Page 4: Historical Events In May - 08

1876  On May - 08 truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies   

1877  On May - 08 the first Westminster Dog Show held   

1877  1st Westminster Dog Show held on this day in history.   

1878  1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines on May - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1881  Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch on this day in history.   

1882  David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat   

1884  On this day in history harry S Truman, later to become the 33rd president of the United States, is born near Lamar, MO   

1884  On this day in history the birth of Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President   

1884  On this day in history harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)   

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  Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65 on May - 08.   

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  Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine) on this day in history.   

1886  Jef van Hoof, composer on this day in history.   

1887  On May - 08 alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar   

1891  On May - 08 chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+   

1891  On May - 08 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 this day in history.   

1896  On May - 08 yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire   

1897  On this day in history 22nd Preakness: T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼   

1898  On May - 08 the first games of the Italian Football League are played.   

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  On May - 08 250 grave robbers shot to death   

1900  On this day in history galveston TX, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die   

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1326  On this day in history birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  On May - 08 birth of frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)   

1492  Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer was born on May - 08.   

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on May - 08.   

1527  Johann Walter, composer was born on May - 08.   

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on May - 08.   

1592  On this day in history birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)   

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on May - 08.   

0535  John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies on May - 08.   

0685  On this day in history benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies   

1192  On May - 08 death of duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)   

1278  Death of Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) on May - 08.   

1319  On May - 08 haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies   

1473  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on May - 08.   

1538  Death of Edward Fox, English bishop on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies