May 8th, 2159

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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.

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".

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

Birthdays and future age on May 8th, 2159

207

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

196

Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

171

Carola Rackete

German merchant navy captain

*May 8th, 1988, Preetz

178

Jan Eichhorn

German luger

*May 8th, 1981, Sonneberg

233

David Attenborough

British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

*May 8th, 1926, Isleworth

173

Nguyễn Hoàng Hải

Badminton player

*May 8th, 1986, Bắc Giang

157

Lanny Tria Mayasari

Badminton player

*May 8th, 2002, Sleman

187

Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Danish film producer

*May 8th, 1972, Copenhagen

196

Michel Gondry

French film director, screenwriter and producer

*May 8th, 1963, Versailles

189

Naomi Klein

Canadian author and activist

*May 8th, 1970, Montreal

213

Ruth Padel

British poet and author

*May 8th, 1946, Wimpole Street

195

Melissa Gilbert

American actress

*May 8th, 1964, Los Angeles

170

Nora Arnezeder

French actress and singer

*May 8th, 1989, Paris

184

Enrique Iglesias

Spanish singer

*May 8th, 1975, Madrid

219

Toni Tennille

American singer

*May 8th, 1940, Montgomery

175

David King

British pair skater

*May 8th, 1984, Carlisle

183

Giuseppe Zeno

Italian actor

*May 8th, 1976, Cercola

178

Andrea Barzagli

Italian association football player

*May 8th, 1981, Fiesole

198

Bill de Blasio

109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022

*May 8th, 1961, Manhattan

222

Thomas Pynchon

American novelist (born 1937)

*May 8th, 1937, Glen Cove

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