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May 8th

Holidays and Festivals

V-E Day A.K.A. Victory in Europe Day (Europe)
Time of Remembrance & Reconciliation WWII
Parents' Day (South Korea) * CLICK HERE
Iris Day
Buddha's Birth (Many Buddhist Temples) * CLICK HERE

No Socks Day
World Red Cross Day AKA World Red Crescent Day (International)
Child Care Provider Day
Military Spouse Appreciation Day
Christian Feast Day of Agathius
Christian Feast Day of Apparition of Saint Michael
Christian Feast Day of Arsenius the Great (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian Feast Day of Desideratus
Christian Feast Day of Julian of Norwich (Anglican, Lutheran)
Christian Feast Day of Peter of Tarentaise
Earliest Day for Mother's Day, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (United States)
Earliest Day for World Fair Trade Day, while May 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday of May. (International)
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War, continues to May 9 (International)
White Lotus Day (Theosophy)
* Creamfields Australia (Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, and Melbourne, Australia) - May 1st-3rd and 8th (4th Day of 4)
* All Tomorrow's Parties (Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehead, England, UK) Second Saturday Through Monday in May (Day 1 of 3)
* Car Show and Spring Festival (Trinity, Alabama, USA) Second Weekend in May
* Dixon May Fair (Dixon, California, USA) First Thursday through Sunday in May (Day 3 of 4)
* Lawndale Spring Carnival (Lawndale, California, USA), First Thursday through Monday in May
* MayFest (Marble Falls, Texas, USA), First Thursday through Monday in May
* Rooster Days Festival (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA), First Thursday through Sunday in May
* Seattle Maritime Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA), First Thursday through Saturday in May
* Springfest (Ocean City, Maryland, USA), First Thursday through Sunday in May
* Albany Tulip Festival (Albany, New York, USA), First Thursday through Sunday in May
* Arbuckle-Simpson Nature Festival (Tishomingo, Oklahoma, USA), First Weekend in May
* Art & Literature Fair (Atlanta, Georgia, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Art in Bloom (Port Angeles, Washington, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Artisphere (Greenville, South Carolina, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Be Aware Festival (Tumacacori, Arizona, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Beaufort Music Festival  (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA), First Friday and Saturday in May
* BlueBerry Festival, (Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Buck Creek Festival (Helena, Alabama, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* CityArts Celebration (Dallas, Texas, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Cotee River Seafood Festival and Boat Show (New Port Richey, Florida, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Dad Vail Regatta   (Rumson, New Jersey, USA), First Friday and Saturday in May
* District del Sol Cinco de Mayo Fiesta  (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA), First Friday and Saturday in May
* Gator By The Bay (San Diego, California, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* International Dogwood Festival  (Winchester, Tennessee, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May

Lake Eden Arts Festival Spring Edition   (Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Largest Health and Fitness Fair in the South (Atlanta, Georgia, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Maifest   (Leavenworth, Washington, USA) , First Friday through Sunday in May
* MAN OF LA MANCHA  (Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA), 17 Days starting the first Friday in may
* PANorama Caribbean Music Fest  (Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA), First Friday and Saturday in May
* Portland Strawberry Festival (Portland, Tennessee, USA), 9 Days Starting the First Friday in May
* Reno River Festival  (Reno, Nevada, USA) First Friday through Sunday in May
* Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA , 10 Days starting the first Friday in May
* Smoke n Blues Bikes, BBQ (St. Cloud, Florida, USA), First Friday and Saturday in May
* Smokey Bear Days (Capitan, New Mexico, USA), First Friday and Saturday in May
* Strawberry Festival (Roanoke, Virginia, USA), First Friday and Saturday in May
* Sweet Auburn Springfest   (Atlanta, Georgia, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* TACA Spring Craft Fair (Nashville, Tennessee, USA), First Friday through Sunday in May
* Wichita Riverfest (Wichita, Kansas, USA), 9 Days starting the First Friday in May
4th Annual YVCC Latin Music Celebration Grand Finale Performance Festival (Yakima, Washington, USA), Second Saturday in May
Annapolis Spring Sails Event (Annapolis, Maryland, USA), First Friday and Saturday in May
ArtFest of Henderson Henderson, Nevada, USA, Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Arts in the Alley (Thomson, Georgia, USA), Second Saturday in May
Backyard Wildlife Festival (Tukwila, Washington, USA), Second Saturday in May
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival-NC (Charlotte, North Carolina, USA), Second Saturday in May
Brunswick Arts & Crafts Festival (Brunswick, Georgia, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Celtic Fest Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Cinco de Mayo Denver (Denver, Colorado, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Clean Sweep   (Auburn, Washington, USA), Second Saturday in May
Copa Cinco de Mayo   (Redmond, Washington, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Creative Crafters Spring Show  (Monumnet, Colorado, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Family Fun Day   (Seattle, Washington, USA), Second Saturday in May
Honor the Blue and the Gray Weekend   (Helen, Georgia, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Houston Art Car Parade  (Houston, Texas, USA), Second Saturday in May
iPraise (Forest City, North Carolina, USA), Second Saturday in May
Marina International Festival of the Winds   (Marina, California, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
MayFest Market Day   (Marble Falls , Texas, USA), Second Saturday in May
MOTHER'S DAY Festival    (Los Angeles, California, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Mother's Day Plant and Garden Fair   (Camas, Washington, USA), Second Saturday in May
New Orleans Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Show   (Slidell, Louisiana, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Phoenixville Celtic Street Festival (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA), Second Saturday in May
Polk Salad Festival   (Harriman, Tennessee, USA), Second Saturday in May
Princess Anne Street Fest   (Princess Anne, Maryland, USA), Second Saturday in May
Reno River Festivals Run Amuck   (Reno, Nevada, USA), Second Saturday in May
Roseville Strawberry Festival  (Roseville, California, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Running of the Iroquois Steeplechase   (Nashville, Tennessee, USA), Second Saturday in May
Santa Monica Festival  (Santa Monica, California, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
SimplyTexasBluesFestival   (San Angelo, Texas, USA), Second Saturday in May
Spokane Lilac Festival   (Spokane, Washington, USA), 9 Days starting the Second Saturday in May
Step Out To Sunset   (Valparaiso, Indiana, USA), Second Saturday in May
Strawberry Festival   (Stilwell, Oklahoma, USA), Second Saturday in May
The Solo Soul and Blues Festival  (Humble, Texas, USA), Second Saturday in May
Thomaston Bluebird Festival  (Thomaston, Georgia, USA), Second Saturday in May
Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show  (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May
Washington International Fine Arts Festival (National Harbor, Maryland, USA), Second Saturday and Sunday in May

Election Day (Madagascar) Also July 3rd (2013) * CLICK HERE

Fête de la Arroche Translation: Orache Day (French Republican) The 19th day of the Month of Floréal in the French Republican Calendar

Toast of The Day

"Down your throat,
Into your bladder,
Which end it comes out,
Does it really matter?"
- Unknown

Drink of The Day

Woo Woo

1 Part Vodka
1 Part Peach Schnapps
1 Part Cranberry Juice
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and then strain into a cold rocks glass.

Wine of The Day

Savannah-Chanelle (2007) Gunsalus Vineyard
Style - Pinot Noir
Russian River Valley
$55

Beer of The Day

Red Poppy
Brewer - The Lost Abbey San Marcos, CA
Style - Belgian-Style Oud Red Ale

Joke of The Day

DICTIONARY FOR DECODING WOMEN'S ENGLISH:
Yes...................................No
No.....................................Yes
Maybe................................No
We need..............................I want
We need to talk.....................You're in trouble
Sure, go ahead.......................You better not
Do what you want.................You will pay for this later
I am not upset.............Of course, I am upset, you moron!
You're attentive tonight.........Is sex all you ever think about?

DICTIONARY FOR DECODING MEN'S ENGLISH:
I am hungry..........................I am hungry
I am sleepy...........................I am sleepy
I am tired.............................I am tired
Nice dress.............................Nice cleavage!
I love you............................Let's have sex now
I am bored.........................Do you want to have sex?
May I have this dance?........I'd like to have sex with you.
Can I call you sometime?......I'd like to have sex with you.
Can I take you to a movie?....I'd like to have sex with you.
Can I take you to dinner?.....I'd like to have sex with you.
Those shoes do not go with that outfit............I'm gay

Quote of The Day

"I live for experiencing the nights that I can't remember with the people I'll never forget."
- Unknown

Whiskey of The Day

Templeton Small Batch Rye Whiskey
$40

May Observances

ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease) Awareness Month
APS (Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome) Awareness Month
American Wetlands Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Bicycle Safety Month
Borderline Personality Disorder Month
Brain Tumor Awareness Month
Carrots and Cauliflower Month
Celiac Awareness Month
Clean Air Month
Community Living Month (Ontario, Canada)
Creative Beginnings Month
Date Your Mate Month
EcoDriving Month
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Freedom Shrine Month
Gardening for Wildlife Month
Get Caught Reading Month
Gifts From The Garden Month
Go Fetch! Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month
Good Car-Keeping Month, Natl
Grapefruit and Kiwi Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Heal the Children Month
Healthy Vision Month
High Blood Pressure Education Mont
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
Internal Audit Awareness Month, Intl
International Audit Month
International Business Image Improvement Month
International Civility Awareness Month
International Multiple Sclerosis Month
International Victorious Woman Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
(World) Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Melanoma and Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
National Allergy and Asthma Awareness Month
National Arthritis Month
National Barbecue Month
National Better Hearing and Speach Month
National Bike Month
National Blood Pressure Month
National Cancer Research Month
National Correct Posture Month
National Egg Month
National Electric Safety Month
National Family Month (5/12 to 6/16)
National Foster Care Month
National Good Car Keeping Month
National Hamburger Month
National Hepatitis Awareness Month
National Inventors Month
National Lupus Awareness Month
National Meditation Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month
National Mental Health Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Motorcycle Safety Month
National Moving Month
National Neurofibromatosis (NF) Awareness Month
National Older Americans Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Photo Month
National Photograph Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Physiotherapy Month
National Prepare To Buy a Home Month
National Preservation Month
National Recommitment Month
National Salad Month
National Salsa (Food) Month
National Smile Month
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
National Teen Self-Esteem Month
National Tuberous Sclerosis Month
National Vinegar Month
National Week of The Ocean Festival Sea-son Thursday before the Second Saturday in March through Second Saturday in June
National Youth Traffic Safety Month
Personal History Month
Potatoes and Limes Month
Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Prepare Tomorrow's Parents Month (5/12-6/16)
REACT Month
Revise Your Work Schedule Month
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Strike Out Strokes Month
Sweet Vidalia Month, Natl
Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases Awareness Month
Teen CEO Month
Teen Self Esteem Month
Tennis Month
Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month (5/15 - 6/15)
Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
Ultra-violet Awareness Month
Women's Health Care Month
Young Achiever Month
Young Achievers of Tomorrow Month

Observances this Week

Salvation Army Week Second Week of May
National Stuttering Awareness Week, Second Week in May
National Hospital And Healthcare Week, Second Week in May
National Running and Fitness Week, Second Week in May
National Nursing Home Week, Second Week in May or Starts Mother's Day to Saturday

Be Kind To Animals Week, First Full Week in May
Children's Mental Health Week, First Full Week in May
Drinking Water Week, First Full Week in May
Flexible Work Arrangement Week, First Full Week in May
Goodwill Industries Week, First Full Week in May
Kids Win Week, First Full Week in May
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week, First Full Week in May
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week, First Full Week in May
National Family Week, First Full Week in May
National Hug Holiday Week, First Full Week in May
National Pet Week, First Full Week in May
National Raisin Week, First Full Week in May
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week, First Full Week in May
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week, First Full Week in May
Public Service Recognition Week, First Full Week in May (publicservicerecognitionweek.org)
Update Your References Week, First Full Week in May
National Correctional Officer's Week, First Full week in May
NAOSH Week, First Full week in May
National Hospital Week, Usually First Full Week of May
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week, First Full Week in May (Also see September)

National Wildflower Week, 7 Days Usually Starting Monday of the First Full Week (2013 May 4-12, 2014 May 5-11, 2015 May 4-10)
International Wildlife Film Week, 8 Days Usually Starting First Saturday in May
Dystonia Awareness Week (UK), May 5th through May 13th
Intimate Apparel Week, Feb. 4-8, May 6-10, Aug. 5-9, Nov. 4-8
National Nurses Week, May 6th through May 12th

Historical Events on May 8th

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535 John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
589 Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo
615 St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
685 St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1360 Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French
1429 French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orleans
1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
1521 Parliament of Worms installs edict against Marten Luther
1541 Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River and names it Río de Espíritu Santo.
1624 Hung king Bethlen Gabor & emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
1639 William Coddington founds Newport RI
1660 English parliament declares Charles Stuart to be King Charles II of England
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)
1788 The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts.
1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
1792 US establishes military draft
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 The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia, Greek War of Independence.
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 The Battle of Palo Alto Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the Mexican-American War.
1847 Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
1858 John Brown holds antislavery convention
1861 Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.
1862 Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va, during the Valley Campaign.
1863 Confederación Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 Severe fighting near Dalton during the Atlanta Campaign.
1864 Battle of Spotslyvania Court House begins
1871 English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
1877 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1877 At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
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 Pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage (contained cocaine) that would later be named "Coca-Cola". Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta is the first to sell
1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1896 Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1897 22nd Preakness, T Thorpe aboard Paul Kauvar wins in 1:51¼
1898 The first games of the Italian Football League are played.
1899 The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.
1900 250 grave robbers shot to death
1900 John McGraw & Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals
1901 In their long-delayed AL home opener, Boston defeats Phila 12-4
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.
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
1909 Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
1909 Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
1914 Paramount Pictures is formed.
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
1919 Appingedam soccer team forms
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.
1920 46th Kentucky Derby, Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09
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 51st Preakness, Clarence Kummer aboard Coventry wins in 1:59
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
1933 Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.
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 after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1937 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2
1938 Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks," premieres in Washington, DC
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 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea
1942 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.
1942 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. The battle marks the first time in the naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships, World War II.
1943 69th Preakness, Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
1943 Adm Cunningham of Brit fleet, "Sink, burn & destroy; let nothing pass"
1944 33 communist resistance fighter sentenced to death
1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
1945 End of the Prague uprising, today celebrated as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
1945 Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
1945 Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
1945 V-E Day, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Rheims, France, to an unconditional surrender, World War II.
1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
1946 The Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial that preceded the Bronze Soldier in Tallinn.
1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie 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 President 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 who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
1960 USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Golf Open
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
1963 Soldiers of Catholic South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine.
1965 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
1966 Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
1966 Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
1967 The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
1968 Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
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 NBA championship, Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
1970 The Hard Hat riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with anti-war demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
1971 "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
1972 Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
1972 Vietnam War U.S. President Richard M. 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.
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.
1973 Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, thus technically becoming baseball's 1st black manager
1973 Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
1974 Canada government of Trudeau falls
1974 FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II
1976 "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 7 perfs
1976 The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
1977 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in "Son of Sam" 44-caliber shootings
1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
1978 ABC TV airs "Stars Salute Israel at 30"
1978 First ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
1978 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1979 Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
1980 The eradication of smallpox is endorsed by the World Health Organization.
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
1983 Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
1984 Chicago White Sox beat Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
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.
1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1984 Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles
1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
1984 The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
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)
1987 The Loughgall ambush, The SAS kills 8 IRA members and 1 civilian, in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
1988 "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
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.
1988 Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
1988 Francois Mitterrand elected president of France
1988 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
1988 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
1989 Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & remake of "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
1989 US space shuttle STS-30 lands
1990 Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
1990 Reindependence Day of Estonia
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 ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
1993 Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1994 "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 perfs
1994 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
1994 Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
1994 Erling Kagge becomes the first person to complete the Three Poles Challenge.
1994 Ernesto Perez Balladares elected president of Panama
1994 Jose Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
1994 Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1994 Pres Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
1995 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the 50th anniversary of VE Day is celebrated by a bank holiday. John Major declares it the last major national celebration of victory in the Second World War, and British remembrance of her war dead.
1996 NY Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3
1996 S Afr's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution
1997 A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Shenzhen's Huangtian Airport, killing 35 people.
1997 Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village
1999 Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.
2005 The new Canadian War Museum opens, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of V-E Day.
2007 A new Northern Ireland Executive is formed under the leadership of Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party as First Minister and Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin as Deputy First Minister.
2010 Barrow AFC won the English FA Trophy at Wembley, this makes them the only team in the world to win it at both the Old & New Wembley stadiums
2010 The last piece of Yankee Stadium falls in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process
2012 Dmitry Medvedev is confirmed as Russian Prime Minister by the State Duma, after being nominated by Vladimir Putin
2013 33 people are killed after an overloaded bus falls into a river in Himachal Pradesh, India
2013 Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi receives a four year prison sentence for fraud
2013 Sir Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United's manager at the end of the season
2014 Jadeveon Clowney from University of South Carolina first pick by Houston Texans in the 2014 NFL Draft
2016 Sadiq Khan (L) is elected Mayor of London, First Muslim mayor of a major Western city

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Born on May 8th

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1326 Joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)
1460 Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
1492 Andreas Alciatus (Giovanni Andrea-Alciato), Italian lawyer
1521 Peter Canisius (Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs), Dutch Jesuit and saint (d. 1597)
1527 Johann Walter, composer
1587 Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)
1592 Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)
1622 Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)
1629 Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697)
1632 Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706)
1641 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
1653 Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)
1668 Alain-René Lesage, French writer (Turcaret ou le Financier) (d. 1747)
1670 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726)
1673 Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
1703 Gottlob Harrer, composer
1735 Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811)
1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
1738 Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809)
1742 Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
1745 Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
1750 Elias Mann, composer
1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican revolutionary, father of Mexican independence (d. 1811)
1763 John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
1778 Johann Gansbacher, composer
1786 Jean Vianney, French Catholic priest (d. 1859)
1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
1803 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
1810 James Cooper, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1863)
1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
1815 Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist/composer
1821 William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1885)
1824 William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
1825 George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898)
1828 Jean Henri Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross and YMCA (Nobel laureate 1901) (d. 1910)
1828 Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (d. 1898)
1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician, 1st internationally recognized US pianist (d. 1869)
1833 Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army) (d. 1903)
1835 Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter (d. 1910)
1836 Bryan Morel Thomas, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1905)
1839 Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadian lyricist (O Canada) (d. 1920)
1839 Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer
1842 Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist (d. 1909)
1844 Hermann Gradener, composer
1847 Oscar Hammerstein I, American theater producer and impresario (Kohinoor) (d. 1919)
1850 Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915)
1853 Charles Lee Williams, composer
1853 Dan Brouthers, baseball player (d. 1932)
1857 Frits (Frederik H) Tartaud, Dutch actor/husband of Alida Klein
1858 John Meade Falkner, English novelist (Moonfleet) (d. 1932)
1859 Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (d. 1925)
1873 Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer (England capt 1909-10 later official)
1882 Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat
1884 Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953) (d. 1972)
1886 Jef van Hoof, composer
1891 Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
1893 Edd Roush, baseball player (d. 1988)
1893 Francis Ouimet, American golfer (won US Open 1913) and businessman (d. 1967)
1893 Teddy Wakelam, English sports broadcaster and rugby union player (d. 1963)
1895 Edmund Wilson, American writer (Patriotic Gore) (d. 1972)
1895 Fulton J. Sheen, American bishop (Life is Worth Living) (d. 1979)
1895 James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, American aerospace pioneer (d. 1962)
1895 Jose Gomez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
1899 Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959)
1899 Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter
1899 Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian economist (Road to Serfdom), Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
1901 Turkey Stearnes, baseball player (d. 1979)
1902 Andre Michael Lwoff, physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1902 Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ bat early 1930's, All Black half)
1903 Joseph Desire Fernandel (Fernand JD Contandin), French actor, comedian (Grand Chef, Paris Holiday) (d. 1971)
1904 John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator
1904 John Snagge, British radio personality (BBC) (d. 1996)
1905 Inglis Gundry, composer
1905 Red Nichols, American musician (d. 1965)
1906 David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne)
1906 Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (Open City) (d. 1977)
1908 Arturo De Cordova (Rodriguez), Mexican actor (Medal for Benny)
1910 Andrew E. Svenson, American children's book author and publisher (d. 1975)
1910 Mary Lou Williams, American singer, composer (Zodiac Suite) (d. 1981)
1910 Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We are Angels, Little Dorrit)
1911 Robert Johnson, American blues musician (King of Delta Blues Singer) (d. 1938)
1911 Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister
1912 George Woodcock, author
1912 Gertrud Fussenegger (Dorn), Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende)
1913 Bob Clampett, American animator (d. 1984)
1913 Sidney James (Cohen), Johannesburg, actor (Carry On)
1914 Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords)
1914 Romain Gary, Polish writer (d. 1980)
1915 John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)
1915 Milton Meltzer, American writer
1916 Gordon Scarrott, engineer
1916 João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist
1916 Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)
1919 Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)
1919 Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer
1920 Maurice Cranston, political scientist
1920 Saul Bass, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
1920 Sloan Wilson, American author (Man in the Gray Flannal) (d. 2003)
1920 Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (d. 1991)
1921 Graham Leonard, bishop of London
1921 Saul Bass, designer
1922 Brian Kellett, CEO (Port of London Authority)
1924 Tristan Jones, sailor
1925 Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania (1985)
1925 Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary
1926 David Attenborough, English naturalist, scientist
1926 Don Rickles, American comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
1926 Erico Menczer, Fiume Italy, cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda)
1926 Richard F Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist (BBC)
1926 Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge
1927 Chumy Chúmez, Spanish film director (d. 2003)
1927 Ian Denholm, CEO (Murray Investment Trust)
1927 Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank)
1928 Theodore Sorenson, American writer (1000 Days), presidential advisor (JFK)
1928 William Jay Sydeman, composer
1929 Claude Castonguay, Quebec politician
1929 Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-born Oscar-winning actress (d. 2007)
1929 V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA)
1930 Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
1930 Gary Snyder (Japhy Ryder), American beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems)
1930 Heather Harper, Irish soprano singer
1931 Charles M Wilson, composer
1932 Julieta Campos, Cuban-Mexican writer (d. 2007)
1932 Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
1932 Sonny Liston, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1970)
1933 Alistair Service, writer/publisher
1934 Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge
1934 Roger Kendrick, governor (Dartmoor Prison)
1935 Jack Charlton, English footballer, manager (Rep of Ireland)
1935 Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, 7th in the Line of succession to the Danish Throne
1935 Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity)
1935 Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
1936 James Darren, actor (Time Tunnel)
1936 Neville Purvis, British vice admiral (Chief of Fleet Support)
1937 Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian politician
1937 Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
1937 Dennis DeConcini, (Sen-D-AZ, 1977)
1937 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense)
1937 Mike Cuellar, baseball player (d. 2010)
1937 Thomas Pynchon, American novelist (V)
1938 Javed Burki, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69)
1938 Jean Giraud, Val-de-Marne, France, comic artist (Alien, Tron), (d. 2012)
1938 Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran
1939 Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
1940 Emilio Delgado, American actor
1940 Irwin Cotler, Canadian politician
1940 James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
1940 Peter Benchley, American author (Jaws, The Deep) (d. 2006)
1940 Ricky Nelson, American singer (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party) (d. 1985)
1940 Toni Tennille, American singer
1941 Bill Lockyer, American politician
1941 James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985)
1941 Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport CT, actor (Blackout, Invincible 6)
1941 John Fred, American singer (d. 2005)
1941 Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer
1942 Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew) [or Nov 8]
1942 Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
1942 Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer
1942 Robin Hobbs, cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
1942 Ruth Holland, journalist
1942 Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer
1943 Paul Samwell-Smith, British bassist (The Yardbirds)
1943 Toni Tennille, Montgomery Ala, female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille)
1944 Gary Glitter (Paul Gadd), English singer (Rock & Roll Part II)
1945 Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist (Holland's secret service)
1945 Keith Jarrett, American jazz musician, film composer (Nachtfahrer)
1946 André Boulerice, Quebec politician
1947 Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river)
1947 H. Robert Horvitz, Nobel laureate
1947 Phil Sawyer, rocker (Spencer Davis Group)
1947 Rick Zehringer, Ohio, rocker (McCoys)
1948 John Reid, MP
1948 Maurizio Nichetti, actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)
1948 Stephen Stohn, Canadian television producer (Degrassi)
1948 Steve Braun, baseball player
1950 Robert Mugge, American music documentary film maker
1951 Chris Frantz, American musician, drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
1951 Deborah Harmon, actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us)
1951 Mike D'Antoni, NBA coach (New York Knicks)
1951 Philip Bailey, American singer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1952 Beth Henley, Jackson Miss, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker)
1952 Charles J Camarda, NYC, PhD/astronaut
1953 Alex Van Halen, Dutch drummer (Van Halen)
1953 Billy Burnette, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1954 David Keith, American actor (Back Roads, Firestarter)
1954 Pat Meyers, LPGA golfer
1954 Stephen Furst, American actor
1956 Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek California, soling yachter (Olymp-bronze-96)
1956 Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor
1957 Bill Cowher, American football coach
1957 Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1957 Jeff Wincott, Toronto Canada, actor (Night Heat)
1957 Marie Myriam, French singer
1958 Lovie Smith, American football coach
1959 Ronnie Lott, American football player, NFL defensive back (SF 49er)
1960 Eric Brittingham, American bassist
1960 Franco Baresi, Italian footballer
1961 Akira Taue, Japanese professional wrestler
1961 David Winning, Canadian film director
1961 Janet McTeer, British actress
1961 Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer (Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy)
1962 Terry Baker, CFL kicker (Montreal Alouettes)
1963 Anthony Field, Australian musician and actor
1963 Clemens Lothaller, Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13 backup)
1963 Izabela Kloc, Polish politician
1963 Robin Jarvis, British writer
1963 Sylvain Cossette, Quebec singer and songwriter
1963 Terry Christian, British radio presenter
1964 Bobby Labonte, American race car driver
1964 Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto California, actress (Jennie-General Hospital)
1964 Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur)
1964 Eric Brittingham, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
1964 Melissa Gilbert, American actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1964 Peter Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or Mar/Jan 8]
1965 Shalom Tikva, Israeli football player
1966 Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer
1966 Eddie Brown, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
1966 Marta Sánchez, Spanish singer
1968 Franklin Langham, Augusta GA, Nike golfer (1993 Permian Basin Open)
1968 Jamie Summers, American porn star
1968 Johan Pehrson, Swedish politician
1968 John Johnson, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1968 Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec politician
1968 Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star
1969 Akebono Taro, sumo wrestler
1969 Brad Culpepper, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1969 Duane Forde, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
1969 Swift Burch, CFL defensive end (Montreal Alouettes)
1970 Christine Stark, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1970 Luis Enrique, Spanish football player
1970 Marco Heering, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1970 Michael Bevan, cricketer (dashing NSW & Australian lefty bat)
1971 Carlos Brooks, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
1971 Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
1971 Stephen Ingram, NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1972 Chris Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Tennessee/Houston Oilers)
1972 Darren Hayes, Australian singer
1972 Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA (1996)/Ms Venus Swimwear (1994)
1972 Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist
1973 Kris Hudson-Lee, English musician
1973 Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian
1973 Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
1974 Calvin Branch, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
1974 Colin Daynes, Windsor Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96)
1974 Jon Tickle, English entertainer
1974 Korey Stringer, American football player, NFL tackle (Minnesota Vikings) (d. 2001)
1975 Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter and King of Latin Pop (Bailamos, Hero)
1975 Gastón Mazzacane, Argentine racing driver
1975 Jussi Markkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
1976 Ian "H" Watkins, pop singer (Steps)
1976 Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter
1976 Oleg Tverdovsky, Donetsk Ukr, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
1977 Jennifer Walcott, American glamor model, Playboy Playmate
1977 Theodoros Papaloukas, Greek basketball player
1978 Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
1978 Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer
1978 Josie Maran, American model
1978 Lúcio, Brazilian footballer
1978 Matthew Davis, American actor
1978 Sandra Kleinova, Prague Czech, tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-FIN)
1979 Jayna Cronin Geneva NY, dance skater (& Dreger-1997 Natl-13th)
1980 Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer
1980 Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
1980 Panayiotis Kafkis, Greek basketball player
1981 Andrea Barzagli, Italian footballer
1981 Björn Dixgård, Swedish guitarist, singer, songwriter
1981 John Maine, American baseball player
1981 Yasuko Tajima, Japanese swimmer
1982 Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player
1983 Matt Willis, British singer (Busted)
1984 Nadine Chandrawinata, Indonesian 2006 Miss Universe Pageant (Indonesia)
1985 Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress
1986 Marvell Wynne, American soccer player
1987 Felix Jones, American football player

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535 John (Mercurius), Italian Pope (533-35)
685 Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85)
1192 Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)
1278 Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)
1319 Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319)
1319 King Haakon V of Norway (b. 1270)
1473 John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
1538 Edward Fox, English bishop
1577 Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State)
1672 Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)
1684 Henri Dumont, composer
1725 John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
1766 Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)
1773 Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Egyptian Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1728)
1781 Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)
1785 Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (b. 1701)
1785 Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (b. 1719)
1788 Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, French chemist (identified oxygen), executed (guillotined) (b. 1743)
1809 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante)
1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer
1819 Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (1782-1819)
1829 Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781)
1837 Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)
1842 Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)
1844 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway
1846 Giacomo Cordella, composer
1853 Joannes P Roothaan, Dutch pries, first Dutch lutenent col-general of Jesuits (b. 1785)
1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle
1873 John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (b. 1806)
1876 Truganini, last originating Tasmanian
1880 Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
1885 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer
1887 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin, hanged for assassination of tsar
1891 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian-born author, theosophist (b. 1831)
1894 Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen)
1903 Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti) (b. 1848)
1904 Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot)
1907 Edmund G. Ross, American Senator (b. 1826)
1909 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat
1915 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain
1924 Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law)
1930 Lvar Henning Mankell, composer
1932 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
1936 Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes) (b. 1880)
1941 Heinrich Zollner, composer
1943 Mordicai Anielewicz, Polish Resistance Fighter, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed (b. 1919)
1945 Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883)
1945 Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of Nazi-occupied Norway (b. 1898)
1945 Wilhelm Rediess, SS and Police leader of Nazi-occupied Norway (b. 1900)
1947 Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
1948 Alfred Holy, composer
1948 U Saw, Burmese politician (b. 1900)
1950 Franklin Dyall
1950 Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (b. 1865)
1952 William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)
1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter
1958 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
1959 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide
1960 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka)
1960 J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (b. 1904)
1961 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show)
1965 H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld)
1967 Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde)
1967 Elmer Rice, NY playwright/director/novelist
1967 LaVerne Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (b. 1911)
1969 Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892)
1973 Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player
1974 Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
1975 Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee (1952-72) (b. 1887)
1976 Alan Baxter
1976 Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction
1979 Talcott Parsons, US sociologist
1981 Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel)
1981 Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 v Eng)
1981 Uri Zvi Grinberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)
1982 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver, dies in an accident (b. 1950)
1982 Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943)
1984 Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
1984 Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (b. 1890)
1985 Dolph Sweet, American actor (Gil McGowan-Another World) (b. 1920)
1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict)
1985 Karl Marx, German composer (b. 1897)
1985 Theodore Sturgeon, American science fiction writer (b. 1918)
1986 Ernle Bradford, English historian and writer (b. 1922)
1987 Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (b. 1920)
1987 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas
1988 Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (Friday) (b. 1907)
1988 Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer
1990 Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
1990 Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop
1991 Jean Langlais, French composer and pianist (b. 1907)
1991 Lloyd Ford, stuntman
1991 Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse)
1991 Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (b. 1903)
1992 Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO)
1992 Brian Moore, writer (Catholics)
1992 Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan)
1992 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java)
1992 Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide)
1993 Avram Davidson, American writer (b. 1923)
1993 Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
1994 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist
1994 George Peppard, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team) (b. 1928)
1994 Rupert Haselden, journalist/screenwriter
1994 Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide
1995 Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo
1995 Jerry Zipkin, socialite
1995 Prem Bhatia, journalist
1995 Teresa Teng, Asian singer (b. 1953)
1996 Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
1996 Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)
1996 Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
1996 Jane Cowan, cello teacher
1996 Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter
1996 Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer
1997 Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German Pres of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72)
1998 Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (b. 1912)
1999 Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)
1999 Dirk Bogarde, London England, actor (b. 1921) (Death in Venice, Servant)
1999 Ed Gilbert, American actor (b. 1931)
1999 Shel Silverstein, American poet (b. 1930)
1999 Sir Dirk Bogarde, British actor (b. 1921)
2000 Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American transhumanist (b. 1959)
2000 Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
2000 Henry Nicols, AIDS activist (b. 1973)
2001 Koby Mandell, Israeli-American terror victim
2005 Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (b. 1981)
2006 Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (b. 1938)
2008 Eddy Arnold, Country music star (b. 1918)
2008 François Sterchele, Belgian football player (b. 1982)
2009 Bud Shrake, American writer (b. 1931)
2009 Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917)
2011 Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (b. 1948)
2012 Maurice Sendak, American author/illustrator
2012 Nicholas Katzenbach, American Attorney General
2013 Brian Forbes, English director and actor
2013 Jeanne Cooper, American actress
2014 Roger L. Easton, American scientist, inventor and designer of GPS
2016 Reg Grundy, Australian media and television mogul (Neighbours)
2016 William Schallert, American actor (Patty Duke Show, Get Smart)
2016 John Bradshaw, American theologian

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