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, 1962
Day of Week 6th » St. Martín de Porres is canonized by Pope John XXIII.
Day of Week 10th » Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of Hulk (comics) or The Incredible Hulk.
Day of Week 22nd » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
Day of Week 24th » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the 'Aurora 7' space capsule.
Day of Week 25th » The Old Bay Line, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, goes out of business.