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Historical Events In May - 08

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

1942  On this day in history german summer offensive opens in Crimea  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On this day in history hMS OLYMPUS, sunk off Malta Grand Harbour - German E-boat-laid mines. On passage with personnel from Malta to Gibraltar, including many of the crews of bombed submarines P.36 and P.39; few survivors  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On May - 08 admiral Cunningham of British fleet orders "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On May - 08 admiral Cunningham of British fleet orders: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On May - 08 the first eye bank is established in New York City  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On May - 08 u-575 sinks Asphodel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Canadian troops move into Amsterdam on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On this day in history general Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov near Berlin  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  In Berlin, the unconditional surrender is ratified, marking an end to twelve and a half years of the Nazi Third Reich on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  Victory In Europe Day (VE Day) declared on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  The birth of Candice Bergen, American actress on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  On May - 08 red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On May - 08 a movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On this day in history bradman scores 146 Australia vs Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On this day in history bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On May - 08 alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On this day in history west German constitution approved  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  On this day in history american General MacArthur becomes comander of the UN forces in Korea  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1950  On May - 08 franklin Dyall, dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  Dacron men's suits introduced and we live to regret it on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  On May - 08 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  On May - 08 dacron men's suits introduced  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  On May - 08 margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1952  Mad Magazine debuts Great Magazine sure wish I still had the first issue, but mon garbaged it on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1957  On May - 08 johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On this day in history president Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered on this day in history.  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  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.  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  On May - 08 birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1527  On May - 08 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 this day in history.  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  On this day in history birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 08

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0535  On May - 08 john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1192  On May - 08 death of duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)  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 this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1473  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1538  Death of Edward Fox, English bishop on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1577  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies on May - 08.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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