Hisdates•ComPage 4: Historical Events In May - 08
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1876 Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies on this day in history. 
1877 The first Westminster Dog Show held on this day in history.
1877 On May - 08 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1878 On May - 08 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 David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1882 Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat on May - 08.
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 Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953) on this day in history.
1885 On May - 08 sarah Ann Henley survives 76-meter jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, England
1885 On this day in history sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
1885 On May - 08 pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
1886 Atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine) on May - 08.
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 May - 08.
1886 Jef van Hoof, composer on May - 08.
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 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on this day in history.
1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show) on May - 08.
1893 On May - 08 francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
1894 Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1895 On May - 08 china cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1895 Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore) on May - 08.
1896 On May - 08 yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
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 May - 08.
1899 Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter on May - 08.
1900 250 grave robbers shot to death on this day in history.
1900 On this day in history galveston TX, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
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