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, 2007
Day of Week 4th » Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7 mi wide Enhanced Fujita Scale named EF5 tornado—the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita Scale.
Day of Week 7th » Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
Day of Week 12th » 2007 Karachi riots called Riots in which over 50 people are killed and over 100 are injured take place in Karachi upon the arrival in town of the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Day of Week 16th » Nicolas Sarkozy takes office as President of France.
Day of Week 17th » Trains from North Korea known as North and South Korea cross the 38th parallel north called 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953.
Day of Week 19th » President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an Romanian presidential impeachment referendum, 2007 named impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
17th » T. K. Doraiswamy, Indian poet and author (b. 1921)
18th » Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
18th » Yoyoy Villame, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1932)
19th » Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
20th » Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)
22nd » Pemba Doma Sherpa, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1970)
24th » Bill Johnston (cricketer) known as Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (b. 1922)
25th » Laurie Bartram, American actress and dancer (b. 1958)
25th » Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, director, and educator (b. 1931)
26th » Jack Edward Oliver, English illustrator (b. 1942)
26th » Howard Porter (basketball) named Howard Porter, American basketball player (b. 1948)
27th » Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer-songwriter (Zard) (b. 1967)
27th » Gretchen Wyler, American actress (b. 1932)
27th » Ed Yost, American inventor, created the hot air balloon (b. 1919)
28th » Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
28th » David Lane (white nationalist) David Lane, American White nationalism white nationalist leader, co-founded The Order (group) The Order (b. 1938)
28th » Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
29th » Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
29th » Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
30th » Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian-French actor and director (b. 1933)
30th » Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (b. 1927)