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, 1998
Day of Week 4th » A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the Capital punishment called death penalty.
Day of Week 6th » Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his 5th career start.
Day of Week 7th » Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion United States dollar named USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
Day of Week 11th » India conducts Pokhran-II named three underground atomic tests in Pokhran to include a thermonuclear device.
Day of Week 12th » Four students Trisakti shootings known as are shot at Trisakti University, leading to May 1998 riots of Indonesia called widespread riots and the fall of Suharto
Day of Week 13th » Jakarta riots of May 1998 known as Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese Indonesian known as Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
13th » India carries out two nuclear testing named nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
Day of Week 21st » In Miami, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker.
21st » President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Tri Sakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule.
Day of Week 22nd » Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
Day of Week 23rd » The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with 75% voting yes.
Day of Week 26th » The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
26th » The first "Stolen Generation called National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
Day of Week 27th » Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier (American) named Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorism known as terrorist plot.
Day of Week 30th » A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000.
30th » Nuclear weapons testing called Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1998
12th » Tornado Alicia Black, American tennis player