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, 1951
Day of Week 3rd » The United States Senate United States Senate Committee on Armed Services Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur
Day of Week 13th » The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the Estadio Universidad San Marcos called first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
Day of Week 14th » Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since heritage railway known as preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
Day of Week 15th » The Polish cultural attaché in Paris, Czesław Miłosz, asks the French government for political asylum.
Day of Week 16th » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
Day of Week 21st » The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School (art) called New York S
Day of Week 23rd » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with China.
Day of Week 28th » The British radio comedy program 'The Goon Show' was broadcast on the BBC for the first time.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1951
1st » Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach
1st » Geoff Lees, English race car driver
1st » Sally Mann, American photographer
1st » Antony Worrall Thompson, English chef
2nd » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (Jethro Tull (band) Jethro Tull, Carmen (rock band) Carmen, The Gods (band) The Gods, and Chicken Shack) (d. 1979)
3rd » Alan Clayson, English singer-songwriter and journalist
3rd » Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter and producer
3rd » Ashok Gehlot, Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan
3rd » Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian author
4th » Colin Bass, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Camel (band) called Camel and 3 Mustaphas 3)
4th » Colleen Hanabusa, American politician
4th » Jackie Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer (The Jackson 5)
4th » Gérard Jugnot, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
4th » Mick Mars, American guitarist and songwriter (Mötley Crüe)
5th » Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
5th » Nicholas Guest, American actor
5th » Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
6th » Samuel Doe, Liberian politician, 21st President of Liberia (d. 1990)
7th » Robert Hegyes, American actor and director (d. 2012)
7th » Bernie Marsden, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, Babe Ruth (band) known as Babe Ruth, and The Snakes)
7th » Raia Prokhovnik, Political scientist
8th » Philip Bailey, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (Earth, Wind & Fire)
8th » Chris Frantz, American drummer and producer (Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club)