Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 8
May 8, 2024 is the 129th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 237 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 8
- 413 –Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, who are plundered by the Visigoths.
- 1788 –The French Parlement is suspended to be replaced by the creation of forty-seven new courts.
- 1846 –Mexican-American War: The Battle of Palo Alto – Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.
- 1899 –The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin opens.
- 1945 –End of the Prague uprising, today celebrated as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.
- 1945 –Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
- 1970 –The Hard Hat riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.
- 1973 –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.
- 1984 –Thames Barrier officially opened.
- 1987 –The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
Who were born on May 8?
- 1521 –Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (d. 1597)
- 1853 –Dan Brouthers, baseball player (d. 1932)
- 1920 –Sloan Wilson, American author (d. 2003)
- 1929 –Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (d. 2007)
- 1937 –Mike Cuellar, American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1941 –John Fred, American singer (d. 2005)
- 1951 –Deborah Harmon, American actress
- 1961 –Akira Taue, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1969 –Akebono Taro, American sumo wrestler, the 64th Yokozuna
- 1970 –Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
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