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May 8th, 2008 (May 08 2008) | Death | Eddy Arnold, Country music star (born in 1918) | |
May 8th, 2008 (May 08 2008) | Death | Francois Sterchele, Belgian football player (born in 1982) | |
May 8th, 2007 (May 08 2007) | Event | A new Northern Ireland Executive is formed under the leadership of Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party as First Minister and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein as Deputy First Minister. | |
May 8th, 2006 (May 08 2006) | Death | Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (born in 1938) | |
May 8th, 2005 (May 08 2005) | Event | The new Canadian War Museum opens, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of V-E Day. | |
May 8th, 2005 (May 08 2005) | Death | Nicolas Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (born in 1981) | |
May 8th, 2000 (May 08 2000) | Death | Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (born in 1918) | |
May 8th, 2000 (May 08 2000) | Death | Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American transhumanist (born in 1959) | |
May 8th, 2000 (May 08 2000) | Death | Henry Nicols, AIDS activist (born in 1973) | |
May 8th, 1999 (May 08 1999) | Event | Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college. | |
May 8th, 1999 (May 08 1999) | Death | Dirk Bogarde, British actor (born in 1921) | |
May 8th, 1999 (May 08 1999) | Death | Ed Gilbert, American actor (born in 1931) | |
May 8th, 1999 (May 08 1999) | Death | Dana Plato, American actress (born in 1964) | Plato Quotes |
May 8th, 1998 (May 08 1998) | Death | Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (born in 1912) | |
May 8th, 1997 (May 08 1997) | Event | A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Shenzhen s Huangtian Airport, killing 35 people. | |
May 8th, 1996 (May 08 1996) | Death | Beryl Burton, English cyclist (born in 1937) | |
May 8th, 1996 (May 08 1996) | Death | Dominguin, Spanish bullfighter (born in 1926) | |
May 8th, 1996 (May 08 1996) | Death | Garth Williams, American illustrator (born in 1912) | |
May 8th, 1995 (May 08 1995) | Death | Teresa Teng, Asian superstar (born in 1953) | |
May 8th, 1994 (May 08 1994) | Death | George Peppard, American actor (born in 1928) | |
May 8th, 1993 (May 08 1993) | Death | Avram Davidson, American writer (born in 1923) | |
May 8th, 1991 (May 08 1991) | Death | Jean Langlais, French composer and pianist (born in 1907) | |
May 8th, 1991 (May 08 1991) | Death | Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (born in 1903) | |
May 8th, 1990 (May 08 1990) | Event | Reindependence Day of Estonia | |
May 8th, 1990 (May 08 1990) | Death | Luigi Nono, Italian composer (born in 1924) | |
May 8th, 1988 (May 08 1988) | Event | A fire at Illinois Bell s Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS outage once considered the worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history is still the worst to occur on Mother s Day. | |
May 8th, 1988 (May 08 1988) | Death | Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (born in 1907) | Robert A. Heinlein Quotes |
May 8th, 1987 (May 08 1987) | Event | The Loughgall ambush: The SAS kill 8 IRA members and 1 civilian, in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. | |
May 8th, 1987 (May 08 1987) | Birth | Felix Jones, American football player | |
May 8th, 1987 (May 08 1987) | Death | Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (born in 1920) | |
May 8th, 1986 (May 08 1986) | Birth | Marvell Wynne, American soccer player | |
May 8th, 1985 (May 08 1985) | Birth | Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress | |
May 8th, 1985 (May 08 1985) | Death | Theodore Sturgeon, American science fiction writer (born in 1918) | Theodore Sturgeon Quotes |
May 8th, 1985 (May 08 1985) | Death | Dolph Sweet, American actor (born in 1920) | |
May 8th, 1984 (May 08 1984) | Event | The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. | |
May 8th, 1984 (May 08 1984) | Event | Cpl. Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. Rene Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. | |
May 8th, 1984 (May 08 1984) | Birth | Nadine Chandrawinata, 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia) | |
May 8th, 1984 (May 08 1984) | Death | Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader s Digest) (born in 1890) | |
May 8th, 1984 (May 08 1984) | Death | Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (born in 1916) | |
May 8th, 1983 (May 08 1983) | Birth | Matt Willis, British singer | |
May 8th, 1982 (May 08 1982) | Birth | Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player | |
May 8th, 1982 (May 08 1982) | Death | Neil Bogart, American record executive (born in 1943) | Neil Bogart Quotes |
May 8th, 1982 (May 08 1982) | Death | Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (born in 1950) | |
May 8th, 1981 (May 08 1981) | Birth | Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer | |
May 8th, 1981 (May 08 1981) | Birth | Bjorn Dixgard, Swedish guitarist | |
May 8th, 1981 (May 08 1981) | Birth | Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer | |
May 8th, 1981 (May 08 1981) | Birth | John Maine, American baseball player | |
May 8th, 1980 (May 08 1980) | Birth | Michelle McManus, Scottish singer | |
May 8th, 1980 (May 08 1980) | Birth | Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer | |
May 8th, 1978 (May 08 1978) | Birth | Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer | |
May 8th, 1978 (May 08 1978) | Birth | Matthew Davis, American actor | |
May 8th, 1978 (May 08 1978) | Birth | Lucio, Brazilian footballer | |
May 8th, 1978 (May 08 1978) | Birth | Josie Maran, American model | |
May 8th, 1977 (May 08 1977) | Birth | Jennifer Walcott, American Playboy Playmate | |
May 8th, 1976 (May 08 1976) | Birth | Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter | |
May 8th, 1976 (May 08 1976) | Birth | Ian "H" Watkins, pop singer (Steps) | |
May 8th, 1975 (May 08 1975) | Birth | Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer | |
May 8th, 1975 (May 08 1975) | Birth | Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player | |
May 8th, 1975 (May 08 1975) | Birth | Gaston Mazzacane, Argentine racing driver | |
May 8th, 1975 (May 08 1975) | Death | Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee (born in 1887) | |
May 8th, 1974 (May 08 1974) | Birth | Jon Tickle, English entertainer | |
May 8th, 1974 (May 08 1974) | Birth | Korey Stringer, American football player (died in 2001) | |
May 8th, 1973 (May 08 1973) | Event | 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. | |
May 8th, 1973 (May 08 1973) | Birth | Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist | |
May 8th, 1972 (May 08 1972) | Event | Vietnam War - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. | |
May 8th, 1972 (May 08 1972) | Birth | Darren Hayes, Australian singer | |
May 8th, 1972 (May 08 1972) | Birth | Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player | |
May 8th, 1970 (May 08 1970) | Event | The Hard Hat riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with anti-war demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War. | |
May 8th, 1970 (May 08 1970) | Birth | Luis Enrique, Spanish football player | |
May 8th, 1969 (May 08 1969) | Birth | Akebono Taro, sumo wrestler | Bono Quotes |
May 8th, 1969 (May 08 1969) | Death | Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (born in 1892) | |
May 8th, 1968 (May 08 1968) | Birth | Jamie Summers, American porn star | |
May 8th, 1968 (May 08 1968) | Birth | Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician | |
May 8th, 1968 (May 08 1968) | Birth | Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec politician | |
May 8th, 1967 (May 08 1967) | Event | The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental. | |
May 8th, 1967 (May 08 1967) | Death | LaVerne Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (born in 1911) | |
May 8th, 1966 (May 08 1966) | Birth | Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer | |
May 8th, 1966 (May 08 1966) | Birth | Marta Sanchez, Spanish singer | |
May 8th, 1964 (May 08 1964) | Birth | Melissa Gilbert, American actress | |
May 8th, 1964 (May 08 1964) | Birth | Bobby Labonte, American race car driver | |
May 8th, 1964 (May 08 1964) | Birth | Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur) | |
May 8th, 1963 (May 08 1963) | Birth | Terry Christian, British radio presenter | |
May 8th, 1963 (May 08 1963) | Birth | Sylvain Cossette, Quebec singer and songwriter | |
May 8th, 1963 (May 08 1963) | Birth | Anthony Field, Australian musician and actor | |
May 8th, 1963 (May 08 1963) | Birth | Robin Jarvis, British writer | |
May 8th, 1963 (May 08 1963) | Birth | Izabela Kloc, Polish politician | |
May 8th, 1961 (May 08 1961) | Birth | Janet McTeer, British actress | |
May 8th, 1961 (May 08 1961) | Birth | David Winning, Canadian film director | |
May 8th, 1960 (May 08 1960) | Birth | Franco Baresi, Italian footballer | |
May 8th, 1960 (May 08 1960) | Birth | Eric Brittingham, American bassist | |
May 8th, 1960 (May 08 1960) | Death | J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (born in 1904) | |
May 8th, 1958 (May 08 1958) | Birth | Lovie Smith, American football coach | |
May 8th, 1957 (May 08 1957) | Birth | Bill Cowher, American football coach | |
May 8th, 1957 (May 08 1957) | Birth | Marie Myriam, French singer | |
May 8th, 1954 (May 08 1954) | Birth | Stephen Furst, American actor | |
May 8th, 1954 (May 08 1954) | Birth | David Keith, American actor | |
May 8th, 1953 (May 08 1953) | Birth | Alex Van Halen, Dutch drummer (Van Halen) | |
May 8th, 1953 (May 08 1953) | Birth | Billy Burnette, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) | |
May 8th, 1952 (May 08 1952) | Death | William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (born in 1879) | |
May 8th, 1951 (May 08 1951) | Birth | Philip Bailey, American singer (Earth, Wind & Fire) | |
May 8th, 1951 (May 08 1951) | Birth | Chris Frantz, American musician (Talking Heads) | |
May 8th, 1950 (May 08 1950) | Birth | Robert Mugge, American music documentary film maker | |
May 8th, 1950 (May 08 1950) | Death | Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (born in 1865) | |
May 8th, 1948 (May 08 1948) | Birth | Felicity Lott, English singer | |
May 8th, 1948 (May 08 1948) | Birth | Steve Braun, baseball player | |
May 8th, 1948 (May 08 1948) | Birth | Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer (Degrassi) | |
May 8th, 1948 (May 08 1948) | Death | U Saw, Burmese politician (born in 1900) | |
May 8th, 1947 (May 08 1947) | Birth | H. Robert Horvitz, Nobel laureate | |
May 8th, 1947 (May 08 1947) | Death | Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (born in 1858) | |
May 8th, 1946 (May 08 1946) | Event | The Estonian school girls Aili Jogi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial that preceded the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn. | |
May 8th, 1946 (May 08 1946) | Birth | Andre Boulerice, Quebec politician | |
May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Event | Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Setif massacre. | |
May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Event | Combat in Europe ends in World War II: V-E Day. German forces agree to an unconditional surrender. | |
May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Event | End of the Prague uprising, today still celebrated as a national holiday in the Czech Republic. | |
May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Birth | Keith Jarrett, American musician | |
May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Death | Wilhelm Rediess, SS and Police leader of Nazi-occupied Norway (born in 1900) | |
May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Death | Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (born in 1883) | |
May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Death | Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of Nazi-occupied Norway (born in 1898) | |
May 8th, 1944 (May 08 1944) | Birth | Gary Glitter, English singer | |
May 8th, 1943 (May 08 1943) | Birth | Paul Samwell-Smith, British bassist (The Yardbirds) | |
May 8th, 1943 (May 08 1943) | Death | Mordechaj Anielewicz, Polish Resistance Fighter (born in 1919) | |
May 8th, 1942 (May 08 1942) | Event | World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an endied in This is the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships. | |
May 8th, 1942 (May 08 1942) | Event | World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War. | |
May 8th, 1942 (May 08 1942) | Birth | Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer | |
May 8th, 1941 (May 08 1941) | Birth | Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer | |
May 8th, 1941 (May 08 1941) | Birth | John Fred, American singer (died in 2005) | |
May 8th, 1941 (May 08 1941) | Birth | Bill Lockyer, American politician | |
May 8th, 1940 (May 08 1940) | Birth | Peter Benchley, American author (died in 2006) | |
May 8th, 1940 (May 08 1940) | Birth | Irwin Cotler, Canadian politician | |
May 8th, 1940 (May 08 1940) | Birth | Ricky Nelson, American singer (died in 1985) | |
May 8th, 1940 (May 08 1940) | Birth | Toni Tennille, American singer | |
May 8th, 1937 (May 08 1937) | Birth | Carlos Gaviria Diaz, Colombian politician | |
May 8th, 1937 (May 08 1937) | Birth | Thomas Pynchon, American novelist | Thomas Pynchon Quotes |
May 8th, 1937 (May 08 1937) | Birth | Mike Cuellar, baseball player | |
May 8th, 1936 (May 08 1936) | Death | Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (born in 1880) | Philo Quotes |
May 8th, 1935 (May 08 1935) | Birth | Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, 7th in the Line of succession to the Danish Throne | |
May 8th, 1935 (May 08 1935) | Birth | Jack Charlton, English footballer | |
May 8th, 1933 (May 08 1933) | Event | Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India. | |
May 8th, 1932 (May 08 1932) | Birth | Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (died in 2007) | |
May 8th, 1932 (May 08 1932) | Birth | Phyllida Law, Scottish actress | |
May 8th, 1932 (May 08 1932) | Birth | Sonny Liston, American boxer (died in 1970) | |
May 8th, 1930 (May 08 1930) | Birth | Heather Harper, Irish singer | |
May 8th, 1930 (May 08 1930) | Birth | Gary Snyder, American poet | |
May 8th, 1929 (May 08 1929) | Birth | Claude Castonguay, Quebec politician | |
May 8th, 1929 (May 08 1929) | Birth | Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born Academy Award-winning actress (died in 2007) | |
May 8th, 1928 (May 08 1928) | Birth | Theodore Sorenson, American writer | |
May 8th, 1927 (May 08 1927) | Birth | Chumy Chumez, Spanish film director (died in 2003) | |
May 8th, 1926 (May 08 1926) | Birth | David Attenborough, English naturalist | |
May 8th, 1926 (May 08 1926) | Birth | Don Rickles, American comedian | |
May 8th, 1925 (May 08 1925) | Birth | Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania | |
May 8th, 1920 (May 08 1920) | Birth | Saul Bass, American graphic designer (died in 1996) | |
May 8th, 1920 (May 08 1920) | Birth | Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (died in 1991) | |
May 8th, 1920 (May 08 1920) | Birth | Sloan Wilson, American author (died in 2003) | |
May 8th, 1919 (May 08 1919) | Event | Edward George Honey first proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate The Armistice of World War I, which later results in the creation of Remembrance Day. | |
May 8th, 1919 (May 08 1919) | Birth | Lex Barker, American actor (died in 1973) | |
May 8th, 1916 (May 08 1916) | Birth | Joao Havelange, Brazilian industrialist | |
May 8th, 1916 (May 08 1916) | Birth | Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (died in 1993) | |
May 8th, 1915 (May 08 1915) | Birth | Milton Meltzer, American history and biography author, writer of Thomas Jefferson, Revolutionary Aristocrat | Thomas Jefferson Quotes |
May 8th, 1914 (May 08 1914) | Event | Paramount Pictures is formed. | |
May 8th, 1914 (May 08 1914) | Birth | Romain Gary, Polish writer (died in 1980) | Romain Gary Quotes |
May 8th, 1913 (May 08 1913) | Birth | Bob Clampett, American animator (died in 1984) | |
May 8th, 1911 (May 08 1911) | Birth | Robert Johnson, American blues musician (died in 1938) | |
May 8th, 1910 (May 08 1910) | Birth | Andrew E. Svenson, American children s book author and publisher (died in 1975) | |
May 8th, 1906 (May 08 1906) | Birth | Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (died in 1977) | |
May 8th, 1905 (May 08 1905) | Birth | Red Nichols, American musician (died in 1965) | |
May 8th, 1904 (May 08 1904) | Birth | John Snagge, British radio personality (died in 1996) | |
May 8th, 1903 (May 08 1903) | Birth | Fernandel, French actor (died in 1971) | |
May 8th, 1903 (May 08 1903) | Death | Paul Gauguin, French painter (born in 1848) | Paul Gauguin Quotes |
May 8th, 1902 (May 08 1902) | Event | In Martinique, Mount Pelee erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast. | |
May 8th, 1902 (May 08 1902) | Birth | Andre Michael Lwoff, Nobel laureate (died in 1994) | |
May 8th, 1901 (May 08 1901) | Birth | Turkey Stearnes, baseball player (died in 1979) | |
May 8th, 1899 (May 08 1899) | Event | The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens. | |
May 8th, 1899 (May 08 1899) | Birth | Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (died in 1959) | |
May 8th, 1899 (May 08 1899) | Birth | Friedrich Hayek, Nobel laureate (died in 1992) | Friedrich Hayek Quotes |
May 8th, 1898 (May 08 1898) | Event | The first games of the Italian Football League are played. | |
May 8th, 1895 (May 08 1895) | Birth | James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (died in 1962) | Ric Berger Quotes |
May 8th, 1895 (May 08 1895) | Birth | Fulton J. Sheen, American bishop (died in 1979) | |
May 8th, 1895 (May 08 1895) | Birth | Edmund Wilson, American writer (died in 1972) | Edmund Wilson Quotes |
May 8th, 1893 (May 08 1893) | Birth | Edd Roush, baseball player (died in 1988) | |
May 8th, 1893 (May 08 1893) | Birth | Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (died in 1963) | |
May 8th, 1891 (May 08 1891) | Death | Helena Blavatsky, Russian-born author (born in 1831) | |
May 8th, 1886 (May 08 1886) | Event | Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would later be named "Coca-Cola". | |
May 8th, 1884 (May 08 1884) | Birth | Harry S Truman, President of the United States (died in 1972) | |
May 8th, 1880 (May 08 1880) | Death | Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (born in 1821) | Gustave Flaubert Quotes |
May 8th, 1877 (May 08 1877) | Event | At Gilmore s Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens (ends May 11). | |
May 8th, 1873 (May 08 1873) | Death | John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (born in 1806) | John Stuart Mill Quotes |
May 8th, 1861 (May 08 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America. | |
May 8th, 1859 (May 08 1859) | Birth | Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (died in 1925) | |
May 8th, 1858 (May 08 1858) | Birth | John Meade Falkner, English novelist (died in 1932) | |
May 8th, 1853 (May 08 1853) | Birth | Dan Brouthers, baseball player (died in 1932) | |
May 8th, 1853 (May 08 1853) | Death | Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (born in 1785) | |
May 8th, 1850 (May 08 1850) | Birth | Ross Barnes, baseball player (died in 1915) | |
May 8th, 1847 (May 08 1847) | Birth | Oscar Hammerstein I, American theater producer and impresario (died in 1919) | |
May 8th, 1846 (May 08 1846) | Event | Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto - Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. | Zachary Taylor Quotes |
May 8th, 1842 (May 08 1842) | Birth | Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist (died in 1909) | |
May 8th, 1842 (May 08 1842) | Death | Jules Dumont d Urville, French explorer (born in 1790) | |
May 8th, 1839 (May 08 1839) | Birth | Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadian lyricist (O Canada) (died in 1920) | |
May 8th, 1837 (May 08 1837) | Death | Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (born in 1770) | |
May 8th, 1829 (May 08 1829) | Birth | Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician (died in 1869) | |
May 8th, 1828 (May 08 1828) | Birth | Jean Henri Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross; Nobel laureate (died in 1910) | |
May 8th, 1828 (May 08 1828) | Birth | Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (died in 1898) | |
May 8th, 1828 (May 08 1828) | Death | Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (born in 1781) | |
May 8th, 1825 (May 08 1825) | Birth | George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (died in 1898) | |
May 8th, 1821 (May 08 1821) | Event | Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia. | |
May 8th, 1821 (May 08 1821) | Birth | William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (died in 1885) | |
May 8th, 1819 (May 08 1819) | Death | Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii | |
May 8th, 1794 (May 08 1794) | Event | Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme Generale, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on one day in Paris. | |
May 8th, 1794 (May 08 1794) | Death | Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (born in 1743) | |
May 8th, 1788 (May 08 1788) | Death | Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (born in 1723) | |
May 8th, 1786 (May 08 1786) | Birth | Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest (died in 1859) | |
May 8th, 1785 (May 08 1785) | Death | Etienne Francois, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (born in 1719) | |
May 8th, 1785 (May 08 1785) | Death | Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (born in 1701) | |
May 8th, 1781 (May 08 1781) | Death | Richard Jago, English poet (born in 1715) | |
May 8th, 1773 (May 08 1773) | Death | Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (born in 1728) | Kabir Quotes |
May 8th, 1766 (May 08 1766) | Death | Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (born in 1693) | |
May 8th, 1753 (May 08 1753) | Birth | Miguel Hidalgo Mexican revolutionary (died in 1811) | |
May 8th, 1738 (May 08 1738) | Birth | Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (died in 1809) | |
May 8th, 1735 (May 08 1735) | Birth | Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (died in 1811) | |
May 8th, 1672 (May 08 1672) | Death | Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Treville and French Officer (born in 1598) | |
May 8th, 1670 (May 08 1670) | Birth | Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (died in 1726) | |
May 8th, 1668 (May 08 1668) | Birth | Alain-Rene Lesage, French writer (died in 1747) | Alain-Rene Lesage Quotes |
May 8th, 1653 (May 08 1653) | Birth | Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (died in 1734) | |
May 8th, 1632 (May 08 1632) | Birth | Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (died in 1706) | |
May 8th, 1629 (May 08 1629) | Birth | Niels Juel, Danish admiral (died in 1697) | |
May 8th, 1622 (May 08 1622) | Birth | Claes Ralamb, Swedish statesman (died in 1698) | |
May 8th, 1587 (May 08 1587) | Birth | Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (died in 1637) | |
May 8th, 1541 (May 08 1541) | Event | Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Rio de Espiritu Santo. | |
May 8th, 1538 (May 08 1538) | Death | Edward Fox, English bishop | |
May 8th, 1521 (May 08 1521) | Birth | Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (died in 1597) | |
May 8th, 1473 (May 08 1473) | Death | John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (born in 1420) | |
May 8th, 1460 (May 08 1460) | Birth | Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died in 1536) | |
May 8th, 1450 (May 08 1450) | Event | Jack Cade s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI. | |
May 8th, 1326 (May 08 1326) | Birth | Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (died in 1360) | |
May 8th, 1319 (May 08 1319) | Death | King Haakon V of Norway (born in 1270) | |
May 8th, 1278 (May 08 1278) | Death | Emperor Duanzong of China (born in 1268) | |
May 8th, 1192 (May 08 1192) | Death | Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (born in 1163) | |
May 8th, 0589 (May 08 0589) | Event | Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo | |