May 8
People born on this day are Taurus.
- 1970
The Beatles release their 12th and final studio album Let It Be.
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Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
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A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.
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The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
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The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
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The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
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The Soviet Union announces a boycott upon the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, later joined by 14 other countries.
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The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances.
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The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
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China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
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British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.
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The 2025 papal conclave elects Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, taking the name Leo XIV as the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church.
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2005Oliver Bearman, English racing driver
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2003Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco
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2001Jordyn Huitema, Canadian soccer player
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19966ix9ine, American rapper
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1993Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
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1992Olivia Culpo, American model and actress
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1992Kevin Hayes, American ice hockey player
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1990Lane Johnson, American football player
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1990Iyo Sky, Japanese wrestler
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1990Kemba Walker, American basketball player
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1989Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player
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1988Trisha Paytas, American media personality
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