Flowers spring forth in abundance this month. Depending on the Native American tribe, May’s Full Moon was called the Full Flower Moon as well as Mother’s Moon, Milk Moon, and Corn Planting Moon. The May Moon marked a time of increasing fertility with temperatures warm enough for safely bearing young, a near end to late frosts, and plants in bloom.
Daily Calendar for Monday, May 12, 2025
Born
- Florence Nightingale (nurse) –
- Katharine Hepburn (actress) –
- Yogi Berra (baseball player) –
- George Carlin (comedian; first to host Saturday Night Live) –
- Emilio Estevez (actor) –
- Tony Hawk (skateboarder) –
- Kim Fields (actress) –
- Emily VanCamp (actress) –
- Malcolm David Kelley (actor) –
- Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten (actors who played Geoffrey and Michael Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond) –
Died
- John Cadbury (chocolate manufacturer) –
- Winnie (the bear Christopher Robin Milne named his toy bear after) –
- Robert Reed (actor) –
- Adam Petty (race car driver) –
- Perry Como (singer) –
- Emanuel Gluck (Yankee Stadium’s longest-working vendor; wore badge No. 1) –
Events
- The oldest university in Poland, Jagiellonian University, was founded –
- Manitoba Act passed, approving Manitoba to become a Canadian province –
- Charles Sherrill first demonstrated a crouching start for sprinters –
- Adler Planetarium, first in U.S., opened –
- Manitoba’s flag officially adopted –
- Montreal was chosen as the site for the 1976 Summer Olympics –
- U.S. Commerce Department announced hurricanes would no longer be named solely after women –
- Susie Maroney swam from Cuba to Florida in 24.5 hours –
- The discovery of what is likely the Library of Alexandria was announced –
- American sprinter Justin Gatlin, Olympic champion, broke the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.76 seconds at the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar. Previous record was 9.77 seconds by Jamaica’s Asafa Powell on June 14, 2005, in Athens, Greece. –
- 7.8-magnitude earthquake, Sichuan province, China –
- A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal less than 3 weeks after a 7.8-magnitude quake –
Weather
- Massive tornado struck Xenia, Ohio –
- The Colorado Rockies were struck by a late-season storm that dropped 46 inches of snow on Coal Creek Canyon, near Boulder –
- Ice out, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH –
