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Historical Events Happened In May - 08
Monday, 26 September 2016
1876 Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on this day in history. 
1877 On this day in history the first Westminster Dog Show held
1877 On May - 08 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1878 On this day in history 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1879 George Selden files for first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile on May - 08.
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 this day in history david Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
1882 On this day in history philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat
1884 Harry S Truman, later to become the 33rd president of the United States, is born near Lamar, MO on this day in history.
1884 On May - 08 the birth of Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President
1884 On May - 08 harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)
1885 On this day in history sarah Ann Henley survives 76-meter jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, England
1885 On this day in history sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
1885 On May - 08 pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
1886 Atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine) on this day in history.
1886 On May - 08 atlanta pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invents the flavored syrup for Coca-Cola®
1886 On this day in history jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
1886 On May - 08 jef van Hoof, composer
1887 On this day in history alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
1891 Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+ on May - 08.
1891 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on this day in history.
1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show) on May - 08.
1893 On this day in history francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
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 Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore) on this day in history.
1896 On May - 08 yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1897 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼ on May - 08.
1898 On May - 08 the first games of the Italian Football League are played.
1899 On May - 08 the Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.
1899 Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter on May - 08.
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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