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Technology buffs, the first demonstration of a recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner in 1888. Also, in 1960, Theodore Maiman, at Hughes Research Laboratory in California, demonstrated the first working laser. 1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. 1866 - The US Congress authorised the first five-cent piece to be minted. 1868 - US President Andrew Johnson was acquitted during the Senate impeachment, by one vote. 1879 - The Treaty of Gandamak between Russia and England set up the Afghan state. 1881 - In Germany, the first electric tram for the public started service. 1888 - The first demonstration of recording on a flat disc was demonstrated by Emile Berliner. 1888 - The capitol of Texas was dedicated in Austin. 1910 - The US Bureau of Mines was authorised by the US Congress. 1920 - Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome. 1929 - The first Academy Awards were held in Hollywood. 1946 - Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder. 1948 - The body of CBS News correspondent George Polk was found in Solonika Bay in Greece. It had been a week after he had disappeared. 1952 - Actor Pierce Brosnan of 'Remington Steel', 'Dante's Peak' and 'Golden Eye' was born. 1960 - A Big Four summit in Paris collapsed due to the American U-2 spy plane incident. 1960 - Theodore Maiman, at Hughes Research Laboratory in California, demonstrated the first working laser. 1963 - After 22 Earth orbits, Gordon Cooper returned to Earth, ending Project Mercury. 1965 - Spaghetti-O's went on sale. 1966 - Singer Janet Jackson was born. 1969 - Venus 5, a Russian spacecraft, landed on planet Venus. 1970 - Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini was born. 1971 - US postage for a one-ounce first class stamp was increased from six to eight cents. 1975 - Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 1977 - Five people were killed when a New York Airways helicopter, idling on top of the Pan Am Building in Manhattan, toppled over, sending a huge rotor blade flying. 1985 - Michael Jordan was named Rookie of the Year in NBA. 1987 - The Bobro 400 set sail from New York Harbour with 3,200 tons of garbage. The barge travelled 6,000 miles in search of a place to dump its load. It returned to New York Harbour after eight weeks with the same load. 1988 - A report released by Surgeon General C Everett Koop declared that nicotine was addictive in similar was as heroin and cocaine. 1988 - The US Supreme Court ruled that police do not have to have a search warrant to search discarded garbage. 1991 - Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the US Congress. 1992 - The Endeavour space shuttle landed safely after its maiden voyage. 1996 - Admiral Jeremy ‘Mike’ Boorda, the nation's top Navy officer, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after some of his military awards were called into question. 1997 - In Zaire, President Mobutu Sese Seko handed control of the country to rebel forces ending 32 years of autocratic rule. 2000 - US First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was nominated to run for US Senator in New York. She was the first US first lady to run for public office. 2003 - Adam Rich was placed on three-year probation after he pled no contest to misdemeanour charges of driving under the influence and being under the influence of a controlled substance. He was also ordered to take part in a 60-day treatment program and pay about $1,200 in fines. 2005 - Sony Corporation unveiled three styles of its new PlayStation 3 video game machine. (Source: http://www.on-this-day.com)
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This day saw the start of a number of wars like the War of Spanish Succession, Six Day War between Israel and her neighbours – Egypt, Syria and Jordan. 1602 - Cape Cod was discovered by Bartholomew Gosnold. 1614 - An aristocratic uprising in France ended with the treaty of St Menehould. 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovered his harmonics law. 1702 - The War of Spanish Succession began. 1768 - Under the Treaty of Versailles, France purchased Corsica from Genoa. 1795 - Napoleon entered the Lombardian capital of Milan. 1849 - Neapolitan troops entered Palermo, and were in possession of Sicily. 1856 - Author of children's books like 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' Lyman Frank Baum was born. 1859 - Physicist Pierre Curie was born. 1862 – The US Congress created the Department of Agriculture. 1911 – The US Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. 1916 - US Marines landed in Santo Domingo to quell the civil disorder. 1918 - Regular airmail service between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, began under the direction of the Post Office Department, which later became the US Postal Service. 1926 - Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth were forced down in Alaska after a four-day flight over an ice cap. Ice had begun to form on the dirigible Norge. 1930 - Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess. 1940 - Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the US. 1942 - Gasoline rationing began in the US. The limit was three gallons a week for non-essential vehicles. 1948 - Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon only hours after declaring its independence. 1951 - AT&T became the first corporation to have one million stockholders. 1957 - Elvis Presley inhaled a cap on one of his teeth. He had to be taken to a Los Angeles hospital to have it removed from his lung. 1957 - Britain dropped its first hydrogen bomb on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean. 1958 - Sputnik III, the first space laboratory, was launched in the Soviet Union. 1963 - The last Project Mercury space flight was launched. 1970 - US President Nixon appointed America's first two female generals. 1970 - Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two black students at Jackson State University in Mississippi, were killed when police opened fire during student protests. 1970 - 'Close to You,' the Carpenter’s second album, was released. 1971 - Two short films by John Lennon were showcased at the Cannes Film Festival in France. 1972 - Alabama Governor George C Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland, while campaigning for the US presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot. 1974 - Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman released his first solo album, 'Monkey Grip.' It was the first solo effort by a member of the Rolling Stones. 1975 - The merchant ship US Mayaguez was recaptured from Cambodia's Khmer Rouge. 1980 - The first transcontinental balloon crossing of the United States took place. 1983 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the Madison Hotel was destroyed by an implosion. 1988 - The Soviet Union began their withdrawal of its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. Soviet forces had been there for more than eight years. 1990 - Vincent Van Gogh's ‘Portrait of Doctor Gachet’ was sold for $82.5 million. The sale set a new world record. 1997 - The Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a mission to deliver urgently needed repair equipment and a fresh American astronaut to Russia's orbiting Mir station. 1998 - Sony and Cher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1999 - The Russian Parliament was unable attain enough votes to impeach President Boris Yeltsin. 2009 - Eminem released his 5th studio album 'Relapse.'
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May 14 - A date with history
On this day in 1984, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was born. He shares his birthday with Star Wars director George Lucas who was born in 1944. The music world will be mourning the death of American singer and film actor Frank Sinatra, who passed away after a heart attack at the age of 82.
1264 - King Henry III was captured by his brother-in-law Simon deMontfort at the Battle of Lewes in France.
1509 - In the Battle of Agnadello, French defeated Venitians in Northern Italy.
1610 - French King Henri IV (Henri de Navarre) was assassinated by a fanatical monk, François Ravillac.
1643 - Louis XIV became King of France at age four upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1727 - English painter Thomas Gainsborough was born.
1787 - Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the US Constitution.
1796 - The first smallpox vaccination was given by Edward Jenner.
1804 - William Clark set off the famous expedition from Camp Dubois. A few days later, in St Louis, Meriwether Lewis joined the group. The group was known as the 'Corps of Discovery.'
1811 - Paraguay gained independence from Spain.
1853 - Gail Borden applied for a patent for condensed milk.
1862 - The chronograph was patented by Adolphe Nicole. 1878 - The name Vaseline was registered by Robert A Chesebrough.
1879 - Thomas Edison incorporated the Edison Telephone Company of Europe.
1897 - 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' by John Phillip Sousa was performed for the first time. It was at this ceremony where the statue of George Washington was unveiled.
1897 - Guglielmo Marconi made the first communication by wireless telegraph.
1904 - The Olympic games were held for the first time in the US at St Louis.
1913 - The Rockefeller Foundation was created by John D Rockefeller with a gift of $100,000,000.
1935 - The Philippines ratified an independence agreement.
1940 - The Netherlands surrendered to Nazi Germany.
1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established by an act of the US Congress.
1942 - 'Lincoln Portrait' by Aaron Copland was performed for the first time by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
1942 - The British, while retreating from Burma, reached India.
1944 - Film producer, screenwriter, director George Lucas of the 'Star Wars' movie series was born.
1948 - Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independent State of Israel as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
1955 - The Warsaw Pact, a Easter European mutual-defence treaty, was signed in Poland by eight communist bloc countries including the Soviet Union.
1961 - A bus carrying Freedom Riders was bombed and burned in Alabama.
1969 - Actress, theatre director Cate Blanchett was born.
1969 - Jacqueline Susann's second novel, 'The Love Machine,' was published by Simon and Schuster.
1973 - Skylab One was launched into orbit around Earth as the first US manned space station.
1975 - US forces raided the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. All 40 crew members were released safely by Cambodia. Around 40 US servicemen were killed in the military operation.
1980 - US President Carter inaugurated the Department of Health and Human Services.
1984 - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was born.
1985 - The first McDonald's restaurant became the first fast-food business museum. It is located in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1988 - In the Andean village of Cayara, Peru's military was involved in a massacre of at least 26 peasants.
1992 - Former Soviet President Mikhail S Gorbachev addressed members of the US Congress, appealing to them to pass a bill to aid the people of the former Soviet Union.
1996 - A tornado hit 80 villages in nothern Bangladesh. More than 440 people were killed.
1998 - Frank Sinatra died after a heart attack at the age of 82.
1998 - The Associated Press marked its 150th anniversary.
1998 - The final episode of the TV series 'Seinfeld' aired after nine years on NBC.
1999 - North Korea returned the remains of six US soldiers that had been killed during the Korean War.
1999 - Jess Marlow received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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On this day in 1998, India conducted a second round of nuclear tests. The first round had been done two days earlier. Within hours the US and Japan imposed tough economic sanctions. India claimed that the tests were necessary to maintain India's national security.
1607 - Jamestown, Virginia, was settled as a colony of England.
1648 - Margaret Jones of Plymouth was found guilty of witchcraft and was sentenced to be hanged by the neck.
1779 - The War of Bavarian Succession ended.
1787 - Captain Arthur Phillip left Britain for Australia. He successfully landed eleven ships full of convicts on January 18, 1788, at Botany Bay. The group moved north eight days later and settled at Port Jackson.
1821 - The first practical printing press was patented in the US by Samuel Rust.
1842 - Composer Sir Arthur Sullivan was born.
1846 - The US declared that war already existed with Mexico.
1861 - Britain declared its neutrality in the American Civil War.
1864 - The Battle of Resaca commenced as Union General Sherman fought towards Atlanta during the American Civil War.
1865 - The last land engagement of the American Civil War was fought at the Battle of Palmito Ranch, Texas, more than a month after General Robert E Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.
1867 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis became a free man after spending two years in prison for his role in the American Civil War.
1873 - Ludwig M Wolf patented the sewing machine lamp holder.
1880 - Thomas Edison tested his experimental electric railway in Menlo Park.
1888 - Slavery was abolished in Brazil.
1912 - Royal Flying Corps was established in England.
1913 - Igor Sikorsky flew the first four engine aircraft.
1917 - Three peasant children near Fatima, Portugal, reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary.
1918 - The first airmail postage stamps were issued with airplanes on them. The denominations were 6, 16, and 24 cents, respectively.
1926 - In Warsaw, Joseph Pilsudski had President Wojciechowski were arrested.
1927 - 'Black Friday' occurred in Germany.
1927 - Director Herbert Ross was born.
1937 - Actress Zohra Lampert best known for her role in 'Alan & Naomi' was born.
1938 - 'When the Saints Go Marching In' was recorded by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra.
1939 - Actor Harvey Keitel of 'Pulp Fiction', 'Thelma and Louise', and 'Taxi Driver' fame was born.
1940 - Winston Churchill made his first speech as Britain's Prime Minister.
1949 - The first gas turbine to pump natural gas was installed in Wilmar, Arkansas.
1950 - Musician Stevie Wonder was born.
1954 - US President Eisenhower signed into law the St Lawrence Seaway Development Act.
1955 - Elvis Presley's performance at Jacksonville, Florida, became the first Presley show at which a riot ensued.
1958 - French troops took control of Algiers.
1958 - US Vice-President Nixon's limousine was battered by rocks thrown by anti-US demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.
1968 - Peace talks between the US and North Vietnam began in Paris.
1970 - The Beatles film 'Let it Be' premiered in New York.
1975 - Hailstones the size of tennis balls hit Wenerville, Tennessee.
1981 - Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.
1982 - The Chicago Cubs became the first major league baseball team to win 8,000 games.
1985 - Tony Perez became the oldest major league baseball player to hit a grand slam home run at the age of 42 years and 11 months.
1985 - A confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped an explosive onto the group's headquarters. Around 11 people died in the fire that resulted.
1985 - Bruce Springsteen and Julianne Phillips were married. They separated in 1989.
1986 - Actor Robert Pattinson of the famous Twilight series was born.
1993 - The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bette Midler and Barry White were guest voices on the season finale of the 'The Simpsons.' The episode was entitled 'Krusty Gets Kancelled.'
1996 - In Bangladesh, 600 people were killed by a tornado.
1998 - India conducted a second round of nuclear tests. The first round had been done two days earlier. Within hours the US and Japan imposed tough economic sanctions. India claimed that the tests were necessary to maintain India's national security.
1999 - In Moscow, the impeachment of Russian President Boris Yeltsin began.
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1503 - Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands.
1768 - The imprisonment of the journalist John Wilkes as an outlaw provoked violence in London. Wilkes was returned to Parliament as a member for Middlesex.
1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the US colonies.
1774 - Louis XVI ascended the throne of France.
1775 - Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold led an attack on the British Fort Ticonderoga and captured it from the British.
1794 - Elizabeth, the sister of King Louis XVI, was beheaded.
1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte won a brilliant victory against the Austrians at Lodi bridge in Italy.
1838 - John Wilkes Booth the stage actor, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, was born.
1840 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith moved his band of followers to Illinois to escape the hostilities they had experienced in Missouri.
1857 - The Sepoys of India revolted against the British Army.
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured by Union troops near Irvinville, Georgia.
1869 - Central Pacific and Union Pacific Rail Roads meet in Promontory, Utah. A golden spike was driven in at the celebration of the first transcontinental railroad in the US.
1872 - Victoria Woodhull became the first woman nominated for the US presidency.
1876 - Richard Wagner's 'Centennial Inaugural March' was heard for the first time at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1898 - A vending machine law was enacted in Omaha, Nebraska. It cost $5,000 for a permit.
1908 - The first Mother's Day observance took place during a church service in Grafton, West Virginia.
1924 - J Edgar Hoover was appointed head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
1927 - The Hotel Statler in Boston, Massachusetts, became the first hotel to install radio headsets in each of its 1,300 rooms.
1928 - WGY-TV in Schenectady, New York, began regular television programming.
1933 - The Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.
1940 - Germany invaded Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
1940 - Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded 'Perfidia.'
1941 - England's House of Commons was destroyed by a German air raid.
1941 - Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy, parachuted into Scotland on what he claimed was a peace mission.
1942 - US forces in the Philippines began to surrender to the Japanese.
1943 - US troops invaded Attu in the Aleutian Islands to expel the Japanese.
1957 - Musician Sid Vicious was born. He was the bass guitarist and vocalist of the punk group, Sex Pistols.
1960 - Musician Paul Hewson better known by his stage name Bono was born.
1960 - The USS Triton completed the first circumnavigation of the globe under water. The trip started on February 16.
1965 - The Rolling Stones produced their very first recordings when they recorded 'Come On' and 'I Wanna Be Loved' from the album 'Out of Our Heads.'
1968 - Preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris.
1968 - Jim Morrison (Doors) incited a riot during a Chicago concert.
1974 - Eric Clapton recorded 'I Shot the Sheriff.'
1975 - Stevie Wonder and his band Wonderlove played for 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day.
1975 - Apple Records was dissolved.
1978 - Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announced they were divorcing after 18 years of marriage.
1983 - Metallica began recording the album 'Kill 'Em All' in New York. They finished on May 27, 1983.
1994 - The state of Illinois executed convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murders of 33 young men and boys.
1994 - Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa’s first black President.
1997 - An earthquake in north-eastern Iran killed at least 2,400 people.
1999 - China broke off talks on human rights with the US in response to NATO's accidental bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia.
1999 - The Cezanne painting 'Still Life With Curtain, Pitcher and Bowl of Fruit' sold for $60.5 million.
2000 - Around 11,000 residents were evacuated in Los Alamos, New Mexico, due to a fire that was blown into a canyon. The fire had been deliberately set to clear brush.
2001 - Boeing Co announced that it would be moving its headquarters to Chicago, Illinois.
2001 - In Ghana, 121 people were killed in a stampede at a soccer game.
2002 - Robert Hanssen was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole. Hanssen, an FBI agent, had sold US secrets to Moscow for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
2002 - Taiwan test fired a locally made Sky Bow II surface-to-air missile for the first time. It also fired three US-made Hawk missiles.
2005 - The iTunes Music Store touched sales of 400 million songs.
2011 - Microsoft closed a deal to purchase internet phone service provider Skype for $8.5 billion.
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May 9 - A date with history
1429 - Joan of Arc defeated the besieging English at Orleans.
1502 - Christopher Columbus left Spain for his final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
1671 - Thomas 'Captain' Blood stole the crown jewels from the Tower of London.
1754 - The first newspaper cartoon in America showed a divided snake 'Join or die' in 'The Pennsylvania Gazette.'
1785 - Joseph Bramah patented the beer-pump handle.
1825 - The Chatham Theatre opened in New York City. It was the first gas-lit theatre in America.
1901 - In Australia, the Duke of Cornwall and York declared the First Commonwealth Parliament open.
1915 - German and French forces fought the Battle of Artois.
1926 - Americans Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first men to fly an airplane over the North Pole.
1930 - A starting gate was used to start a Triple Crown race for the first time.
1936 - Fascist Italy took Addis Abba and annexed Ethiopia.
1936 - The first sheet of postage stamps of more than one variety went on sale in New York City.
1940 - Vivien Leigh debuted in America on stage in 'Romeo and Juliet' with Lawrence Olivier.
1941 - The German submarine U-110 was captured at sea by Britain's Royal Navy.
1945 - US officials announced that the midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately.
1946 - King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy abdicated and was replaced by Umberto.
1955 - West Germany joined NATO.
1958 - Richard Burton made his network television debut in the presentation of 'Wuthering Heights' on CBS-TV.
1960 - The US Food and Drug Administration approved for sale an oral birth-control pill for the first time.
1962 - A laser beam was successfully bounced off Moon for the first time.
1962 - Brian Epstein met with EMI producer George Martin. Martin signed the Beatles to record demos on June 4, 1962. It was their first recording contract.
1973 - Mick Jagger added $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by the Rolling Stones' January benefit concert for victims of a Nicaraguan earthquake.
1974 - The House Judiciary Committee began formal hearings on Nixon's impeachment.
1978 - The bullet-riddled body of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in the centre of Rome. The Red Brigades had abducted him.
1980 - A Liberian freighter hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida. Around 35 motorists were killed and a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapsed.
1987 - Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers were married.
1994 - Nelson Mandela was chosen to be South Africa's first black President.
1996 - In video testimony to a courtroom in Little Rock, Arkansas, US President Clinton insisted that he had nothing to do with a $300,000 loan in the criminal case against his former Whitewater partners.
2002 - It was announced that Ozzy Osbourne and his family had signed deal that included two books.
2002 - In Bethlehem, West Bank, a deal was reached that would end the 38-day standoff at the Church of the Nativity. Thirteen suspected militants were to be deported to several different countries. The standoff had begun on April 2, 2002.
2002 - In Kaspiisk, Russia, 39 people were killed and at least 130 were injured when a remote-controlled bomb exploded during a holiday parade.
2002 - In Bahrain, people were allowed to vote for representatives for the first time in nearly 30 years. Women were allowed to vote for the first time in the country's history.
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May 8 - A date with history
1096 - Peter the Hermit and his army reached Hungary. They passed through without incident.
1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolted against King Henry VI.
1541 - Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. He called it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
1794 - Antoine Lavoisier was executed by the guillotine. He was the French chemist that discovered oxygen.
1794 - The United States Post Office was established.
1846 - The first major battle of the Mexican War was fought. The battle occurred in Palo Alto, Texas.
1847 - The rubber tire was patented by Robert W Thompson.
1879 - George Selden applied for the first automobile patent.
1886 - Pharmacist Dr John Styth Pemberton invented what would later be called Coca-Cola.
1904 - US Marines landed in Tangier to protect the Belgian legation.
1914 - The US Congress passed a joint resolution that designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
1919 - The first transatlantic flight took-off by a navy seaplane.
1921 - Sweden abolished capital punishment.
1933 - Gandhi began a hunger strike to protest British oppression in India.
1939 - Clay Puett's electric starting gate was used for the first time.
1943 - The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto.
1945 - US President Harry Truman announced that World War II had ended in Europe.
1954 - Parry O'Brien became the first to toss a shot put over 60 feet. O'Brien achieved a distance of 60 feet 5 1/4 inches.
1956 - Alfred E Neuman appeared on the cover of Mad Magazine for the first time.
1958 - US President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard out of Little Rock as Ernest Green became the first black to graduate from an Arkansas public school.
1959 - Mike and Marian Ilitch founded Little Caesars Pizza Treat.
1960 - Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union resumed.
1961 - New Yorkers selected a new name for their new National League baseball franchise. They chose the Mets.
1970 - The Beatles album Let it Be was released.
1970 - Construction workers broke up an anti-war protest on New York City's Wall Street.
1973 - Militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
1984 - The Soviet Union announced that they would not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles.
1985 – New Coke was released to the public on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola.
1986 - Reporters were told that 84,000 people had been evacuated from areas near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine.
1997 - Larry King received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1998 - A pipe burst leaving a million residents without water in Malaysia's capital area. This added to four days of shortages that two million already faced.
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May 8 - A date with history
1096 - Peter the Hermit and his army reached Hungary. They
passed through without incident.
1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolted against
King Henry VI.
1541 - Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. He
called it Rio de Espiritu Santo.
1794 - Antoine Lavoisier was executed by the guillotine. He
was the French chemist that discovered oxygen.
1794 - The United States Post Office was established.
1846 - The first major battle of the Mexican War was
fought. The battle occurred in Palo Alto, Texas.
1847 - The rubber tire was patented by Robert W Thompson.
1879 - George Selden applied for the first automobile
patent.
1886 - Pharmacist Dr John Styth Pemberton invented what
would later be called ‘Coca-Cola.’
1904 - US Marines landed in Tangier to protect the Belgian
legation.
1914 - The US Congress passed a joint resolution that
designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
1919 - The first transatlantic flight took-off by a navy
seaplane.
1921 - Sweden abolished capital punishment.
1933 - Gandhi began a hunger strike to protest British
oppression in India.
1939 - Clay Puett's electric starting gate was used for the
first time.
1943 - The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and
destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto.
1945 - US President Harry Truman announced that World War
II had ended in Europe.
1954 - Parry O'Brien became the first to toss a shot put
over 60 feet. O'Brien achieved a distance of 60 feet 5 1/4 inches.
1956 - Alfred E Neuman appeared on the cover of ‘Mad
Magazine’ for the first time.
1958 - US President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard
out of Little Rock as Ernest Green became the first black to graduate from an Arkansas
public school.
1959 - Mike and Marian Ilitch founded ‘Little Caesars
Pizza Treat’.
1960 - Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Soviet
Union resumed.
1961 - New Yorkers selected a new name for their new
National League baseball franchise. They chose the Mets.
1970 - The Beatles album ‘Let it Be’ was
released.
1970 - Construction workers broke up an anti-war protest on
New York City's Wall Street.
1973 - Militant American Indians who had held the South
Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
1984 - The Soviet Union announced that they would not
participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles.
1985 – ‘New Coke’ was released to the public
on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola.
1986 - Reporters were told that 84,000 people had been
evacuated from areas near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine.
1997 - Larry King received a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
1998 - A pipe burst leaving a million residents without
water in Malaysia's capital area. This added to four days of shortages that two million
already faced.
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May 8 - A date with history 1096 - Peter the Hermit and his army reached Hungary. They passed through without incident. 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolted against King Henry VI. 1541 - Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River. He called it Rio de Espiritu Santo. 1794 - Antoine Lavoisier was executed by the guillotine. He was the French chemist that discovered oxygen. 1794 - The United States Post Office was established. 1846 - The first major battle of the Mexican War was fought. The battle occurred in Palo Alto, TX. 1847 - The rubber tire was patented by Robert W Thompson. 1879 - George Selden applied for the first automobile patent. 1886 - Pharmacist Dr John Styth Pemberton invented what would later be called ‘Coca-Cola.’ 1904 - US Marines landed in Tangier to protect the Belgian legation. 1914 - The US Congress passed a joint resolution that designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. 1919 - The first transatlantic flight took-off by a navy seaplane. 1921 - Sweden abolished capital punishment. 1933 - Gandhi began a hunger strike to protest British oppression in India. 1939 - Clay Puett's electric starting gate was used for the first time. 1943 - The Germans suppressed a revolt by Polish Jews and destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto. 1945 - US President Harry Truman announced that World War II had ended in Europe. 1954 - Parry O'Brien became the first to toss a shot put over 60 feet. O'Brien achieved a distance of 60 feet 5 1/4 inches. 1956 - Alfred E Neuman appeared on the cover of ‘Mad Magazine’ for the first time. 1958 - US President Eisenhower ordered the National Guard out of Little Rock as Ernest Green became the first black to graduate from an Arkansas public school. 1959 - Mike and Marian Ilitch founded ‘Little Caesars Pizza Treat’. 1960 - Diplomatic relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union resumed. 1961 - New Yorkers selected a new name for their new National League baseball franchise. They chose the Mets. 1970 - The Beatles album ‘Let it Be’ was released. 1970 - Construction workers broke up an anti-war protest on New York City's Wall Street. 1973 - Militant American Indians who had held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered. 1984 - The Soviet Union announced that they would not participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles. 1985 – ‘New Coke’ was released to the public on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola. 1986 - Reporters were told that 84,000 people had been evacuated from areas near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine. 1997 - Larry King received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1998 - A pipe burst leaving a million residents without water in Malaysia's capital area. This added to four days of shortages that two million already faced. (Source: http://www.on-this-day.com)
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