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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 8
- 400th: 1624 - Hung king Bethlen Gábor and emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna.
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of William Walker; filibuster/President of Nicaragua (1856-57).
- 100th: 1924 - Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at age 23.
- 100th: 1924 - Memel territories given to Lithuania.
- 100th: 1924 - Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against third wage cut.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Leonard Hoffmann; high court judge.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Roger Kendrick; governor (Dartmoor Prison).
- 80th: 1944 - First eye bank opens (New York City).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Gary Glitter [Paul Gadd] in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England; rocker (Rock and Roll Part II).
- 80th: 1944 - German submarine U-575 sinks ship Asphodel.
- 70th: 1954 - First shot-put over 60 feet (18.29 metre)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of David Keith in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; actor (Back Roads, Firestarter).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Cheryl Richardson in Palo Alto, California, USA; actress (Jennie - General Hospital).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Eric Brittingham; rocker (Cinderella - "Heartbreak Station").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Melissa Gilbert [Boxleitner/Brinkman] in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Little House on the Prairie).
- 50th: 1974 - 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Calvin Branch; cornerback (Oakland Raiders).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Colin Daynes in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; 68kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Korey Stringer; NFL tackle (Minnesota Vikings).
- 50th: 1974 - Canadian Government of Pierre Trudeau falls.
- 50th: 1974 - In Japan, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs, on the Izu Peninsula. The earthquake killed 30 people, injured 82, and destroyed 121 homes. Approximately 1,510 houses damaged.
- 50th: 1974 - FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II.
- 40th: 1984 - Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed.
- 40th: 1984 - The longest game in Major League Baseball history begins at 7:30 PM between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox. The game will be played over the course of 2 days, lasting 25 innings, with a total time of 8 hours and 6 minutes.
- 40th: 1984 - The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
- 40th: 1984 - Denis Lortie kills three government employees in the National Assembly of Quebec building.
- 40th: 1984 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 40th: 1984 - Minnesota Twins' Kirby Puckett debuts with four singles.
- 30th: 1994 - 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on TV show 60 Minutes.
- 30th: 1994 - Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at age 88.
- 30th: 1994 - Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) first game.
- 30th: 1994 - Ernesto Pérez Balladares elected President of Panamá.
- 30th: 1994 - George Peppard, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, The A-Team), dies at age 65 (born 1928).
- 30th: 1994 - José Maria Figueres becomes President of Costa Rica.
- 30th: 1994 - Laura Davies wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic.
- 30th: 1994 - US President Bill Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people.
- 30th: 1994 - The Vietnamese ship Chanoco I and the Taiwanese ship Unihumanity collide in the Long Tau river near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, spilling about 233,000 litres of oil into the river.
- 30th: 1994 - Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at age 48.
- 25th: 1999 - Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Military College of South Carolina.
- 25th: 1999 - Jimmy Glass scores the goal that keeps Carlisle United in the Football League.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Dana Plato at age 34 by suicide drug overdose; actress (Kimberly Diff'rent Strokes).
- 15th: 2009 - Fannie Mae, the largest provider of U.S. home mortgage funding, reports a US$23.2 billion loss in the first quarter, and seeks US$19 billion in additional funding from the US Treasury.
- 5th: 2019 - A British teenager, Isabelle Holdaway, 17, 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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