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, 1919
Day of Week 4th » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Republican China known as Chinese territory to Japan.
Day of Week 8th » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of World War I.
Day of Week 15th » The Winnipeg General Strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg, Manitoba had walked off the job.
15th » Greek invasion of İzmir e.g Smyrna. During the invasion, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turkish people e.g Turks. Those responsible are punished by the Greek Commander Aristides Stergiades.
Day of Week 16th » A naval Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company or Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland and Labrador called Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
Day of Week 19th » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
Day of Week 27th » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.