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, 1986
Day of Week 2nd » Chernobyl disaster e.g The Chernobyl Disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the Chernobyl disaster known as disaster
Day of Week 3rd » Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes in an airliner (Flight UL512) at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
Day of Week 7th » Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
Day of Week 12th » NBC debuts the current well-known peacock as seen in the NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration.
Day of Week 15th » Elio de Angelis, was killed while testing the Brabham BT55 at the Circuit Paul Ricard known as Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet, Var known as Le Castellet.
Day of Week 16th » The Seville Statement on Violence is adopted by an international meeting of scientists, convened by the Spanish National Commission for UNESCO, in Seville, Spain.
Day of Week 19th » The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.