Page 5: Historical Events In May - 08

1901  In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Phila 12-4 on May - 08.   

1902  Mount Pelée erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 on May - 08.   

1902  On this day in history the volcano Mount Pelee, in the Caribbean, erupts, killing 30,000 people   

1902  Mt Pelee erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000 on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history andre Michel Lwoff, physiologist   

1903  On this day in history fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday)   

1903  On this day in history eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies   

1904  John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator on this day in history.   

1904  On May - 08 eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies   

1905  Inglis Gundry, composer on May - 08.   

1906  Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs on May - 08.   

1906  David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne) on May - 08.   

1907  Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title on May - 08.   

1907  Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0 on this day in history.   

1908  Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny) on this day in history.   

1909  Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6) on this day in history.   

1909  On May - 08 friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies   

1910  On May - 08 mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite)   

1911  Iceland gives the vote to women on May - 08.   

1911  Navy ordered its first airplane, Curtiss A-1, Birthday of Naval Aviation on this day in history.   

1911  Robert Johnson, blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer) on this day in history.   

1912  George Woodcock, author on May - 08.   

1913  Sidney James, [Cohen], Johannesburg, actor (Carry On) on this day in history.   

1914  On May - 08 paramount Pictures is formed.   

1914  Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords) on this day in history.   

1915  Australian 2nd Brigade and New Zealand Brigade in Battle of Krithia on May - 08.   

1915  Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett's account of the Gallipoli landing published in Australia on May - 08.   

1915  41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4 on May - 08.   

1915  On this day in history john Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)   

1915  On this day in history henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82   

1916  German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes on this day in history.   

1916  Gordon Scarrott, engineer on May - 08.   

1919  On this day in history appingedam soccer team forms   

1919  On May - 08 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane   

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

1521  On May - 08 birth of peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint   

1527  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)   

0535  On May - 08 john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies   

0685  On this day in history benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies   

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  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on this day in history.   

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