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, 1935
Day of Week 6th » New Deal: Executive Order 7034 creates the Works Progress Administration.
6th » The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk. Image:Hindenburg burning.jpg named thumb or 'Hindenburg' disaster
Day of Week 12th » Bill W. or Bill Wilson and Bob Smith (doctor) named Dr. Bob Smith (founders of Alcoholics Anonymous) meet for the first time in Akron, Ohio, at the home of Henrietta Siberling.
Day of Week 14th » The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
Day of Week 24th » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 at Crosley Field.
Day of Week 25th » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and field known as Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Day of Week 27th » New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
Day of Week 29th » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
Day of Week 31st » A 7.7 moment magnitude scale called Mw 1935 Balochistan earthquake or earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1935
1st » Ian Curteis, English director and playwright
1st » Julian Mitchell, English playwright and screenwriter