May 8th, 1988

Born on May 8th, 1988

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What happened on May 8th, 1988?

May 8th, 1988

A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Bell

What else happened on May 8th?

May 8th, 1987

A British Special Air Service unit ambushed a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit in Loughgall, Northern Ireland, killing eight IRA members and one civilian.

May 8th, 1970

Construction workers attacked students and others who were protesting the Vietnam War in New York City.

May 8th, 1963

In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers opened fire into a crowd of Buddhists protesting against a government ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Phật Đản, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.

May 8th, 1957

South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.

May 8th, 1950

The Tollund Man (pictured), a naturally mummified corpse, was discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark.

May 8th, 1945

A parade in Sétif, French Algeria, celebrating the end of World War II in Europe became a riot and was followed by reprisals, carried out by colonial authorities over the following weeks, that killed thousands.

May 8th, 1942

World War II: The Axis launched a major counteroffensive, turning the tide of the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula.

May 8th, 1927

French aviators Charles Nungesser and François Coli aboard the biplane L'Oiseau Blanc took off from Paris, attempting to make the first non-stop flight to New York, only to disappear before arrival.

May 8th, 1924

Lithuania signed the Klaipėda Convention, making the Klaipėda Region (taken from East Prussia) into an autonomous region under Lithuanian rule.

May 8th, 1842

A train derailed and caught fire near Versailles, France, killing at least 52 people.

May 8th, 1821

Greek War of Independence: At the Battle of Gravia Inn, a 120-man Greek force led by Odysseas Androutsos repulsed an Ottoman army of 8,000 soldiers.

May 8th, 1643

First English Civil War: The first siege of Wardour Castle ended after six days with the surrender of the Royalist garrison under Lady Blanche Arundell (pictured).

May 8th, 2021

A car bomb explodes in front of a school in Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan killing at least 55 people and wounding over 150.

May 8th, 2019

British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 8th

Born on May 8th, 1988

35

Carola Rackete

German merchant navy captain

*May 8th, 1988, Preetz

35

Lizzy Plapinger

British musician, music executive

*May 8th, 1988, London

35

Admir Adrović

Montenegrin association football player

*May 8th, 1988, Berane

35

Tanel Kurbas

Estonian basketball player

*May 8th, 1988, Tallinn

25

Maicon Pereira de Oliveira

Brazilian footballer (1988-2014)

*May 8th, 1988, Rio de Janeiro †February 8th, 2014, Donetsk

35

Trisha Paytas

American YouTuber

*May 8th, 1988, Riverside

35

Peter Moyo

Zimbabwean footballer

*May 8th, 1988, Bulawayo

35

Gabriel Méndez

Argentine footballer

*May 8th, 1988, Paso de los Libres

35

D. J. Jones

American football player

*May 8th, 1988, Kansas City

35

Dimas Beck

Indonesian singer and actor

*May 8th, 1988, Jakarta

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Who's birthday is on May 8th?

37

Nguyễn Hoàng Hải

Badminton player

*May 8th, 1986, Bắc Giang

34

Nora Arnezeder

French actress and singer

*May 8th, 1989, Paris

42

Jan Eichhorn

German luger

*May 8th, 1981, Sonneberg

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

60

Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

21

Lanny Tria Mayasari

Badminton player

*May 8th, 2002, Sleman

39

David King

British pair skater

*May 8th, 1984, Carlisle

51

Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Danish film producer

*May 8th, 1972, Copenhagen

34

Benoît Paire

French tennis player

*May 8th, 1989, Avignon

53

Naomi Klein

Canadian author and activist

*May 8th, 1970, Montreal

36

Mark Noble

English association football player (born 1987)

*May 8th, 1987, Canning Town

48

Enrique Iglesias

Spanish singer

*May 8th, 1975, Madrid

60

Michel Gondry

French film director, screenwriter and producer

*May 8th, 1963, Versailles

59

Melissa Gilbert

American actress

*May 8th, 1964, Los Angeles

97

David Attenborough

British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

*May 8th, 1926, Isleworth

92

Sofía Ímber

Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist

*May 8th, 1924, Soroca †February 20th, 2017, Caracas

33

Kristian Sbaragli

Italian cyclist

*May 8th, 1990, Empoli

38

J Balvin

Colombian singer

*May 7th, 1985, Santa Pola

42

Andrea Barzagli

Italian association football player

*May 8th, 1981, Fiesole

47

Giuseppe Zeno

Italian actor

*May 8th, 1976, Cercola

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Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Yes: 1988 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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