May 8 in History
What happened on May 8 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on may 8 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on may 8 in history.
?>1995
Jacques Chirac is elected president of France.
1984
The Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Summer Olympics planned for Los Angeles.
1967
Boxer Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in U.S. Army.
1958
President Dwight Eisenhower orders the National Guard out of Little Rock as Ernest Green becomes the first black to graduate from an Arkansas public school.
1952
Allied fighter-bombers stage the largest raid of the war on North Korea.
1945
The final surrender of German forces is celebrated as VE (Victory Europe) day.
1942
The Battle of the Coral Sea between the Japanese Navy and the U.S. Navy ends.
1940
German commandos in Dutch uniforms cross the Dutch border to hold bridges for the advancing German army.
1933
Mahatma Gandhi—actual name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi—begins a hunger strike to protest British oppression in India.
1919
The first transatlantic flight by a navy seaplane takes-off.
1904
U.S. Marines land in Tangier, North Africa, to protect the Belgian legation.
1895
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki.
1886
Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton invents Coca Cola.
1864
Union troops arrive at Spotsylvania Court House to find the Confederates waiting for them.
1862
General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson repulses the Federals at the Battle of McDowell, in the Shenendoah Valley.
1846
The first major battle of the Mexican War is fought at Palo Alto, Texas.
1794
The United States Post Office is established.
1559
An act of supremacy defines Queen Elizabeth I as the supreme governor of the church of England.
1541
Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi River which he calls Rio de Espiritu Santo.
1450
Jack Cade’s Rebellion–Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.