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May was, at least in the northern hemisphere of Earth, a spring month associated with the May Day festival, at least in England. The Third Doctor, Jo Grant, (TV: The Dæmons [+]Guy Leopold, Doctor Who season 8 (BBC1, 1971).) and Tegan Jovanka (TV: The Awakening [+]Eric Pringle, Doctor Who season 21 (BBC1, 1984).) were directly involved in May Day celebrations. The Doctor was assaulted by Morris dancers during one May Pole dance in the village of Devil's End, (TV: The Dæmons [+]Guy Leopold, Doctor Who season 8 (BBC1, 1971).) while Tegan had to endure being forced to become the Queen of the May during the annual re-enactment of the English Civil War in Little Hodcombe. (TV: The Awakening [+]Eric Pringle, Doctor Who season 21 (BBC1, 1984).)

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1 May was celebrated as May Day in the United Kingdom and several other countries on the planet Earth. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

8 May was widely noted by humans as VE Day, the day of the Allies' 1945 victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. 9 May was Victory on Earth Day, which could also be shortened to VE Day, marking the victory of human resistance fighters against the Dalek invasion of Earth. 10 May, 2470, was VEE Day (Victory on Epsilon Eridani), marking the victory of Epsilon Eridanians against human occupiers. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

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20th century

In 1937, George VI became King of the United Kingdom. (PROSE: Wolfsbane [+]Jacqueline Rayner, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2003).)

In 1940, Britain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands faced Nazi Germany in the Blitzkrieg. The mainland European nations were all overwhelmed and Britain was forced to retreat from the continent. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Terrance Dicks, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1991).)

In 1944, the US Army was amassing in England ahead of the planned landings in Normandy. The Valbrects attempted to infiltrate and take over their ranks in a bid to invade Earth but were exposed by the Twelfth Doctor. (PROSE: Base of Operations [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) The Allies also tried to deceive the Germans by luring the German 15th Army away from Normandy to a false target at the Pas de Calais. on 17 May, a Vvormak ship shot down over Turelhampton in Dorset led to the evacuation of the village so that this deception remained a secret. (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass [+]Justin Richards and Stephen Cole, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2001).)

In 1945, the Third Reich surrendered, ending World War II in Europe. The Allies celebrated VE Day on 8 May, (PROSE: Magic of the Angels [+]Jacqueline Rayner, Quick Reads (BBC Books, 2012)., AUDIO: Casualties of War [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW., Churchill Victorious [+]Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, The Churchill Years: Volume Two (The Churchill Years, Big Finish Productions, 2018).) although the surrender documents were signed to the Soviet Union on 9 May. (PROSE: Just War [+]Lance Parkin, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1996)., AUDIO: Just War [+]Jacqueline Rayner, adapted from Just War (Lance Parkin), Bernice Summerfield: Single Releases (Big Finish Productions, 1999).)

In 1951, the Festival of Britain was held. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Terrance Dicks, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1991).)

Later history

During the last few years of Ianto Jones' life, his bank card was due to expire in May of 2010. (AUDIO: Fall to Earth [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.) By that time, he was already dead, having been killed during the invasion of the 456 in 2009. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four [+]John Fay, Torchwood series 3 (BBC One, 2009).)

In 2621, Imogen Tantry visited Wailing's Lace to investigate a group of Remote. (PROSE: De Umbris Idearum [+]Philip Purser-Hallard, Burning with Optimism's Flames (Faction Paradox, Obverse Books, 2013).)

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