Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Sat May 08 2021 12:05 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
05/08/1492 Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer
05/08/1521 Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
05/08/1527 Johann Walter, composer
05/08/1592 Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)
05/08/1629 Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kj�gebocht)
05/08/1641 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
05/08/1668 Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
05/08/1673 Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
05/08/1703 Gottlob Harrer, composer
05/08/1737 Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
05/08/1745 Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
05/08/1750 Elias Mann, composer
05/08/1753 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of M�xican independence
05/08/1763 John Goldberg, patriot/statesman
05/08/1778 Johann Gansbacher, composer
05/08/1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
05/08/1803 Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
05/08/1806 Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
05/08/1810 James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
05/08/1814 Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
05/08/1824 William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
05/08/1828 Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 190
05/08/1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
05/08/1833 Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
05/08/1836 Bryan Morel Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
05/08/1839 Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer
05/08/1842 Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist
05/08/1844 Hermann Gradener, composer
05/08/1846 Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright (Kohinoor)
05/08/1853 Charles Lee Williams, composer
05/08/1857 Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, actor/wife of Alida Little
05/08/1858 John Meade Falkner, novelist (Moonfleet)
05/08/1871 [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (French revolutionary)
05/08/1882 Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat
05/08/1884 Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1949)
05/08/1886 Jef van Hoof, composer
05/08/1891 Chet 'Red' Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
05/08/1892 Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
05/08/1893 Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
05/08/1895 Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
05/08/1895 Fulton J Sheen, El Paso Ill, bishop (Life is Worth Living)
05/08/1895 Jos� G�mez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
05/08/1899 August von Hayek, economist
05/08/1899 Friedrich A von Hayek, Aust/British economist (Road to Serfdom)
05/08/1899 Jan F van Hall, sculptor/resistance fighter
05/08/1903 Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday)
05/08/1904 John Snagge, BBC commentator
05/08/1905 Inglis Gundry, composer
05/08/1906 David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne)
05/08/1906 Roberto Rossellini, Italy, director (Open City)
05/08/1910 Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite)
05/08/1911 Robert Johnson, blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer)
05/08/1911 Wilhelm F de Gay Fortman, lawyer/foreign minister
05/08/1912 Gertrud Fussenegger, [Dorn], Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende)
05/08/1914 Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman of Comm House of Lords
05/08/1915 John Archer, Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)
05/08/1919 Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer
05/08/1920 Maurice Cranston, political scientist
05/08/1920 Sloan Wilson, US, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal Suit)
05/08/1921 Graham Leonard, bishop of London
05/08/1922 Brian Kellett, CEO (Port of London Authority)
05/08/1925 Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania (1985- )
05/08/1925 Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary
05/08/1926 Don Rickles, Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
05/08/1926 Richard F Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist (BBC)
05/08/1926 Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge
05/08/1927 Ian Denholm, CEO (Murray Investment Trust)
05/08/1927 Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank)
05/08/1928 Theodore Sorenson, pesidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days)
05/08/1928 William Jay Sydeman, composer
05/08/1929 V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA)
05/08/1930 Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
05/08/1930 Gary Snyder, [Japhy Ryder], beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems
05/08/1930 Heather Harper, soprano
05/08/1931 Charles M Wilson, composer
05/08/1933 Alistair Service, writer/publisher
05/08/1934 Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge
05/08/1934 Roger Kendrick, governor (Dartmoor Prison)
05/08/1934 Sonny Liston, US heavyweight boxing chmap (1962-64)
05/08/1935 Jack Charlton, soccer manager (Rep of Ireland)
05/08/1935 Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity)
05/08/1935 Viscount Falkland, British Lib-Dem peer
05/08/1936 Neville Purvis, British vice admiral/Chief of Fleet Support
05/08/1937 Dani�l Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
05/08/1937 Dennis DeConcini, (Sen-D-AZ, 1977- )
05/08/1937 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense)
05/08/1937 Thomas Pynchon, novelist (V)
05/08/1939 Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
05/08/1940 James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
05/08/1940 Peter Benchley, author (Jaws, Deep)
05/08/1940 Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party
05/08/1941 James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985- )
05/08/1942 Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew-1978 Ky Derby)
05/08/1942 Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer
05/08/1943 Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
05/08/1943 Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
05/08/1943 Toni Tennille, Montgomery Ala, female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille)
05/08/1944 Gary Glitter, [Paul Gadd], England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II)
05/08/1945 Keith Jarrett, jazz musician
05/08/1947 Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river)
05/08/1948 John Reid, MP
05/08/1951 Chris Frantz, rocker (Talking Heads-& She Was)
05/08/1951 Deborah Harmon, actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us
05/08/1951 Philip Bailey, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
05/08/1954 David Keith, Knoxville Tenn, actor (Back Roads, Firestarter)
05/08/1955 Alex Van Halen, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump)
05/08/1957 Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
05/08/1959 Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er)
05/08/1964 Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Jennie-General Hospital
05/08/1964 Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, LA, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
05/08/1964 Peter Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
05/08/1971 Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
Deaths:
05/08/ 535 John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
05/08/ 685 Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies
05/08/1319 Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
05/08/1577 Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies
05/08/1725 John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
05/08/1773 Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
05/08/1785 Pietro Longhi, painter, dies
05/08/1794 Antoine-Laurent Lavosier, chemist, gullotined
05/08/1809 Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
05/08/1818 Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
05/08/1829 Mauro Giuliani, composer, dies at 47
05/08/1844 Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies
05/08/1846 Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59
05/08/1853 Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67
05/08/1864 James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
05/08/1873 John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
05/08/1880 Gustave Flaubert, French writer (Salammb�), dies
05/08/1885 Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
05/08/1887 Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
05/08/1891 Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
05/08/1903 Eug�ne-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
05/08/1904 Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies
05/08/1909 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies
05/08/1915 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
05/08/1930 Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 62
05/08/1932 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
05/08/1936 Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), die
05/08/1941 Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86
05/08/1943 Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
05/08/1948 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
05/08/1951 Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
05/08/1957 John CB 'John' Sluyters, painter, dies at 75
05/08/1958 Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
05/08/1960 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
05/08/1961 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
05/08/1973 Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
05/08/1975 Avery Brundage, US chairman Intl Oly Committee (1952-72), dies at 87
05/08/1976 Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
05/08/1979 Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
05/08/1981 Daniel Gill�s, Belgian writer, dies at 64
05/08/1982 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
05/08/1985 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gimme a Break), dies of cancer at 64
05/08/1985 Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies at 69 of Alzheimer's
05/08/1985 Karl Marx, composer, dies at 87
05/08/1987 Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
05/08/1988 Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at
05/08/1991 Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84
05/08/1992 Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80
05/08/1992 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java, dies
05/08/1992 Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
05/08/1993 Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
05/08/1994 Cobina W 'Coby' Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88
05/08/1994 George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65
Significant Events:
05/08/ 535 John II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
05/08/ 615 St Boniface IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
05/08/ 685 St Benedict II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
05/08/1360 Treaty of Br�tigny signed by English & French
05/08/1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion-Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
05/08/1541 Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River
05/08/1660 English parliament asks King Charles II to resigns
05/08/1721 Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
05/08/1784 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough SC)
05/08/1792 British Capt George Vancouver sights, names Mt Rainier, Wash
05/08/1794 US Post Office established
05/08/1823 'Home Sweet Home' 1st sung (London)
05/08/1834 Charles Darwins expedition returns to the Beagle
05/08/1834 Prussia, Austria & Russia sign classified accord about Belgium
05/08/1842 Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die
05/08/1846 1st major battle of M�xican War fought at Palo Alto Texas
05/08/1858 John Brown holds antislavery convention
05/08/1862 Valley Campaign: Federals repulsed at Battle of McDowell Va
05/08/1863 Confederaci�n Granadina becomes Estados Unidos de Colombia
05/08/1864 Actions at Stony Creek/Nottoway bridge Virginia (Drewry's Bluff)
05/08/1864 Atlanta Campaign: Sever fighting near Dalton
05/08/1864 Battle of Antietam, VA (Spotslyvania Court House, Laurel Hill)
05/08/1864 Initial fighting at Spotslyvania Court House
05/08/1866 Australian Rules Football is created
05/08/1871 English-US treaty ends Alabama dispute
05/08/1878 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
05/08/1878 Paul Hines made baseball's unassisted 1st triple play
05/08/1885 Sarah Ann Henley survives 76-m jump from Clifton Bridge, Avon, Engl
05/08/1886 Atlanta pharmacist John Styth Pemberton invents Coca Cola
05/08/1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
05/08/1900 250 grave robbers shot to death
05/08/1900 Galveston Texas, hit by hurricane; about 6,000 die
05/08/1902 Mt Pel�e erupts, wipes out St Pierre, Martinique, kills 30,000
05/08/1906 Phila A's pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs
05/08/1907 Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0
05/08/1907 Heavyweight Tommy Burns KOs Jack O'Brien in LA
05/08/1915 Regret becomes 1st of 3 fillys to win Kentucky Derby
05/08/1919 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane
05/08/1924 Memel territories given to Lithuania
05/08/1924 Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut
05/08/1925 French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco
05/08/1926 1st flight over North Pole (Bennett & Byrd)
05/08/1926 A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
05/08/1926 Fire breaks out in Fenway Park
05/08/1929 Jan Mayen island, 500 km NNE of Iceland, incorporated into Norway
05/08/1929 NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pirates, 11-0
05/08/1935 Cin Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th beat Phils 15-
05/08/1937 War Admiral wins 63rd Kentucky Derby on his way to Triple Crown
05/08/1941 German Q-ship Pinguin sinks in Indian Ocean
05/08/1942 Aircraft carrier Lexington sunks by Japanese air attack at Coral Sea
05/08/1942 German summer offensive opens in Crimea
05/08/1943 Johnny Longden on Count Fleet wins 68th Preakness Stakes (1:57.4)
05/08/1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam
05/08/1945 Chinese counter attack at Tsjangte, supports by 14th air fleet
05/08/1945 Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
05/08/1945 V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
05/08/1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game
05/08/1949 West German constitution approved
05/08/1950 Chang Kai Shek asks US for weapons
05/08/1951 Dacron men's suits introduced
05/08/1953 WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
05/08/1954 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
05/08/1958 Pres Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central HS, Little Rock
05/08/1958 VP Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed & spat upon by protesters in Peru
05/08/1960 USSR & Cuba regain diplomatic relations
05/08/1961 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas
05/08/1961 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
05/08/1962 'Funny Thing Happened on Way to the Forum' opens on Broadway
05/08/1963 'Dr No' premieres in US
05/08/1963 JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression
05/08/1965 1st shut put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7')
05/08/1966 Last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF
05/08/1966 Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park (Frank Robinson)
05/08/1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
05/08/1968 Jim (Catfish) Hunter of Oakland pitches perfect game vs Twins (4-0)
05/08/1968 Pulitzer prize awarded to William Styron (Confessions of Nat Turner)
05/08/1969 Cambodia recognizes German DR
05/08/1970 Beatles release 'Let it Be' album
05/08/1970 Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99 for their 1st NBA championship
05/08/1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
05/08/1972 Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
05/08/1973 Indians holding SD hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
05/08/1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
05/08/1974 Canada govt of Trudeau falls
05/08/1977 David Berkowitz pleads guilty in 'Son of Sam' 44-caliber shootings
05/08/1978 ABC TV airs 'Stars Salute Israel at 30'
05/08/1979 Radio Shack releases TRSDOS 2.3
05/08/1980 Sabres take only 15 shots, Islanders 22, in a playoff game
05/08/1981 L Brozek discovers asteroid #3419
05/08/1981 Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
05/08/1982 Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
05/08/1984 Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)
05/08/1984 Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
05/08/1984 USSR announces it will not participate in LA Summer Olympics
05/08/1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair)
05/08/1988 Fran�ois Mitterrand elected president of France
05/08/1988 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
05/08/1989 Paul McCartney releases 'My Brave Face' & 'Ferry Cross the Mersey'
05/08/1989 US space shuttle STS-30 lands
05/08/1991 CIA director William H Webster resigns
05/08/1994 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
05/08/1994 Ernesto P�rez Balladares elected president of Panama
05/08/1994 Jos� Maria Figueres becomes president of Costa Rica
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