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

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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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)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

413
Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, who are plundered by the Visigoths.
589
Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo.
Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.
the Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
The Hard Hat riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
First ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
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 ?

Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706)
Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest (d. 1859)
Dan Brouthers, baseball player (d. 1932)
Toni Tennille, American singer
Jonathan Dancy, British philosopher
Lovie Smith, American professional football coach
Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer
Panayiotis Kafkis, Greek basketball player
Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player

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