Wednesday 7 May 2014

Important Events 8th May in History



8th May in History
535 - John II's reign as Catholic Pope ends
589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo
615 - St Boniface IV's reign as Catholic Pope ends
685 - St Benedict II'sreign as Catholic Pope ends
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 Marten Luther
1541 - Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
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)
1792 - British Capt George Vancouver sights and names Mt Rainier, Wash
1792 - US establishes military draft
1821 - Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks in Gravia.
1823 - "Home Sweet Home" 1st sung (London)
1834 - Charles Darwin's expedition returns to the Beagle
1834 - Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
1840 - Alexander Wolcott patents Photographic Process
1842 - Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
1846 - 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto, Texas
1847 - Scot Robert Thompson patents rubber tyre
1858 - John Brown holds antislavery convention
1861 - Richmond, Va, is named the capital of the Confederacy
1862 - Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
1863 - Confederación Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
1864 - Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
1864 - Atlanta Campaign: Severe fighting near Dalton
1864 - Battle of Spotslyvania Court House begins
1871 - British-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
1877 - 1st Westminster Dog Show held
1878 - 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1879 - George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
1881 - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
1882 - David Belasco's "La Belle Russe" premieres in NYC
1885 - Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
1886 - Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells 1st Coca-Coke (contained cocaine)
1895 - China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1896 - Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
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 - Mt Pelee erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
1906 - Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
1907 - Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0
1907 - Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title
1909 - Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6)
1909 - Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31)
1912 - Film and television production/distribution studio Paramount Pictures is founded
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 Pittsburgh 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 - Aircraft carrier USS Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack in Coral Sea
1942 - German summer offensive opens in Crimea
1942 - 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
1943 - 69th Preakness: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 1:57.4
1943 - Admiral Cunningham of Britsh 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 - Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
1945 - V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
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 Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" premieres in London
1958 - US President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock, Arkansas
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
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 - Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
1970 - NBA championship: Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99
1971 - "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
1972 - Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
1973 - Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs mgr Whitey Lockman who is ejected during 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 (roller coaster), the first steel coaster with a vertical flip, 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 - 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 - World Healthhttp://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png 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 - 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 - USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
1985 - 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win
1985 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1987 - Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
1987 - The Loughgall ambush: The SAS kill 8 IRA members and 1 civilian, in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
1988 - "Oba Oba" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 46 performances
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
1988 - Amateur referees work NJ Devil-Boston Bruin playoff games, as NHL referees walk-off, due to a restraining order brought by Devils
1989 - Paul McCartney releases remake of "Ferry Cross the Mersey" in aid of those affected by the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed the lives of 95 Liverpool football fans
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 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
1993 - Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1993 - 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
1994 - "Rise & Fall of Little Voice" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 9 perfs
1994 - 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
1994 - Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
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 - President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
1994 - Erling Kagge becomes the first person to complete the Three Poles Challenge.
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 - Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village
1999 - Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.
2001 - 36th Academy of Country Music Awards: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Toby Keith wins
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 - The last piece of Yankee Stadium falls in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process.
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.
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

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