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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, 1998 (May 08 1998) | Death | Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (born in 1912) | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1958 (May 08 1958) | Birth | Lovie Smith, American football coach | |
| 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, 1928 (May 08 1928) | Birth | Theodore Sorenson, American writer | |
| May 8th, 1898 (May 08 1898) | Event | The first games of the Italian Football League are played. | |
| May 8th, 1858 (May 08 1858) | Birth | John Meade Falkner, English novelist (died in 1932) | |
| 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, 1788 (May 08 1788) | Death | Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (born in 1723) | |
| May 8th, 1738 (May 08 1738) | Birth | Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (died in 1809) | |
| May 8th, 1668 (May 08 1668) | Birth | Alain-Rene Lesage, French writer (died in 1747) | Alain-Rene Lesage Quotes |
| May 8th, 1538 (May 08 1538) | Death | Edward Fox, English bishop | |
| May 8th, 1278 (May 08 1278) | Death | Emperor Duanzong of China (born in 1268) | |
