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What happened in history on this day: May 8?
On May 8 in ...
- 1985 - 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win.
Births on May 8
- 1910 - Birth of Mary Lou Williams; US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite).
- 1911 - Birth of Robert Johnson; blues singer (King of the Delta Blues Singer).
- 1942 - Birth of Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood; rocker (Mothers Of Invention).
- 1943 - Birth of Paul Samwell-Smith in London, England; rocker (The Yardbirds - "For Your Love").
- 1944 - Birth of Gary Glitter [Paul Gadd] in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England; rocker (Rock and Roll Part II).
- 1945 - Birth of Keith Jarrett; jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer).
- 1947 - Birth of Felicity Lott; English soprano (We come to the river).
- 1947 - Birth of Phil Sawyer; rocker (Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin'").
- 1947 - Birth of Rick Zehringer in Celina, Ohio, USA; rocker (McCoys).
- 1951 - Birth of Chris Frantz in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA; rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club).
- 1951 - Birth of Philip Bailey; rocker (Earth Wind and Fire - "Shining Star", "Easy Lover").
- 1955 - Birth of Alex Van Halen in Nijmegen, Netherlands; rock drummer (Van Halen - "1984", "Jump").
- 1964 - Birth of Eric Brittingham; rocker (Cinderella - "Heartbreak Station").
- 1971 - Birth of Chris Wolf; actor/musician (Guys Next Door).
Deaths on May 8
- 1894 - Klara Fey, German orchestra leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at age 79.
- 1967 - Death of LaVerne Andrews from cancer at age 55; singer (Andrew Sisters, 19 gold records, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "Rum and Coca Cola").
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