About May 8

May 8, 2025 is the 128th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 237 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 285 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On May 8

  • 589 –
    Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo.
  • 1450 –
    Jack Cade’s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
  • 1788 –
    The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts.
  • 1821 –
    Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia.
  • 1861 –
    American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.
  • 1877 –
    At Gilmore’s Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
  • 1902 –
    In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
  • 1912 –
    Paramount Pictures is founded.
  • 1924 –
    the Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
  • 1941 –
    The German Luftwaffe launch a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
  • 1945 –
    World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Rheims, France, to an unconditional surrender.
  • 1946 –
    Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
  • 1967 –
    The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
  • 1972 –
    Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
  • 1980 –
    The eradication of smallpox is endorsed by the World Health Organization.
  • 1984 –
    Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
  • 1984 –
    The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
  • 1987 –
    The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
  • 1988 –
    A fire at Illinois Bell‘s Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered the 'worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history’and still the worst to occur on Mother’s Day.
  • 1997 –
    A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.

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