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Historical Events For May - 08
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
1876 Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on May - 08. 
1877 The first Westminster Dog Show held on May - 08.
1877 1st Westminster Dog Show held on May - 08.
1878 On May - 08 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1879 George Selden files for first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile on this day in history.
1879 George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile on May - 08.
1881 On this day in history henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
1882 David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1882 On May - 08 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 May - 08.
1884 On May - 08 the birth of Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President
1884 Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953) on this day in history.
1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-meter jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, England on May - 08.
1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl on this day in history.
1885 On May - 08 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 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 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 Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+ on May - 08.
1891 On this day in history helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
1892 On May - 08 ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
1893 On May - 08 francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
1894 On May - 08 klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79
1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki on May - 08.
1895 Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore) on May - 08.
1896 On this day in history yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1897 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼ on May - 08.
1898 The first games of the Italian Football League are played on this day in history.
1899 The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens on this day in history.
1899 On May - 08 jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter
1900 250 grave robbers shot to death on this day in history.
1900 Galveston TX, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die on this day in history.
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