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 French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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

Historical Event(s)

589
Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo.
Paramount Pictures is founded.
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.
The German Luftwaffe launch a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby
End of the Prague uprising, today celebrated as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
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.
Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
Thames Barrier officially opened.
A fire at Illinois Bell‘s Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered the 'worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history’and still the worst to occur on Mother’s Day.

Who were born on ?

1521
Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (d. 1597)
William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1885)
Jean Henri Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross; Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
Mary Lou Williams, American singer (d. 1981)
Bob Clampett, American animator (d. 1984)
Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania
Robin Jarvis, British writer
Jon Tickle, English entertainer
Panayiotis Kafkis, Greek basketball player
Marvell Wynne, American footballer

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