Month May 1923 Calendar

About Month of May Calendar

• 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, 1923

• Day of Week 13th » Robert Bellarmine, a Doctor of the Church named Doctor of the Catholic Church, is beatified.
• Day of Week 26th » 24 Hours of Le Mans, was first held, and has since been run annually in June.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1923

• 1st » Joseph Heller, American author and playwright (d. 1999)
• 1st » Milan Kangrga, Croatian philosopher and theorist (d. 2008)
• 1st » Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Italian-Brazilian archbishop (d. 2012)
• 1st » Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier (d. 1944)
• 2nd » Patrick Hillery, Irish politician, 6th President of Ireland (d. 2008)
• 3rd » George Hadjinikos, Greek pianist, conductor, and educator
• 3rd » Ralph Hall, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
• 4th » Stanley Biber, American physician (d. 2006)
• 4th » Ed Cassidy, American drummer (Spirit (band) e.g Spirit and Rising Sons) (d. 2012)
• 4th » Godfrey Quigley, Israeli-Irish actor (d. 1994)
• 4th » Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and producer (d. 1986)
• 4th » Eric Sykes, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 4th » John Toner, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 5th » Richard Wollheim, English philosopher (d. 2003)
• 6th » Harry Watson (ice hockey b. 1923) called Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2002)
• 7th » Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)
• 9th » Johnny Grant (radio personality) known as Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (d. 2008)
• 9th » Barbara New, English actress (d. 2010)
• 10th » Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)
• 10th » Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 11th » Joan Moriarty, English nurse
• 13th » Red Garland, American pianist (Miles Davis Quintet) (d.1984)
• 14th » Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq) called Foreign Minister of Iraq
• 14th » Mrinal Sen, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 15th » Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
• 15th » John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
• 16th » Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (d. 2000)
• 16th » Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
• 16th » Peter Underwood (parapsychologist) known as Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author
• 17th » Michael Beetham, English pilot and marshal
• 17th » Anthony Eyton, English painter and educator
• 18th » Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th List of lieutenant governors of Quebec or Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2013)
• 18th » Hugh Shearer, Jamaican politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004)
• 20th » Hugh Beach, English general
• 20th » Edith Fellows, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
• 21st » Vernon Biever, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 21st » Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and educator (d. 2003)
• 21st » Ara Parseghian, American football player and coach
• 21st » Evelyn Ward, American actress (d. 2012)
• 22nd » Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (d. 1976)
• 23rd » Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (d. 2009)
• 23rd » Walter Wolfrum, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 2010)
• 24th » Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (d. 1986)
• 26th » James Arness, American actor and producer (d. 2011)
• 26th » Roy Dotrice, English actor
• 27th » Henry Kissinger, German-American politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize called Nobel Prize laureate
• 27th » Sumner Redstone, American businessman
• 28th » György Ligeti, Romanian-Austrian composer and educator (d. 2006)
• 28th » N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh or Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 1996)
• 28th » Karl Vaino, Estonian politician
• 29th » Bernard Clavel, French author (d. 2010)
• 29th » John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon
• 30th » Anna Proclemer, Italian actress (d. 2013)
• 31st » Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor
• 31st » Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (d. 2005)

Famous Deaths for May 1923

• 4th » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 14th » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian politician (b. 1855)
• 14th » Charles de Freycinet, French politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)

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