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Wednesday, 29 October 2025
1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea on this day in history. 
1942 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 on this day in history.
1942 On May - 08 aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
1943 Admiral Cunningham of British fleet orders "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass" on this day in history.
1943 On this day in history 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
1943 On this day in history mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
1943 Admiral Cunningham of British fleet orders: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass" on this day in history.
1944 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death on May - 08.
1944 On this day in history the first eye bank is established in New York City
1944 U-575 sinks Asphodel on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history canadian troops move into Amsterdam
1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet on May - 08.
1945 On May - 08 general Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov near Berlin
1945 In Berlin, the unconditional surrender is ratified, marking an end to twelve and a half years of the Nazi Third Reich on this day in history.
1945 Victory In Europe Day (VE Day) declared on this day in history.
1946 The birth of Candice Bergen, American actress on this day in history.
1946 On this day in history red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon on May - 08.
1948 On May - 08 bradman scores 146 Australia vs Surrey, 174 minutes, 15 fours
1948 Bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours on May - 08.
1948 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81 on May - 08.
1949 On May - 08 west German constitution approved
1950 American General MacArthur becomes comander of the UN forces in Korea on this day in history.
1950 On this day in history chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
1950 Franklin Dyall, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1951 On May - 08 dacron men's suits introduced and we live to regret it
1951 On May - 08 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1951 On May - 08 dacron men's suits introduced
1951 Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40 on May - 08.
1952 On May - 08 mad Magazine debuts Great Magazine sure wish I still had the first issue, but mon garbaged it
1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1958 On May - 08 president Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
1958 On May - 08 vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
1958 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered on this day in history.
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