In January 1947, Nehru said that independent India would not accept the Divine Right of Kings, and in May 1947, he declared that any princely state which refused to join the Constituent Assembly would be treated as an enemy state.

* Timothy Drew ( Noble Drew Ali, Sharif Abdul Ali ), prophet and founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America, founder of the Moorish Divine and National Movement, May 1, 1916, Newark N. J.

On 8 May 1969, Pope Paul VI issued the Apostolic Constitution Sacra Rituum Congregatio, dividing it into two congregations, the Congregation for the Divine Worship and one for the causes of saints.

* May 24 – Jamestown, Virginia: The temporary Governor, Thomas Gates, issues The Divine, Moral, and Martial Laws.

* May 13 – Julian of Norwich receives the sixteen Revelations of Divine Love.

At the end of Divine Services on Monday, the dismissal begins with the words: " May Christ our True God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother, of the honorable, Bodiless Powers ( i. e., the angels ) of Heaven …".

During this time, the dismissal at all services begin with the words, " May Christ our True God, who rose from the dead ...." Anyone who wishes to receive Holy Communion at Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning is required to attend Vespers the night before ( see Eucharistic discipline ).

At the end of Divine Services on Thursday, the dismissal begins with the words: " May Christ our True God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother, of the holy, glorious and all-laudable Apostles, of our Father among the saints Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, the Wonder-worker …"

At the end of Divine Services on Tuesday, the dismissal begins with the words: " May Christ our True God, through the intercessions of his most-pure Mother, of the honorable and glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John …"

By a decree of 5 May 2000, the Second Sunday of Easter ( the Sunday after Easter Day itself ), is known also in the Roman Rite as Divine Mercy Sunday.

The Book of the SubGenius: Being the Divine Wisdom, Guidance, and Prophecy of J. R. " Bob " Dobbs, High Epopt of the Church of the SubGenius, Here Inscribed for the Salvation of Future Generations and in the Hope that Slack May Someday Reign on this Earth ( ISBN 0-671-63810-6 ) is seen as the " bible " of the Church of the SubGenius.

* Shenandoah, Pennsylvania born, Francis Brennan ( 7 May 1894 – 2 July 1968 ) was a cardinal of the Catholic Church, Dean of the Sacra Rota Romana 1959-1968, and prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments 1968.

* May Sinclair-The Divine Fire

On 8 May 1969, Pope Paul VI issued the Apostolic Constitution Sacra Rituum Congregatio, dividing it into two congregations, the Congregation for the Divine Worship and one for the causes of saints.

Benedict XVI also personally celebrated the Beatification Mass for his predecessor, John Paul II, at St. Peter's Basilica, on the Second Sunday of Easter, or Divine Mercy Sunday, on 1 May 2011 – an event which drew more than a million people.

May include Hamartiology ( the study of sin ), Law and Gospel ( the study of the relationship between Divine Law and Divine Grace, justification, sanctification

In June 2003, a re-revision of the Psalms was completed following publication of the instruction Liturgiam Authenticam, issued May 7, 2001, by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in Rome.

John Paul II, who died in April 2005 on the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday, was beatified on Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1, 2011, by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.

On May 8, 1931, a Sayville deputy arrested and charged Father Divine with disturbing the peace.

In May 2008, By Divine Right opened a show for The Golden Dogs at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern with yet another new lineup, consisting of Contreras, Heyduk, and Darcy Rego returning on drums.

In the early 1930s the neighbors finally brought charges of ' disturbing the peace ' against Rev Divine, having him and numerous followers arrested May 8, 1931.

Press coverage and notoriety increased dramatically for the Peace Mission after Father Divine's May 8, 1931 arrest for ' disturbing the peace ' ended in first conviction, than the death of the presiding judge, Justice Lewis J. Smith ( who in sentencing him had called Divine " a fraud and a menace to society ") and Father Divine's subsequent release.

* Honorary Doctor of Laws, and Commencement Speaker at Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland in May 2005

* Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, and Commencement Speaker at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles on May 5, 2007

On 26 March 2004, following the decision of the Speaker of the Parliament, Marek Borowski, to found a new dissenting party, the Social Democracy of Poland, Leszek Miller decided to resign from the position of Prime Minister on 2 May 2004, a day after Poland ’ s accession to the EU.

The newly elected People's Majlis held its first session on 28 May and elected Mr. Abdulla Shahid ( DRP ) as its new Speaker.

* May 20 – John Trevor, English Speaker of the House of Commons ( b. 1637 )

He was elected as the Speaker of the Constituent Assembly on May 31.

She was the Commencement Speaker at Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania, on 22 May 2005.

Pope Benedict XVI visited Yad Vashem on 11 May 2009, with the participation of President Shimon Peres and Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin.

* Florida state House of Representatives Speaker Allan Bense declined the candidacy on May 11 despite public courting by many leaders including Governor Bush.

Speaker singled off Senators pitcher Tom Zachary on May 17, 1925, to become the fifth member of the 3, 000 hit club and the second man to reach the historic mark while wearing a Cleveland uniform ( Napoleon Lajoie was the first ).

According to Edmond Ludlow on May 7th, about twelve o-clock we went to take our places in the House, Mr. Lenthal our Speaker leading the way, and the officers of the army lining the rooms for us, as we passed through the Painted Chamber, the Court of Requests, and the lobby itself, the principal officers having placed themselves nearest to the door of the Parliament-House, every one seeming to rejoice at our restitution, and promising to live and die with us.

On 10 May 1958 he was re-elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, remaining in this position until the revolution of 14 July 1958.

The salary of the prime minister is by law the same as the salary of the Speaker of the Parliament, which is € 11, 675 a month ( from 1 May 2011 ).

Perceval ’ s body was laid on a sofa in the Speaker ’ s drawing room and removed to Number 10 in the early hours of 12 May.

Throughout Scotland, the First Minister outranks all others except the Royal Family, Lord Lieutenants, the Sheriff Principal, the Lord Chancellor, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ( the Rev A. David Arnott from May 2011 ), the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth Prime Ministers ( whilst in the United Kingdom ), the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Lord Speaker.

Göncz served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between May and August 1990, during which time he served as provisional president of Hungary.

He was returned as an MP in the 2010 general election and was re-elected as Speaker when the House sat at the start of the new Parliament on 18 May 2010.

When the King asked him if he knew of the location of these members, the Speaker, William Lenthall, famously replied: " May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here.

In order to take his seat and become an active Parliamentarian, he needed to signify his allegiance to the Crown and on 3 May Bradlaugh came to the Table of the House of Commons, bearing a letter to the Speaker " begging respectfully to claim to be allowed to affirm " instead of taking the religious Oath of Allegiance, citing the Evidence Amendment Acts of 1869 and 1870.

Bradlaugh was not surprised that the Committee had gone against him, and notified the Speaker that he would attend to take the Oath on 21 May.

In the expenses scandal, he strongly supported the Speaker of the House in his attempts to block exposure of expenses-arguing he was merely being scapegoated ( for instance on Radio 4, 10am, 16 May 2009 ).

On Monday 6 September 2010, May faced parliamentary questions on the allegations following an intervention by the Speaker of the House of Commons.

William Ross Macdonald, ( December 25, 1891 – May 28, 1976 ), served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1968 to 1974, and as Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1953.