8 Fun Facts to Know If You are Born in May
5. Important days
While May 1 is celebrated as “May Day” in a number of countries of the world, closer home, the Kentucky Derby is held in the first Saturday of May and the last Monday of the month is commemorated as Memorial Day. Besides these, May 12 is celebrated as the “International Nurses Day”.
6. Historic occurrences
In the month of May in 1945, the Germans surrendered setting the tone for the subsequent end of the World War II a couple of months later. On a different note, Charles Lindbergh created history when he made the first solo flight across the great Atlantic in 1927.
7. Famous birthdays
May seems to be the month of the Hollywood heroes as some of the most famous actors were born in this month like George Clooney, Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Stewart and Pierce Brosnan. Besides, two well known presidents viz. John F. Kennedy and Harry S. Truman were also born in May.
8. Some observances
May is the “International Respect for Chickens Month” and in the US, it is the “National Bike Month”, “National Moving Month”, “National Military Appreciation Month” and is also the awareness month of some diseases and the heritage month for various races.
