Page 9: Historical Events In May - 08

1980  On this day in history world Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated   

1981  Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident   

1984  On May - 08 france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

1984  Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed on May - 08.   

1984  On this day in history the USSR and Warsaw Pact countries announce they will boycott the Los Angeles Olympics   

1984  USSR announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 08 20th Academy of Country Music Awards Alabama & Judds win   

1985  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 08 dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74   

1985  20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)   

1987  On May - 08 pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off   

1988  François Mitterrand elected President of France on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 08 mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC   

1988  On May - 08 robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80   

1989  Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey" on May - 08.   

1989  On this day in history uS space shuttle STS-30 lands   

1990  Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies on May - 08.   

1991  CIA director William H Webster resigns on May - 08.   

1991  Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84 on May - 08.   

1992  On May - 08 addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80   

1993  On this day in history 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride   

1993  Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 08.   

1993  Kees Deenik, singer/conductor on May - 08.   

1994  500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes on this day in history.   

1994  Ernesto Pérez Balladares elected President of Panama on May - 08.   

1994  On this day in history josé Maria Figueres becomes President of Costa Rica   

1994  On this day in history president Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people   

1994  On this day in history cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88   

1995  Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1996  On May - 08 south Africa's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution   

1997  Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village on May - 08.   

2007  Devolved government is restored to Northern Ireland, with Ian Paisley as First Minister and Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister on May - 08.   

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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  On this day in history birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer   

1521  On this day in history birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint   

1527  On May - 08 birth of johann Walter, composer   

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

1592  Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems) was born on May - 08.   

1622  On May - 08 birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)   

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  On this day in history death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)   

1319  Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies on May - 08.   

1473  On this day in history death of john Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)   

1538  On this day in history death of edward Fox, English bishop   

1577  Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies on this day in history.