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, 2010
Day of Week 5th » 2010–12 Greek protests called Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Eurozone crisis e.g Greek debt crisis.
Day of Week 15th » Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
Day of Week 19th » The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its 2010 Thai military crackdown known as crackdown on 2010 Thai political protests e.g protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
Day of Week 21st » JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year.
Day of Week 22nd » An Air India Express Boeing 737 Air India Express Flight 812 known as goes over a cliff and crashes upon landing at Mangalore, India, killing 158 of the 166 people on board. It is the worst crash involving a Boeing 737.
Day of Week 23rd » Jamaican police begin a manhunt for drug lord Christopher Coke, after the United States requested his extradition, leading to 2010 Kingston unrest known as three days of violence during which at least 73 bystanders are killed.
Day of Week 28th » In West Bengal, India, a Jnaneswari Express train derailment known as train derailment and subsequent collision kills 141 passengers.
Day of Week 31st » In international waters, armed Shayetet 13 commandos, intending to force the flotilla to anchor at the Ashdod port, gaza flotilla raid e.g boarded ships trying to break the Blockade of the Gaza Strip named ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, resulting in
Famous Deaths for May 2010
1st » Rob McConnell, Canadian trombonist and composer (b. 1935)
1st » Helen Wagner, American actress (b. 1918)
2nd » Kama Chinen, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1895)
15th » Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)
16th » Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (Rainbow (rock band) Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio (band) Dio, Heaven & Hell (band) Heaven & Hell, and Elf (band) Elf) (b. 1942)
16th » Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
17th » Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1924)
17th » Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (b. 1929)
22nd » Martin Gardner, American mathematics and science writer (b. 1914)
22nd » Lwandile Zwelenkosi Matanzima, South African clan leader, king of Western Thembuland (b. c.1970)
23rd » Princess Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani (b. 1914)
23rd » José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1972)
23rd » Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1970)