Month May 1926 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, 1926

• Day of Week 12th » UK General Strike 1926 called 1926 General Strike: In the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends.
• 12th » The Italian-built airship 'Norge (airship) known as Norge' becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
• Day of Week 18th » Evangelism e.g Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
• Day of Week 22nd » Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Kuomintang, China.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1926

• 1st » Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician
• 2nd » Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician (d. 1993)
• 3rd » Matt Baldwin, Canadian curler
• 3rd » Herbert Blau, American engineer and academic (d. 2013)
• 4th » David Stoddart, Baron Stoddart of Swindon, English politician
• 5th » Ann B. Davis, American actress (d. 2014)
• 6th » Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois (d. 2006)
• 6th » Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (d. 2012)
• 7th » Val Bisoglio, American actor
• 8th » David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host
• 8th » Don Rickles, American comedian and actor
• 9th » John Middleton Murry, Jr., English author (d. 2002)
• 10th » Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (d. 2002)
• 11th » Caesar Trunzo, American soldier and politician (d. 2013)
• 12th » John Shipley Rowlinson, English chemist and academic
• 12th » Viren J. Shah, Indian politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (d. 2013)
• 14th » Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (d. 1984)
• 15th » Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
• 15th » Anthony Shaffer (writer) called Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 15th » Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter
• 17th » Cicely Berry, English actor and director
• 17th » David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish politician
• 17th » Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 17th » Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic (d. 1981)
• 18th » Dirch Passer, Danish actor, singer, and producer (d. 1980)
• 19th » Kriyananda, Romanian-American spiritual leader and author (d. 2013)
• 19th » David Jacobs (broadcaster) e.g David Jacobs, English radio and television host (d. 2013)
• 19th » Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic
• 19th » Fernand Raynaud, French actor and singer (d. 1973)
• 19th » Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 20th » George Hurst, Scottish-English conductor (d. 2012)
• 20th » John Lucarotti, English-Canadian screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 20th » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956)
• 21st » Robert Creeley, American author and poet (d. 2005)
• 22nd » Elek Bacsik, Hungarian-American violinist and guitarist (d. 1993)
• 23rd » Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African politician (d. 1995)
• 24th » Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 25th » Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
• 25th » William Bowyer (artist) called William Bowyer, English painter
• 25th » Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet (d. 2009)
• 25th » David Wynne (sculptor) called David Wynne, English sculptor
• 26th » Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (Miles Davis Quintet) (d. 1991)
• 29th » Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host
• 29th » Charles Denner, French actor (d. 1995)
• 29th » Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese politician, 3rd List of Presidents of Senegal e.g President of Senegal
• 30th » Christine Jorgensen, American transgender (d. 1989)

Famous Deaths for May 1926

• 13th » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
• 16th » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 21st » Ronald Firbank, English author (b. 1886)
• 25th » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 26th » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 30th » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)

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