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, 2006
Day of Week 1st » The Puerto Rico e.g Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow.
Day of Week 5th » The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
Day of Week 12th » May 2006 São Paulo violence called Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
12th » Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, Iran newspaper cockroach cartoon controversy called resulting in massive riots throughout the country.
Day of Week 13th » 2006 São Paulo violence: a major rebellion occurs in several prisons in Brazil.
Day of Week 17th » The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany CV-34 6 is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.
Day of Week 18th » The post 2006 democracy movement in Nepal named Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the Kingdom of Nepal e.g monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
Day of Week 20th » 2006 Dhaka strikes called Dhaka wildcat strikes: A series of massive strikes begin, involving nearly 1.8 million garment workers in Bangladesh.
Day of Week 21st » The Republic of Montenegro holds a Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 named referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Montenegrin people choose independence with a majority of 55%.
Day of Week 23rd » Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland (Alaska) or Mount Cleveland erupts.
Day of Week 27th » The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta (city) e.g Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people.
Famous Deaths for May 2006
1st » Big Hawk, American rapper (Screwed Up Click) (b. 1969)
1st » Rob Lacey, English actor and author (b. 1962)
2nd » Louis Rukeyser, American journalist (b. 1933)
3rd » Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (b. 1921)
3rd » Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
3rd » Earl Woods, American colonel, baseball player, and author (b. 1932)
5th » Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (b. 1919)
6th » Lillian Asplund, American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (b. 1906)
6th » Shigeru Kayano, Japanese activist (b. 1926)
6th » Grant McLennan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Go-Betweens and Jack Frost (band) called Jack Frost) (b. 1958)
6th » Lorne Saxberg, Canadian journalist (b. 1958)
7th » Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943)