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Events from History on May 08

1360 : Treaty of Br‚tigny signed by English & French
1429 : French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orl‚ans
1450 : Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
1521 : Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther
1541 : Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
1624 : Hung king Bethlen G bor & emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
1639 : William Coddington founds Newport RI
1660 : English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
1721 : Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
1741 : France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg
1784 : Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
1792 : British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
1792 : US establishes military draft
1794 : US Post Office established
1823 : "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1834 : Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle
1834 : Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
1840 : Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
1842 : Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
1846 : 1st major battle of M‚xican War fought at Palo Alto Texas
1847 : Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
1858 : John Brown holds antislavery convention
1861 : Richmond Va, is named the capital of the Confederacy
1862 : Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
1863 : Confederaci¢n Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
1864 : Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 : Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton
1864 : Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
1866 : Australian Rules Football is created
1871 : English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
1877 : 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1878 : 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1879 : George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1881 : Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
1882 : David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in NYC
1885 : Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
1886 : Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
1895 : China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1896 : Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1900 : 250 grave robbers shot to death
1900 : Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
1900 : John McGraw & Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals
1901 : In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Phila 12-4
1902 : Mt Pel‚e erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
1906 : Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
1907 : Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0
1907 : Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1916 : German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
1919 : 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
1919 : Appingedam soccer team forms
1921 : Sweden abolished capital punishment
1923 : Hobbs scores his 100th 100, 116* v Somerset at Bath
1924 : Arthur Honegger's "Pacifica 231," premieres
1924 : Memel territories given to Lithuania
1924 : Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
1925 : French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
1926 : 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
1926 : A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1926 : Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
1929 : Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1929 : NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
1931 : Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London
1935 : Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
1936 : Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead
1936 : after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1938 : Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, DC
1941 : German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
1942 : $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
1942 : Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
1942 : German summer offensive opens in Crimea
1943 : Adm Cunningham of Brit fleet: "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
1944 : 1st eye bank opens (NYC)
1944 : 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
1944 : U-575 sinks Asphodel
1945 : Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
1945 : Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
1945 : Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
1945 : V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
1947 : A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie
1947 : Robinson & the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon
1948 : Bradman scores 146 Aust v Surrey, 174 mins, 15 fours
1949 : West German constitution approved
1950 : Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
1951 : Dacron men's suits introduced
1951 : US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1952 : "Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
1952 : "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 4 performances
1952 : Mad Magazine debuts
1953 : WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 : 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
1956 : John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London
1958 : Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
1958 : VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
1959 : 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers
1959 : who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
1960 : USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
1961 : 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas
1961 : Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
1962 : "Funny Thing Happened" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 perfs
1962 : 1st Atlas Centaur Launch
1962 : London trolley buses go out of service
1963 : "Dr No" premieres in US
1963 : JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
1965 : 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
1966 : Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
1967 : Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
1968 : Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
1969 : Cambodia recognizes German DR
1969 : Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation
1970 : Beatles release "Let it Be" album
1970 : Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
1970 : NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
1971 : "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
1971 : Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
1972 : Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
1973 : Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during
1973 : Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
1974 : 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
1974 : Canada govt of Trudeau falls
1976 : "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 perfs
1977 : David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
1978 : ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
1979 : Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
1980 : World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated
1981 : Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
1982 : Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1984 : Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
1984 : France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 : Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
1984 : USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
1985 : 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
1985 : France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 : Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
1988 : "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
1988 : Fran‡ois Mitterrand elected president of France
1988 : Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
1988 : referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
1989 : Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
1989 : US space shuttle STS-30 lands
1990 : Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
1991 : CIA director William H Webster resigns
1993 : 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes
1993 : ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
1993 : Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 : NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
1994 : "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 perfs
1994 : 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
1994 : Ernesto P‚rez Balladares elected president of Panama
1994 : Jos‚ Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
1994 : Pres Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
1996 : S Afr's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
1997 : Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village
2002 : Mr. Murali Manohar Joshi selected to be Speaker of Lok Sabha
2002 : 11 French Nationals dies in a suicide bomb attack in a bus

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