Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In May - 08
Friday, 18 July 2025
1876 On this day in history truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies 
1877 The first Westminster Dog Show held on this day in history.
1877 1st Westminster Dog Show held on May - 08.
1878 On this day in history 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1879 On May - 08 george Selden files for first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1879 On this day in history george Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch on May - 08.
1882 On May - 08 david Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
1882 Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat on May - 08.
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 May - 08.
1884 Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953) on May - 08.
1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-meter jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, England on May - 08.
1885 On May - 08 sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
1885 On this day in history pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
1886 On May - 08 atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine)
1886 Atlanta pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invents the flavored syrup for Coca-Cola® on this day in history.
1886 Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine) on this day in history.
1886 On this day in history jef van Hoof, composer
1887 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar on May - 08.
1891 On this day in history chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
1891 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on May - 08.
1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show) on this day in history.
1893 Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913) on May - 08.
1894 Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki on this day in history.
1895 On May - 08 edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire on May - 08.
1897 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼ on this day in history.
1898 The first games of the Italian Football League are played on May - 08.
1899 The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens on this day in history.
1899 Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter on this day in history.
1900 On this day in history 250 grave robbers shot to death
1900 Galveston TX, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die on May - 08.
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