Historical Events In May - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1980 On this day in history world Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
1981 On this day in history margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies
1982 On May - 08 gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on this day in history.
1984 On May - 08 thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
1984 On this day in history the USSR and Warsaw Pact countries announce they will boycott the Los Angeles Olympics
1984 On May - 08 uSSR announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics
1985 On May - 08 20th Academy of Country Music Awards Alabama & Judds win
1985 On May - 08 france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1985 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74 on May - 08.
1985 On May - 08 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
1987 On this day in history gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
1987 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history françois Mitterrand elected President of France
1988 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC on May - 08.
1988 On May - 08 robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
1989 On May - 08 paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
1989 US space shuttle STS-30 lands on May - 08.
1990 On May - 08 tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
1991 On this day in history cIA director William H Webster resigns
1991 Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84 on May - 08.
1992 Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80 on this day in history.
1993 On May - 08 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
1993 On May - 08 lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 Kees Deenik, singer/conductor on May - 08.
1994 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes on May - 08.
1994 Ernesto Pérez Balladares elected President of Panama on May - 08.
1994 José Maria Figueres becomes President of Costa Rica on May - 08.
1994 President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people on May - 08.
1994 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1995 Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history south Africa's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
1997 Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village on this day in history.
2007 On May - 08 devolved government is restored to Northern Ireland, with Ian Paisley as First Minister and Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister.
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