What happened on 8th May in history

johnlambert | 22:10 Mon 15th May 2006 | History

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Apart from VE day 1945, did anything else significant happen on 8th May in history?

Our son was born last Monday and we're filling in his "Baby days book".

many thanks in advance

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very many sincere congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

jno

wow, the day electricity came to Piccadilly Circus. You mean all those big ads were gaslit before that? Congratulations, anyway!

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Many thanks dot. If we ever meet the vodka's on me XXX

Pomp

Try this

Well he shares a birthday with Harry S. Truman, Jack Charlton, oh and Gary Glitter -maybe leave that one out!

And appropriately enough it's parents day in Korea - apparently it's also "National Outdoor Intercouse Day" - I wonder if there's a connection?

Grunty

1926 - David Attenborough born

1701 - Captain Kidd tried at the Old Bailey for piracy

1828 - Jean Henri Dunant, founder of International Red Cross born in Geneva

1902 - Mount Pelee erupted on Martinique killing 30,000 people in three minutes

1961 - George Blake jailed for 42 years for spying for Russia

The Beatles final album, Let It Be was released

on MAY 8TH in our house...nothing happened.

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