Welcome to May, 2004

Saturday, 01 May 2004

It's May Day* --
Celebrated around the world and throughout history: May 1st is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years).

There is quite an interesting variety of holidays commemorated on this day -- Beltane (Lá Bealtaine), Day of the International Solidarity of Workers, Labour Day, Loyalty Day, Lei Day and the Roman holiday of Bona Dea which could be observed only by women. Read more:

May 1st: events, births, deaths and holidays

* Not to be confused with "mayday", the international distress signal.

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#1 02 May 2004 - 17:16

May is the month my birthday :-) byee.

vanessarib

#2 02 May 2004 - 19:56

(happy birthday) :-)

howard

#3 03 May 2004 - 01:20

hehe mine too!!! mines on the 6th..whens yours vanessarib?

whitey

#4 05 May 2004 - 20:30

9 th..may :-) taurus, venus, monkey..rss. byee.

vanessarib

#5 10 May 2004 - 00:44

Actually, the International Distress Call is spelled "maeday"...not MAY day. Just thought you might like to know.

silverbear

#6 10 May 2004 - 04:47

Care to give us a citation? I find absolutely no references to support your claim. If you clicked on the link you will see that the article does cite the French origin of the word, "m'aidez", which means "help me."

howard

#7 10 May 2004 - 13:56

Sorry...I can't readily give you a citation, but will look for one. A million years ago, when I was being given emergency radio training, in case the radio man in our platoon got wasted, we were taught that it was "maeday" and should be sent that way if we had to "morse" it. I don't even know if they teach morse code anymore, but I'm sure there are some old radio guys out there who can confirm what I was taught.

silverbear

#8 26 May 2004 - 12:58

happy birthday

badgirl458992003

#9 26 May 2004 - 12:59

happy birthday

badgirl458992003

#10 12 June 2004 - 06:00

Mayday comes from M'aidez which is French pronounced Mayday.. *smiles* It means "help me"... aloha a hui hou, Howard. *hugs* Alohalani

alohalani

#11 12 June 2004 - 06:08

1927 International Telegraph Convention... *grins* have fun looking for it. and besides, it makes sense...think about it.. May Day versus HELP ME? (M'aidez) a hui hou

alohalani

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