Page 9: Historical Events In May - 08

1980  On May - 08 world Health Organization announced smallpox had been eradicated   

1981  Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 08 gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident   

1984  On May - 08 france performs nuclear test at Muruora Island   

1984  On this day in history thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed   

1984  The USSR and Warsaw Pact countries announce they will boycott the Los Angeles Olympics on May - 08.   

1984  USSR announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics on May - 08.   

1985  20th Academy of Country Music Awards Alabama & Judds win on May - 08.   

1985  France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island on this day in history.   

1985  On May - 08 dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74   

1985  20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Judds win on May - 08.   

1987  On May - 08 gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)   

1987  On this day in history pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off   

1988  François Mitterrand elected President of France on this day in history.   

1988  Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC on this day in history.   

1988  Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80 on May - 08.   

1989  Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey" on May - 08.   

1989  On this day in history uS space shuttle STS-30 lands   

1990  On May - 08 tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies   

1991  On May - 08 cIA director William H Webster resigns   

1991  On May - 08 jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84   

1992  Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1993  On May - 08 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train & 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride   

1993  Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1993  Kees Deenik, singer/conductor on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes   

1994  Ernesto Pérez Balladares elected President of Panama on May - 08.   

1994  José Maria Figueres becomes President of Costa Rica on May - 08.   

1994  President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people on this day in history.   

1994  Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88 on May - 08.   

1995  Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1996  South Africa's Const Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution on May - 08.   

1997  Tea Leoni & David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village on May - 08.   

2007  On May - 08 devolved government is restored to Northern Ireland, with Ian Paisley as First Minister and Martin McGuinness as Deputy First Minister.   

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1326  On May - 08 birth of joanna I of Auvergne, queen of France (d. 1360)   

1460  Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer   

1521  Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.   

1527  Johann Walter, composer was born on May - 08.   

1587  Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On May - 08 birth of francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)   

1622  Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698) was born on May - 08.   

0535  On May - 08 john, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies   

0685  Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies on this day in history.   

1192  Death of Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163) on this day in history.   

1278  On this day in history death of emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)   

1319  On this day in history haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies   

1473  Death of John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420) on May - 08.   

1538  On May - 08 death of edward Fox, English bishop   

1577  On this day in history viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies