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, 1973
Day of Week 5th » Secretariat (horse) wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5, a still standing record.
Day of Week 8th » A Wounded Knee incident e.g 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
Day of Week 11th » Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to 'The New York Times' dismissed.
Day of Week 17th » Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
Day of Week 25th » HNS Velos (D-16), while participating in a NATO exercise and in order to protest against the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 called dictatorship in Greece, anchored at Fiumicino, Italy, refusing to return to Greece.
Day of Week 29th » Tom Bradley (American politician) called Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles called Los Angeles, California.
Day of Week 31st » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
16th » Special Ed, American rapper and actor (Crooklyn Dodgers)
16th » Tori Spelling, American actress, producer, and author
17th » Sasha Alexander, American actress and producer
17th » Steve Barakatt, Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
17th » Josh Homme, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Them Crooked Vultures, and Kyuss)