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| 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, 1995 (May 08 1995) | Death | Teresa Teng, Asian superstar (born in 1953) | |
| 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, 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, 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, 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, 1925 (May 08 1925) | Birth | Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania | |
| 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, 1905 (May 08 1905) | Birth | Red Nichols, American musician (died in 1965) | |
| 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, 1825 (May 08 1825) | Birth | George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (died in 1898) | |
| 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, 1735 (May 08 1735) | Birth | Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (died in 1811) | |
