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Historical Events In May - 08

Friday, 29 March 2024

1876  Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1877  On May - 08 the first Westminster Dog Show held  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1877  On this day in history 1st Westminster Dog Show held  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1878  On this day in history 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  On this day in history george Selden files for first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1879  George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1881  Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1882  On this day in history david Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1882  Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  Harry S Truman, later to become the 33rd president of the United States, is born near Lamar, MO on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  The birth of Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1884  On May - 08 harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1885  Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-meter jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, England on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1885  Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1885  On May - 08 pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1886  Atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine) on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1886  On May - 08 atlanta pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invents the flavored syrup for Coca-Cola®  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1886  Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1886  Jef van Hoof, composer on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1887  On this day in history alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1891  Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+ on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1891  Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1892  Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1893  Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1894  Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  On May - 08 china cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1895  Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore) on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1896  Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1897  22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼ on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1898  The first games of the Italian Football League are played on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  On this day in history the Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1899  On May - 08 jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  On May - 08 250 grave robbers shot to death  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1900  On this day in history galveston TX, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 08

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1326  On this day in history birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1460  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1492  On May - 08 birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1527  On this day in history birth of johann Walter, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On this day in history john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0685  On May - 08 benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1278  Death of Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1319  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1473  On this day in history death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  On May - 08 death of edward Fox, English bishop  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1577  On this day in history viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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