Historical Events In May - 08
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1876 Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on May - 08.
1877 The first Westminster Dog Show held on this day in history.
1877 On this day in history 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines on May - 08.
1879 On May - 08 george Selden files for first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1879 George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile on this day in history.
1881 On May - 08 henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
1882 On May - 08 david Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
1882 Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat on this day in history.
1884 Harry S Truman, later to become the 33rd president of the United States, is born near Lamar, MO on May - 08.
1884 The birth of Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President on this day in history.
1884 On May - 08 harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)
1885 On May - 08 sarah Ann Henley survives 76-meter jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, England
1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl on May - 08.
1885 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on May - 08.
1886 Atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine) on May - 08.
1886 Atlanta pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invents the flavored syrup for Coca-Cola® on May - 08.
1886 On this day in history jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
1886 On this day in history jef van Hoof, composer
1887 On this day in history alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
1891 On this day in history chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
1891 On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show) on May - 08.
1893 Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913) on this day in history.
1894 Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1895 On this day in history china cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1895 On this day in history edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire on May - 08.
1897 On May - 08 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼
1898 The first games of the Italian Football League are played on May - 08.
1899 The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens on May - 08.
1899 Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter on this day in history.
1900 250 grave robbers shot to death on this day in history.
1900 Galveston TX, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die on May - 08.
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