the Java (programming language) or Java programming language is released.
Day of Week 27th » In Culpeper, Virginia, the actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
Day of Week 28th » The Russian town of Neftegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast or Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1995
3rd » Zach Sobiech, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)