Vero - Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 8

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  State of Zhao
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  Hernando de Soto
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  Joan of Arc
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  Antoine Lavoisier
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  Alfred Jodl signing the WWII capitulation papers
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  Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Instrument of Surrender
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  The remains of Tollund Man shortly after his discovery
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  A glass of Coca-Cola
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  Sketch of the Versailles rail accident

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Blurb	Reason
; Parents' Day in South Korea	unreferenced section
453 BC – The house of Zhao defeated the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period of China.	refimprove section
1429 – French troops led by Joan of Arc lifted the English siege of Orléans and turned the tide of the Hundred Years' War.	unreferenced section, numerous other paragraphs without citations
1541 – Spanish conquistadors led by Hernando de Soto became the first documented Europeans to cross the Mississippi River.	unreferenced section
1794 – The Reign of Terror: Branded a traitor, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, a former royal tax collector with the Ferme générale, was tried, convicted, and guillotined on the same day.	refimprove section
1846 – The first major battle in the Mexican–American War was fought at the Battle of Palo Alto near present-day Brownsville, Texas.	unreferenced section
1886 – In Atlanta, American pharmacist John Pemberton first sold his carbonated beverage Coca-Cola as a patent medicine, claiming that it cured a number of diseases.	refimprove section
1902 – An eruption of Mount Pelée destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, causing around 30,000 deaths.	refimprove section and other cites needed
1945 – In the presence of Allied commanders the representatives of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht signed the German Instrument of Surrender, ending World War II in Europe.	refimprove section
1984 – The Soviet Union announced the boycott of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, citing security concerns and stated that "chauvinistic sentiments and an anti-Soviet hysteria [were] being whipped up in the United States".	refimprove
[[Pope Boniface IV|Pope Template:Nowrap]] |d|615	date of death uncertain
Truganini |d|1876	refimprove section
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day;	Stubby (c. 1,400 characters)

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• 1821 – Greek War of Independence: At the Battle of Gravia Inn, a 120-man Greek force led by Odysseas Androutsos repulsed an Ottoman army of 8,000 soldiers.
• 1924 – Lithuania signed the Klaipėda Convention, making the Klaipėda Region (taken from East Prussia) into an autonomous region under Lithuanian rule.
• 1942 – World War II: The Axis launched a major counteroffensive, turning the tide of the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula.
• 1945 – A parade in Sétif, French Algeria, celebrating the [[End of World War II in Europe|end of World Template:Nowrap in Europe]] became a riot and was followed by reprisals, carried out by colonial authorities over the following weeks, that killed thousands.
• 1950 – The Tollund Man (pictured), a naturally mummified corpse, was discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark.
• 1957 – South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began a state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.
• 1970 – Construction workers attacked students and others who were protesting the Vietnam War in New York City.
• 1987 – A British Special Air Service unit ambushed a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit in Loughgall, Northern Ireland, killing eight IRA members and one civilian.
• Born/died: | Andrea Navagero |d|1529| Edward Foxe |d|1538| Ali Bey al-Kabir |d|1773| Betsy Bakker-Nort |b|1874| Fern Hobbs |b|1883| Harry S. Truman |b|1884| Jacques Heim |b|1899| Friedrich Hayek |b|1899| Gordon McClymont |b|1920| Ethel D. Allen |b|1929| Jack Charlton |b|1935| Keith Lincoln |b|1939| Gamini Lokuge |b|1943| Anthony Field |b|1963| Ian "H" Watkins |b|1976| Teresa Teng |d|1995| Soeman Hs |d|1999

Notes

• New Coke (1985) appears on April 23, so Coca-Cola should not appear in the same year.
• Kent State shootings (1970) appears on May 4, so Hard Hat Riots
• Ngô Đình Cẩn, who ordered the Huế Phật Đản shootings (1963) appears on May 9, so both should not be used in the same year.

May 8: Anniversary of the birth of Miguel Hidalgo in Mexico (1753); Victory in Europe Day (1945) Template:Main page image/OTD

• 1643 – First English Civil War: The first siege of Wardour Castle ended after six days with the surrender of the Royalist garrison under Lady Blanche Arundell (pictured).
• 1842 – A train derailed and caught fire near Versailles, France, killing at least 52 people.
• 1927 – French aviators Charles Nungesser and François Coli aboard the biplane L'Oiseau Blanc took off from Paris, attempting to make the first non-stop flight to New York, only to disappear before arrival.
• 1963 – In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers opened fire into a crowd of Buddhists protesting against a government ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Phật Đản, killing nine and sparking the Buddhist crisis.
• 1972 – Four members of Black September hijacked Sabena Flight 571 to demand the release of 315 Palestinians convicted on terrorism charges.