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)

1450
Jack Cade’s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
1541
Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo.
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 Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Japanese Imperial Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Rheims, France, to an unconditional surrender.
South Vietnamese soldiers of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine.
Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
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 ?

Edd Roush, American baseball player (d. 1988)
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)
Robert Johnson, American blues musician (d. 1938)
Julieta Campos, Cuban-born Mexican writer (d. 2007)
Toni Tennille, American singer
Jonathan Dancy, British philosopher
H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, Nobel laureate
Bill Cowher, American professional football coach
Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player

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