Thursday May 8, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from β€œThe Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac 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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • week ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1450
Jack Cade’s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
At Gilmore’s Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.
The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.
World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Rheims, France, to an unconditional surrender.
The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
First ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.

Who were born on ?

1326
Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)
Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)
Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (d. 1898)
Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915)
Fernandel, French actor (d. 1971)
Andrew E. Svenson, American children’s book author and publisher (d. 1975)
Milton Meltzer, American writer (d. 2009)
Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (d. 2007)
Matthew Davis, American actor
Felix Jones, American football player

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