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Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications.. It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by aviators and mariners, but in some countries local organizations such as firefighters, police forces, and transportation organizations also use the term.
Radio silence can be used in nautical and aeronautical communications to allow faint distress calls to be heard (see Mayday). In the latter case, the controlling station can order other stations to stop transmitting with the proword "Seelonce Seelonce Seelonce". (The word uses an approximation of the French pronunciation of the word silence ...
May Day, a comedy play written by George Chapman, first published in 1611 "May Day" (short story), a 1920 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald; May Day, a 1936 novel by John Sommerfield; Mayday, a 1979 novel by Tom Block and Nelson DeMille "Mayday", a short story by William Faulkner renamed Soldiers' Pay, published in 1926
U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on the flag and the right to expression. In extreme cases, such as the burning of the flag, the Supreme Court has ruled, twice, that desecrating the nation’s flag is ...
The meaning of May Day has evolved over the years. Ancient Greeks and Romans held festivals on May Day to celebrate the return of spring. People gathered flowers, ...
Most of us have heard of May Day, but what is May Day all about? Here's the history behind the holiday, and a list of the best traditions (including the May Day basket!)
May Day was abolished and its celebration banned by Puritan parliaments during the Interregnum, but reinstated with the restoration of Charles II in 1660. [39] 1 May 1707, was the day the Act of Union came into effect, joining the kingdoms of England (including Wales) and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
April showers bring May flowers, as they say.What else is the month of May known for? Cinco de May (May 5), Mother’s Day (May 12), and the federal holiday Memorial Day (May 27) are May holidays ...