Historical Events In May - 08

1876  On this day in history truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies   

1877  The first Westminster Dog Show held on May - 08.   

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

1878  1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines on this day in history.   

1879  On May - 08 george Selden files for first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile   

1879  George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile on this day in history.   

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 May - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1884  The birth of Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President on May - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

1885  Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65   

1886  Atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine) on this day in history.   

1886  Atlanta pharmacist John Stith Pemberton invents the flavored syrup for Coca-Cola® on this day in history.   

1886  On May - 08 jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)   

1886  On this day in history jef van Hoof, composer   

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

1891  On this day in history chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+   

1891  Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies on May - 08.   

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  On May - 08 klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79   

1895  On May - 08 china cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki   

1895  On May - 08 edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)   

1896  Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire on May - 08.   

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

1898  On this day in history the first games of the Italian Football League are played.   

1899  The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens on May - 08.   

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  On May - 08 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  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on May - 08.   

1492  On May - 08 birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer   

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

1527  On May - 08 birth of johann Walter, composer   

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On May - 08 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 this day in history.   

0685  Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies on May - 08.   

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on this day in history.   

1278  Death of Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) on this day in history.   

1319  On this day in history 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