
May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). There are 237 days remaining. {{MayCalendar}} ==Events== *1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI of England. *1541 - Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer) reaches the Mississippi River and names it ''Río de Espíritu Santo''. *1794 - Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by French Revolution, France chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the ''Ferme Générale'', was tried, convicted, and guillotined all on one day in Paris. *1846 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexico force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. *1861 - American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederate States of America. *1877 - At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens (ends May 11). *1886 - Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would later be named "Coca-Cola". *1896 - Against Warwickshire, Yorkshire sets a still-standing County Championship record when they accumulate an innings total of 887. *1898 - The first games of the Italian Football League are played. *1899 - The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens. *1902 - In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of St. Pierre, Martinque and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast. *1914 - Paramount Pictures is formed. *1933 - Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest of British oppression in India. *1942 - World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end. This is the first time in the naval history where two enemy fleets fought without visual contact between warring ships. *1945 - World War II: VE Day. Germany forces agree to an unconditional surrender. *1967 - The Philippines Provinces of the Philippines of Davao is split into three: Davao province, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental. *1972 - Vietnam War – U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announces his order to place Naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. *1973 - A 71-day standoff, between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, ends with the surrender of the militants. *1984 - The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. *1984 - Cpl. Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly of Quebec and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. *1987 - The Special_Air_Service ambushes and kills the Loughall Martyrs. *1997 - A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Shenzhen's Huangtian Airport, killing 35 *1999 - Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel (college) military college. *2005 - The new Canadian War Museum first opens to commemorate the 60th anniversary of V-E Day. ==Births== *1521 - Petrus Canisius, Jesuit (d. 1597) *1653 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734) *1735 - Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, painter (d. 1811) *1825 - George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer and author (d. 1898) *1828 - Jean Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1910) *1829 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer and pianist (d. 1869) *1842 - Emil Christian Hansen, fermentation physiologist (d. 1909) *1850 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915) *1884 - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (d. 1972) *1895 - Fulton J. Sheen, bishop and television personality (d. 1979) *1903 - Fernandel, actor (d. 1971) *1905 - Red Nichols, jazz musician (d. 1965) *1906 - Roberto Rossellini, director (d. 1977) *1907 - Wof Stefan Traugott Graf von Baudissin, general (d. 1993) *1911 - Robert Johnson, blues singer and guitarist (d. 1938) *1914 - Romain Gary, writer (d. 1980) *1916 - Joao Havelange, industrialist and FIFA president *1919 - Lex Barker, actor (d. 1973) *1925 - Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania *1926 - David Attenborough, British television presenter and producer *1926 - Don Rickles, comedian *1928 - Theodore Sorenson, political operative, writer *1930 - Heather Harper, Irish soprano *1932 - Phyllida Law, actress *1932 - Sonny Liston, American boxer (d. 1970) *1935 - Jack Charlton, footballer *1937 - Thomas Pynchon, novelist *1940 - Ricky Nelson, pop singer, (d. 1985) *1943 - Toni Tennille, singer *1944 - Gary Glitter, singer *1945 - Keith Jarrett, jazz musician *1948 - Felicity Lott, English soprano *1951 - Chris Frantz, drummer (Talking Heads) *1953 - Alex Van Halen, drummer of Van Halen rock band *1954 - David Keith, actor *1963 - Helena Blagne Zaman, Slovenian singer *1964 - Melissa Gilbert, actress and president of the Screen Actors Guild *1964 - Bobby Labonte, American race car driver *1966 - Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer *1972 - Darren Hayes, singer *1972 - Eduardo Falaschi, singer (Angra (band)) *1974 - Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001) *1975 - Enrique Iglesias, singer *1976 - Martha Wainwright, musician and songwriter ==Deaths== *1794 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (b. 1743) *1828 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781) *1842 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790) *1873 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (b. 1806) *1880 - Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) *1891 - Helena Blavatsky, Russian-born author (b. 1831) *1947 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, department store founder (b. 1858) *1952 - Wilhelm Fried, Austro-Hungarian-born American film producer (b. 1879) *1960 - J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (b. 1904) *1975 - Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887) *1982 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950) *1985 - Theodore Sturgeon, science fiction writer (b. 1918) *1988 - Robert Heinlein, American science fiction writer (b. 1907) *1991 - Jean Langlais, French composer and pianist (b. 1907) *1991 - Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (b. 1903) *1993 - Avram Davidson, science fiction writer (b. 1923) *1994 - George Peppard, actor (b. 1928) *1999 - Dirk Bogarde, American actor (b. 1921) *1999 - Dana Plato, actress (b. 1964) ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Empire - festival in honour of Mens *Mother's Day - 1988, 1994, 2005, 2011 *World Red Cross Day *VE Day ==Recorded this day== *1906 - "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" by Billy Murray (singer) *1941 - "Let Me Off Uptown" by Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge with Gene Krupa & his Orchestra == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/8 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/5/8 Today in History: May 8] ---- May 7 - May 9 - April 8 - June 8 – historical anniversaries bs:Maj 8 th:8 พฤษภาคม
--User:Maveric149 23:36, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:May 8 selected anniversaries - Template talk:May 8 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:May_8_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Removed from article: *1985 - ''New Coke'' is released on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola. I could not confirm this and the New Coke article gives an April date. --User:Maveric149 23:12, 3 May 2004 (UTC) == external link... == Why can't this be an external link? [http://www.thisdaythatyear.com/may/people8.htm ThisDayThatYear.com on May 8]? User:Kingturtle 07:42, 7 May 2005 (UTC) :"Be careful when using 'this day in history'-type websites as a reference". User:RickKUser talk:RickK 08:06, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
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May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). There are 237 days remaining. {{MayCalendar}} ==Events== *1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI of England. *1541 - Hernando_de_Soto_(explorer) reaches the Mississippi River and names it ''Río de Espíritu Santo''. *1794 - Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by French Revolution, France chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the ''Ferme Générale'', was tried, convicted, and guillotined all on one day in Paris. *1846 - Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexico force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. *1861 - American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederate States of America. *1877 - At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens (ends May 11). *1886 - Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would later be named "Coca-Cola". *1896 - Against Warwickshire, Yorkshire sets a still-standing County Championship record when they accumulate an innings total of 887. *1898 - The first games of the Italian Football League are played. *1899 - The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens. *1902 - In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of St. Pierre, Martinque and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast. *1914 - Paramount Pictures is formed. *1933 - Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest of British oppression in India. *1942 - World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end. This is the first time in the naval history where two enemy fleets fought without visual contact between warring ships. *1945 - World War II: VE Day. Germany forces agree to an unconditional surrender. *1967 - The Philippines Provinces of the Philippines of Davao is split into three: Davao province, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental. *1972 - Vietnam War – U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announces his order to place Naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. *1973 - A 71-day standoff, between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, ends with the surrender of the militants. *1984 - The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. *1984 - Cpl. Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly of Quebec and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. *1987 - The Special_Air_Service ambushes and kills the Loughall Martyrs. *1997 - A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Shenzhen's Huangtian Airport, killing 35 *1999 - Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel (college) military college. *2005 - The new Canadian War Museum first opens to commemorate the 60th anniversary of V-E Day. ==Births== *1521 - Petrus Canisius, Jesuit (d. 1597) *1653 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734) *1735 - Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, painter (d. 1811) *1825 - George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer and author (d. 1898) *1828 - Jean Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1910) *1829 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer and pianist (d. 1869) *1842 - Emil Christian Hansen, fermentation physiologist (d. 1909) *1850 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915) *1884 - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (d. 1972) *1895 - Fulton J. Sheen, bishop and television personality (d. 1979) *1903 - Fernandel, actor (d. 1971) *1905 - Red Nichols, jazz musician (d. 1965) *1906 - Roberto Rossellini, director (d. 1977) *1907 - Wof Stefan Traugott Graf von Baudissin, general (d. 1993) *1911 - Robert Johnson, blues singer and guitarist (d. 1938) *1914 - Romain Gary, writer (d. 1980) *1916 - Joao Havelange, industrialist and FIFA president *1919 - Lex Barker, actor (d. 1973) *1925 - Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania *1926 - David Attenborough, British television presenter and producer *1926 - Don Rickles, comedian *1928 - Theodore Sorenson, political operative, writer *1930 - Heather Harper, Irish soprano *1932 - Phyllida Law, actress *1932 - Sonny Liston, American boxer (d. 1970) *1935 - Jack Charlton, footballer *1937 - Thomas Pynchon, novelist *1940 - Ricky Nelson, pop singer, (d. 1985) *1943 - Toni Tennille, singer *1944 - Gary Glitter, singer *1945 - Keith Jarrett, jazz musician *1948 - Felicity Lott, English soprano *1951 - Chris Frantz, drummer (Talking Heads) *1953 - Alex Van Halen, drummer of Van Halen rock band *1954 - David Keith, actor *1963 - Helena Blagne Zaman, Slovenian singer *1964 - Melissa Gilbert, actress and president of the Screen Actors Guild *1964 - Bobby Labonte, American race car driver *1966 - Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer *1972 - Darren Hayes, singer *1972 - Eduardo Falaschi, singer (Angra (band)) *1974 - Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001) *1975 - Enrique Iglesias, singer *1976 - Martha Wainwright, musician and songwriter ==Deaths== *1794 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (b. 1743) *1828 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781) *1842 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790) *1873 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (b. 1806) *1880 - Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) *1891 - Helena Blavatsky, Russian-born author (b. 1831) *1947 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, department store founder (b. 1858) *1952 - Wilhelm Fried, Austro-Hungarian-born American film producer (b. 1879) *1960 - J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (b. 1904) *1975 - Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887) *1982 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950) *1985 - Theodore Sturgeon, science fiction writer (b. 1918) *1988 - Robert Heinlein, American science fiction writer (b. 1907) *1991 - Jean Langlais, French composer and pianist (b. 1907) *1991 - Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (b. 1903) *1993 - Avram Davidson, science fiction writer (b. 1923) *1994 - George Peppard, actor (b. 1928) *1999 - Dirk Bogarde, American actor (b. 1921) *1999 - Dana Plato, actress (b. 1964) ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Empire - festival in honour of Mens *Mother's Day - 1988, 1994, 2005, 2011 *World Red Cross Day *VE Day ==Recorded this day== *1906 - "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" by Billy Murray (singer) *1941 - "Let Me Off Uptown" by Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge with Gene Krupa & his Orchestra == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/8 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/5/8 Today in History: May 8] ---- May 7 - May 9 - April 8 - June 8 – historical anniversaries bs:Maj 8 th:8 พฤษภาคม
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--User:Maveric149 23:36, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:May 8 selected anniversaries - Template talk:May 8 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:May_8_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Removed from article: *1985 - ''New Coke'' is released on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola. I could not confirm this and the New Coke article gives an April date. --User:Maveric149 23:12, 3 May 2004 (UTC) == external link... == Why can't this be an external link? [http://www.thisdaythatyear.com/may/people8.htm ThisDayThatYear.com on May 8]? User:Kingturtle 07:42, 7 May 2005 (UTC) :"Be careful when using 'this day in history'-type websites as a reference". User:RickKUser talk:RickK 08:06, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
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