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, 2013
Day of Week 6th » Ariel Castro kidnappings known as Three women missing for more than a decade are found alive in the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio. Ariel Castro, is taken into custody.
Day of Week 7th » 27 people are killed and more than 30 injured, when a tanker truck crashes and 2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion e.g explodes outside Mexico City.
Day of Week 10th » One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
Day of Week 11th » At least 46 people are killed in a 2013 Reyhanlı bombings called bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.
Day of Week 14th » Nigerian President of Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast states of Borno State Borno, Yobe State Yobe and Adamawa State Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram.
Day of Week 15th » An May 2013 Iraq attacks called upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
Day of Week 17th » Two Metro-North Railroad named Metro-North commuter trains Fairfield train crash known as collide near Bridgeport, Connecticut injuring at least 72 people.
Day of Week 20th » An Enhanced Fujita Scale EF5 2013 Moore tornado tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Oklahoma Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others.
Day of Week 23rd » The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse named collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
Day of Week 25th » Suspected Naxalite named Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley named an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
Day of Week 30th » Nigeria passes a law Same-sex marriage in Nigeria or banning same-sex marriage.
Day of Week 31st » The asteroid (285263) 1998 QE2 1998 QE2 and its Natural satellite moon make their List of asteroid close approaches to Earth closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries.
19th » G. Sarsfield Ford, American jurist (b. 1933)
19th » Robin Harrison (pianist) called Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1932)
19th » Carlo Monni, Italian actor (b. 1943)
19th » Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1940)
20th » Flavio Costantini, Italian illustrator (b. 1926)
20th » Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
20th » Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (b. 1947)
20th » Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (b. 1924)
20th » Ray Manzarek American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Doors, Rick & the Ravens, Manzarek–Krieger, and Nite City) (b. 1939)
20th » Denys Roberts, English judge and politician (b. 1923)