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May 8: Day of the Week
May 8, 2024 is the 129th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 237 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.
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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.
May 8 Historical Event(s)
1541
Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo.
1794
Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme Générale, is tried, convicted, and guillotined all on the same day in Paris.
1821
Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia.
1899
The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.
1902
In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
1919
Edward George Honey first proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate The Armistice of World War I, which later results in the creation of Remembrance Day. In the United States it was called Armistice Day and is now Veterans Day.
1942
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.
1945
World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Rheims, France, to an unconditional surrender.
1946
Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
1984
The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Who were born on May 8?
1670
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726)
1738
Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809)
1940
Emilio Delgado, American actor
1944
Gary Glitter, English singer
1963
Izabela Kloc, Polish politician
1963
Michel Gondry, French director and screenwriter
1976
Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter
1978
Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer
1983
Juan Martin Goity, Argentine-born German rugby player
1983
Roberto Vitiello, Italian footballer
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