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On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on May 08:
1521 Peter Canisius [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
1737 Edward Gibbon England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla father of Mexican independence
1786 Thomas Hancock founded British rubber industry
1810 James Cooper Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1824 William Walker President of Nicaragua (1856-57)
1828 Jean Henri Dunant Switzerland, writer/founder (Red Cross (Nobel Peace Prize 1901))
1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk 1st internationally recognized US pianist
1833 Frank Wheaton Brevet Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
1836 Bryan Morel Thomas Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1905

1884 Harry S Truman Lamar MO, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)

1893 Francis Quimet Massachusetts shop assistant who won golf's US Open (1913)
1895 Edmund Wilson American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)

1895 Fulton J Sheen El Paso IL, bishop (Life is Worth Living)

1899 Friedrich August von Hayek Vienna Austria, author (The Road to Serfdom)/co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1974)

1904 John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge BBC news announcer/commentator
1910 Mary Lou Williams US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite)
1911 Robert Johnson blues singer (King of the Delta Blues Singer. Crossroads)
1920 Sloan Wilson Norwalk CT, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannel Suit)
1925 Ali Hassan Mwinyi President of Tanzania (1985- )
1926 Don Rickles Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
1926 Sir David [Frederick] Attenborough London England, environmentalist/zoologist/TV host (BBC)
1928 Theodore Sorensen presidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days)
1930 Gary Snyder [Japhy Ryder] beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems)
1934 Sonny Liston US heavyweight boxing chmap (1962-64)
1936 James Darren actor (Time Tunnel)
1937 Dennis DeConcini (Senator-D-AZ, 1977- )
1940 Peter Benchley New York NY, novelist (Jaws, The Deep)
1940 Rick [Eric Hilliard] Nelson Teaneck NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
1941 James A Traficant Jr (Representative-D-OH, 1985- )
1942 Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1943 Toni Tennille Montgomery AL, female Beachboy (Captain & Tennille)
1945 Keith Jarrett jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
1955 Stephen Furst Norfolk VA, actor (Animal House, Elliot-St Elsewhere)
1959 Ronnie Lott Albuquerque NM, NFL defensive back (San Fransisco 49er)
1963 Clemens Lothaller Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13 backup)
1964 Melissa Gilbert [Boxleitner/Brinkman] Los Angeles CA, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1972 Keelin Curnuck Miss New York USA (1996)/Ms Venus Swimwear (1994)

Deaths which occurred on May 08:
0535 John [Mercurius] Italian Pope (533-35), dies
0685 Benedict II Italian Pope (683-85), dies
1319 Haakon V King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
1725 John Lovewell US Indian fighter, dies in battle
1773 Ali Bey Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
1844 Charles XIV Johan [Jean B Bernadotte] King of Sweden/Norway, dies
1864 James Samuel Wadsworth General-Major (Union), dies in battle at 56
1873 John Stuart Mill Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
1876 Truganini last originating Tasmanian, dies
1880 Gustave Flaubert French writer (Salammbô), dies
1904 Edward Muybridge English photographer (horse trot), dies
1915 Henry McNeal Turner 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
1936 Oswald Spengler German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies

1943 Mordicai Anielewicz commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed

1958 Nasni Matni Lebanese journalist, murdered
1967 Laverne Andrews singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 51
1973 Ralph Miller last 19th century baseball player, dies
1976 Ulrike Meinhof lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
1982 Gilles Villeneuve Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
1985 Dolph Sweet actor (Gimme a Break, Gil McGowan-Another World), dies of cancer at 64
1985 Edmond O'Brien actor (Sam Benedict), dies at 69 of Alzheimer's disease
1987 Pam Ewing (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
1988 Robert A Heinlein sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
1990 Tomas O'Fiach [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
1994 George Peppard actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65
1995 Carroll Best bluegrass banjo, dies at 63

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 LA HAYE JAMES D.---GREEN BAY WI.
[GROUNDFIRE CRASH AT SEA NO PARA]
1966 RAY JAMES E.---LONGVIEW TX.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 MC CUISTION MICHAEL K.---LINCOLN NE.
[03/08/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 STEIMER THOMAS JACK---PIEDMONT CA.
1968 CONDREY GEORGE T. III---ATLANTA GA.
[EXPLODE NO SIGN SUBJ NEAR CRASH]
1968 DAYTON JAMES L.---GRANITE CITY IL.
[EXPLODE NO SIGN SUBJ NEAR CRASH]
1968 JENNE ROBERT E.---SALT LAKE CITY UT.
EXPLODE NO SIGNS SUBJ NEAR CRASH]
1968 JURECKO DANIEL E.---CORPUS CHRISTI TX.
[EXPLODE NO SIGN SUBJ NEAR CRASH]
1969 BRASHEAR WILLIAM J.---CHULA VISTA CA.
1969 MUNDT HENRY G.---ABILENE TX.
1972 LEAVER JOHN M. JR.---ARLINGTON MA.
1972 TAYLOR EDMUND B. JR.---LIMA OH.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
0535 John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0615 St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0685 St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1360 Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French
1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
1521 Parliament of Worms installs edict against Martian Luther
1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
1660 English parliament "asks" King Charles II to resigns
1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
1792 British Captain George Vancouver sights, names Mount Rainier WA
1794 US Post Office established
1823 "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1840 Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
1846 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto TX
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
1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway Bridge VA (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 Atlanta Campaign: Severe fighting near Dalton
1871 English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
1877 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1878 Paul Hines makes baseball's 1st unassisted triple play
1879 George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
1886 Atlanta pharmacist (Jacob's Pharmacy) Dr John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola (contained cocaine)
1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1900 250 grave robbers shot to death
1902 Mount Pelée erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
1907 Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1915 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
1916 German munitions bunker in Fort Douaumont explodes
1919 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
1920 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09
1921 Sweden abolished capital punishment
1926 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
1926 A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
1935 Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-4
1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall; His wife fainted when he returned to the track
1937 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends; Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack
1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea
1944 1st eye bank opens (NYC)
1944 U-575 sinks Asphodel
1945 General Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov near Berlin

1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WWII ends in Europe

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 Mad Magazine debuts

1954 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 meter)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles CA
1958 President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
1958 Vice President Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
1960 USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
1961 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX
1962 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 965 performances
1962 1st Atlas Centaur Launch
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 homerun ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Frank Robinson)
1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
1968 Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
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
1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden
1972 Sabena aircraft at Lod International, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
1973 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
1973 Indians holding South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
1977 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
1978 ABC TV airs "The Stars Salute Israel at 30"
1979 Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3

1980 World Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated

1984 Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
1988 François Mitterrand elected President of France
1991 CIA director William H Webster resigns
1993 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
1993 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
1996 South Africa's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
2000 The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to ban discrimination based on weight or height.

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

World: V-E Day, Victory in Europe (1945)

México : Hidalgo Day
Missouri : Harry S Truman's Birthday (1884)
Norway : Liberation Day
Ribe, Denmark : Stork Day
World : V-E Day, Victory in Europe (1945)
US : Mother's Day, give her a call today (Sunday)
Ireland : Feis Ceoil music festival (1897)(Monday)
US : Native American/Indian Day (Saturday)
Czechosolovakia : Liberation Day/National Holiday
Helston, England : Furry Day
National Walking Week (Day 6)
National Family Week ends.
National Herb Week (Day 6)
US : Let's Go Fishing Day.
US : National No Socks Day
National Bake Sale Day
National Asparagus Month

Religious Observances
Orthodox : Latest possible Orthodox Easter
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of Apparition of St Michael the Archangel
Anglican : Commemoration of Dame Julian of Norwich

Religious History
1373 English mystic Julian of Norwich, 31, by her own account, received a series of sixteen revelations, while in a state of ecstasy lasting five hours. Her book, "The Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love," was written 20 years later as the fruit of her meditations on this experience. Little else is known of her life.
1816 The American Bible Society was organized in the Dutch Reformed Church on Garden Street in NY City. The non-profit society was instituted to promote wider circulation of the Scriptures by publishing Bibles without notes or comments.
1845 At a three-day convention in Augusta, GA, the Southern Baptist Convention was formed by 300 representatives from Baptist churches in Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina.
1939 English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.'
1948 American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Either take me to be with Thee, Savior, or put out the life of this old man as I draw near Thee in the flesh. Consume me, Fiery Lover, as Thou dost choose.'

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."

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