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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

This will be 128th day of the year and 237 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 28 Iyyar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 29th day of the 3rd month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

May 8 Birthdays

Harry S. Truman
1884–1972, former U.S. president, born in Lamar, Missouri.

Edward Gibbon
historian (1737)

Jean Henri Dunant
founder of the International Red Cross (1828)

Joselito
matador (1895)

Thomas Pynchon
novelist (1937)

Peter Benchley
novelist (1940)

May 2013

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

May 8 in History

1794

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined during the Reign of Terror.

1877

The first Westminister Dog Show was held.

1902

Mount Pelee on Martinique erupted, destroying the town of St. Pierre, and killing 40,000 people.

1945

V-E Day marks the European victory of the Allies in World War II.

1973

The 10-week Wounded Knee occupation ended when members of the American Indian Movement surrendered.

1978

David Berkowitz, a.k.a. the “Son of Sam,” plead guilty to killing six people in New York City.

1999

The Citadel in South Carolina graduated its first female cadet, Nancy Mace.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.