May 8th, 2525

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What happened on May 8th?

May 8th, 1984

The Soviet Union announced the boycott of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, citing security concerns.

May 8th, 1976

Great American Revolution opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California.

May 8th, 1373

Julian of Norwich experienced religious visions, later recorded in Revelations of Divine Love, the earliest surviving English-language work attributed to a woman.

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, 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

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

Birthdays and future age on May 8th, 2525

562

Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

573

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

537

Carola Rackete

German merchant navy captain

*May 8th, 1988, Preetz

544

Jan Eichhorn

German luger

*May 8th, 1981, Sonneberg

599

David Attenborough

British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

*May 8th, 1926, Isleworth

539

Nguyễn Hoàng Hải

Badminton player

*May 8th, 1986, Bắc Giang

523

Lanny Tria Mayasari

Badminton player

*May 8th, 2002, Sleman

553

Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Danish film producer

*May 8th, 1972, Copenhagen

555

Naomi Klein

Canadian author and activist

*May 8th, 1970, Montreal

562

Michel Gondry

French film director, screenwriter and producer

*May 8th, 1963, Versailles

561

Melissa Gilbert

American actress

*May 8th, 1964, Los Angeles

536

Nora Arnezeder

French actress and singer

*May 8th, 1989, Paris

550

Enrique Iglesias

Spanish singer, songwriter and producer

*May 8th, 1975, Madrid

579

Ruth Padel

British poet and author

*May 8th, 1946, Wimpole Street

575

Tatjana Ždanoka

Latvian mathematician and politician

*May 8th, 1950, Riga

585

Toni Tennille

American singer

*May 8th, 1940, Montgomery

541

David King

British pair skater

*May 8th, 1984, Carlisle

571

John Michael Talbot

American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter

*May 8th, 1954, Oklahoma City

526

Alana Castrique

Belgian sport cyclist

*May 8th, 1999, Roeselare

549

Giuseppe Zeno

Italian actor

*May 8th, 1976, Cercola

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Victory in Europe Day, and its related observances) which are celebrated on May 8th.

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