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).
Day of Week 7th » Over 100 New Zealand Police officers begin a 2009 Napier shootings or 40-hour siege of a lone gunman in Napier, New Zealand.
Day of Week 18th » Sri Lankan Civil War: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam known as LTTE are defeated by the Government of Sri Lanka e.g Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
Day of Week 23rd » Former President of South Korea e.g South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun commits suicide, jumping from a 45 meter cliff in Bongha, Gimhae, South Korea.
Day of Week 25th » North Korea allegedly tests 2009 North Korean nuclear test named its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests building tensions in the international community.
Day of Week 27th » A 2009 Lahore bombing e.g suicide bombing kills at least 35 people and injures 250 more in Lahore, Pakistan.