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What happend on 8. May in History

In our data base we found 365 events happened on 8. May:
• 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. [category: Events]
• 535: Pope John II [category: Deaths]
• 589: Reccared I summons the Third Council of Toledo. [category: Events]
• 685: Benedict II (b. 635) [category: Deaths]
• 1192: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria (b. 1163) [category: Deaths]

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• 1278: Emperor Duanzong of Song (b. 1268) [category: Deaths]
• 1319: Haakon V of Norway (b. 1270) [category: Deaths]
• 1326: Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (d. 1360) [category: Births]
• 1450: Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI. [category: Events]
• 1460: Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) [category: Births]
• 1473: John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) [category: Deaths]
• 1521: Peter Canisius, Dutch priest (d. 1597) [category: Births]
• 1538: Edward Foxe, English bishop [category: Deaths]
• 1541: Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo. [category: Events]
• 1587: Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) [category: Births]
• 1622: Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) [category: Births]
• 1629: Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697) [category: Births]
• 1632: Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706) [category: Births]
• 1653: Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Duke of Villars, French general, Marshal General of France(d. 1734) [category: Births]
• 1668: Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747) [category: Births]

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• 1668: Catherine de Saint-Augustin, French-Canadian nun (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1670: Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726) [category: Births]
• 1672: Comte de Troisville, French officer (b. 1598) [category: Deaths]
• 1735: Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1738: Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809) [category: Births]
• 1753: Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Mexican priest and revolutionary (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1766: Samuel Chandler, English minister (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1773: Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1785: Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (b. 1701) [category: Deaths]
• 1785: Étienne François de Choiseul, Duke of Choiseul, French statesman (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Jean Vianney, French priest (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1788: Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and naturalist (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts. [category: Events]
• 1794: Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1819: Kamehameha I (b. 1758) [category: Deaths]
• 1821: William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1821: Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia Inn. [category: Events]
• 1822: John Stark, American general (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1828: Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and social activist, founder of the Red Cross, Nobel laureate (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1828: Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1828: Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 1829: Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer and pianist (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1835: Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1837: Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1839: Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian judge, author, and lyricist (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1842: Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1842: Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: A train derails and catches fire in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people. [category: Events]
• 1846: 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. [category: Events]
• 1847: Oscar Hammerstein I, American businessman, impresario, and composer (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1850: Ross Barnes, American baseball player (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1853: Dan Brouthers, American baseball player (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1853: Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: Heinrich Berté, Austrian composer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1858: J. Meade Falkner, English novelist and poet (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1859: Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America. [category: Events]
• 1873: John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens. [category: Events]
• 1879: Wesley Coe, American athlete (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1880: Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1884: Harry S. Truman, American politician, 33rd President of the United States (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1886: Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine. [category: Events]
• 1891: Helena Blavatsky, Russian author (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1893: Edd Roush, American baseball player (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1893: Francis Ouimet, American golfer and businessman (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1893: Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and broadcaster (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1895: Edmund Wilson, American writer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1895: Fulton J. Sheen, American bishop (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1895: James H. Kindelberger, American aviation executive (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1898: Alojzije Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1898: The first games of the Italian football league system are played. [category: Events]
• 1899: Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1899: Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-bEnglish economist and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1899: The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play. [category: Events]
• 1901: Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1902: André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1903: Fernandel, French actor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1903: Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: John Snagge, English newsreader and commentator (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1905: Red Nichols, American cornettist, composer, and bandleader (The California Ramblers) (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1906: Esther Hoffe, Israeli mistress of Max Brod (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1906: Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1907: Edmund G. Ross, American senator (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Andrew E. Svenson, American author and publisher (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1910: Mary Lou Williams, American pianist, composer, and arranger (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1911: Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1912: Paramount Pictures is founded. [category: Events]
• 1913: Bob Clampett, American animator (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1914: Romain Gary, Polish writer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1915: Milton Meltzer, American writer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1916: Chinmayananda, Indian spiritual leader and teacher (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1916: João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist [category: Births]
• 1919: Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1920: Gordon McClymont, Australian agricultural scientist. Originator of the term "sustainable agriculture" (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1920: Saul Bass, American graphic designer and filmmaker (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1920: Sloan Wilson, American author (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1920: Tom of Finland, Finnish artist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1924: The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania. [category: Events]
• 1925: Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzanian politician, 2nd President of Tanzania [category: Births]
• 1925: John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: David Attenborough, English broadcaster and naturalist [category: Births]
• 1926: Don Rickles, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1927: Chumy Chúmez, Spanish director (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1927: Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappeared after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane. [category: Events]
• 1928: Theodore Sorensen, American presidential advisor, lawyer, and writer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1929: Claude Castonguay, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1929: Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1930: Gary Snyder, American poet [category: Births]
• 1930: Heather Harper, Irish-English soprano [category: Births]
• 1932: Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: Phyllida Law, Scottish actress [category: Births]
• 1932: Sonny Liston, American boxer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1933: Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against the British rule in India. [category: Events]
• 1935: Jack Charlton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1935: Princess Elisabeth of Denmark [category: Births]
• 1936: Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Bernard Cleary, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Mike Cuellar, American baseball player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1937: Thomas Pynchon, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1940: Emilio Delgado, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Irwin Cotler, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Peter Benchley, American author (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1940: Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1940: Toni Tennille, American singer (Captain & Tennille) [category: Births]
• 1941: Bill Lockyer, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: John Fred, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1941: Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer [category: Births]
• 1941: Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor, theatre director (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: The German Luftwaffe launch a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby [category: Events]
• 1942: Norman Lamont, English politician [category: Births]
• 1942: Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright [category: Births]
• 1942: Terry Neill, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. [category: Events]
• 1942: 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. [category: Events]
• 1943: Paul Samwell-Smith, English bassist and producer (The Yardbirds and Box of Frogs) [category: Births]
• 1943: Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish Resistance Fighter (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Bill Legend, English drummer (T. Rex) [category: Births]
• 1944: Gary Glitter, English singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1944: Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Keith Jarrett, American pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1945: Bernhard Rust, German Nazi education minister (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Josef Terboven, German Nazi leader(b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Wilhelm Rediess, German Nazi SS and Police leader (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: End of the Prague uprising, today celebrated as a national holiday in the Czech Republic. [category: Events]
• 1945: Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre. [category: Events]
• 1945: The Halifax Riot started when thousands of civilians and servicemen went on a rampage through Halifax. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Rheims, France, to an unconditional surrender. [category: Events]
• 1946: André Boulerice, French-Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Jonathan Dancy, English philosopher [category: Births]
• 1946: Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which stood in front of the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn. [category: Events]
• 1947: H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1947: Harry Gordon Selfridge, American businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Felicity Lott, English soprano [category: Births]
• 1948: Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer and lawyer [category: Births]
• 1948: Steve Braun, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: U Saw, Burmese politician (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Robert Mugge, American filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1950: Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Chris Frantz, American musician and producer (Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club) [category: Births]
• 1951: Deborah Harmon, American actress [category: Births]
• 1951: Mike D'Antoni, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1951: Philip Bailey, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (Earth, Wind & Fire) [category: Births]
• 1952: Peter McNab, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1952: William Fox, Austrian film producer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Alex Van Halen, Dutch-American drummer (Van Halen) [category: Births]
• 1953: Billy Burnette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Fleetwood Mac) [category: Births]
• 1954: David Keith, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: John Michael Talbot, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1954: Pam Arciero, American puppeteer and voice actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1955: Mladen Markač, Croatian general [category: Births]
• 1955: Stephen Furst, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Bill Cowher, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1957: Gary Lunn, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Marie Myriam, French singer [category: Births]
• 1958: Lovie Smith, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1959: Ronnie Lott, American football player [category: Births]
• 1959: John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Eric Brittingham, American bassist (Cinderella and Naked Beggars) [category: Births]
• 1960: Franco Baresi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: J. H. C. Whitehead, English mathematician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Akira Taue, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1961: David Winning, Canadian director [category: Births]
• 1961: Janet McTeer, English actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Anthony Field, Australian musician, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Cockroaches and The Wiggles) [category: Births]
• 1963: Izabela Kloc, Polish politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Michel Gondry, French director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1963: Rick Zombo, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Robin Jarvis, English writer [category: Births]
• 1963: Sylvain Cossette, Canadian singer-songwriter (Paradox) [category: Births]
• 1963: Terry Christian, English broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1963: 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. [category: Events]
• 1964: Bobby Labonte, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1964: Dave Rowntree, English musician, animator, solicitor, and activist (Blur and The Ailerons) [category: Births]
• 1964: Melissa Gilbert, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Cláudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1967: LaVerne Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental. [category: Events]
• 1968: Chris Lighty, American talent manager, co-founded Violator Entertainment (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1968: Jamie Summers, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1968: Nathalie Normandeau, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Akebono Tarō, American sumo wrestler, the 64th Yokozuna [category: Births]
• 1969: Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Luis Enrique Martínez García, Spanish football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist [category: Births]
• 1970: 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. [category: Events]
• 1972: Darren Hayes, Australian singer-songwriter (Savage Garden) [category: Births]
• 1972: Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day. [category: Events]
• 1972: Vietnam War – U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. [category: Events]
• 1973: Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist [category: Births]
• 1973: Jesús Arellano, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Kris Hudson-Lee, English bassist [category: Births]
• 1973: Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1973: A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants. [category: Events]
• 1974: Jon Tickle, English television presenter [category: Births]
• 1974: Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1975: Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Gastón Mazzacane, Argentine race car driver [category: Births]
• 1975: Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Avery Brundage,American athlete, art collector, and philanthropist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Ian "H" Watkins, Welsh singer and actor (Steps and H & Claire) [category: Births]
• 1976: Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1976: The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain. [category: Events]
• 1977: Bad News Brown, Canadian rapper, singer, harmonica player, and actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1977: Jennifer Walcott, American model [category: Births]
• 1977: Joe Bonamassa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bloodline and Black Country Communion) [category: Births]
• 1977: Theodoros Papaloukas, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer and dancer (H.O.T. and jtL) [category: Births]
• 1978: Josie Maran, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Lúcio, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Matthew Davis, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: First ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. [category: Events]
• 1980: Benny Yau, Canadian actor and tenor [category: Births]
• 1980: Keyon Dooling, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Kimberlee Peterson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Michelle McManus, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Panagiotis Kafkis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: The eradication of smallpox is endorsed by the World Health Organization. [category: Events]
• 1981: Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Ayesha Antoine, English actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Björn Dixgård, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mando Diao) [category: Births]
• 1981: Elizabeth Whitmere, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1981: John Maine, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Manvel Gamburyan, Armenian-American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1981: Namosh, German singer and musician [category: Births]
• 1981: Stephen Amell, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Tatyana Dektyareva, Russian athlete [category: Births]
• 1981: Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1981: Uri Zvi Grinberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Buakaw Banchamek, Thai kick-boxer [category: Births]
• 1982: Christina Cole, English actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Ninja Sarasalo, Finnish model and singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Neil Bogart, American record executive, co-founder of Casablanca Records (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Elyes Gabel, English actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Juan Martin Goity, Argentine-German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Lawrence Vickers, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Matt Willis, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (Busted) [category: Births]
• 1983: Roberto Vitiello, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Cynthia Deyanira Rodríguez Ruiz, Mexican singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Julia Whelan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Martin Compston, Scottish footballer and actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Mascha Müller, German actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Nadine Chandrawinata, Indonesian model, Puteri Indonesia 2005 [category: Births]
• 1984: Yara Sofia, Puerto Rican drag queen performer [category: Births]
• 1984: Gino Bianco, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. [category: Events]
• 1984: Thames Barrier officially opened. [category: Events]
• 1984: The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [category: Events]
• 1985: Devon Soltendieck, Canadian reporter [category: Births]
• 1985: Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Sarah Vaillancourt, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Silvia Stroescu, Romanian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1985: Tommaso Ciampa, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1985: Usama Young, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Dolph Sweet, American actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Karl Marx, German composer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Theodore Sturgeon, American writer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Marvell Wynne, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1986: Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Aneurin Barnard, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Felix Jones, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Mark Noble, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Doris Stokes, English psychic medium (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1988: Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: 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. [category: Events]
• 1989: Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1989: Liam Bridcutt, English Footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Kemba Walker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Anamaria Tămârjan, Romanian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1991: Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player [category: Births]
• 1991: Jean Langlais, French composer and pianist (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Ana Mulvoy Ten, English-American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1993: Avram Davidson, American writer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: George Peppard, American actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Bree Seanna Wall, American actress [category: Births]
• 1995: Teresa Teng, Chinese singer (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Larry Levis, American poet (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people. [category: Events]
• 1998: Charles Rebozo, American banker (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Dirk Bogarde, English actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Ed Gilbert, American voice actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American theorist (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Les Colocs) (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Henry Nicols, American AIDS activist (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Pita Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Koby Mandell, Israeli-American murder victim (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Yosef Ishran, Israeli murder victim (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jean Carrière, French writer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine race car driver (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Iain Macmillan, English photographer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: François Sterchele, Belgian football player (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Bud Shrake, American writer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai lèse majesté prisoner (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Everett Lilly, American musician (The Lilly Brothers) (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jerry McMorris, American baseball executive (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lau Teng Chuan, Singaporean sports administrator, teacher, and coach (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Stacy Robinson, American football player (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• _: Agathius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Apparition of Saint Michael [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Arsenius the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Catherine de Saint-Augustin [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Desideratus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Mother's Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (United States and others) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which State Flag and State Emblem Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (Belarus) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which World Fair Trade Day can fall, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Julian of Norwich (Anglican, Lutheran) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Miguel Hidalgo's birthday (Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Parents' Day (South Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Peter of Tarentaise [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War, continues to May 9 (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Truman Day (Missouri) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory in Europe Day (Europe) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: White Lotus Day (Theosophy) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]