What happend on 8th May

07.05
09.05
2005

The new Canadian War Museum opens, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of V-E Day.

2004

The Texas Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers, 16-15, in 10 innings. The game featured a wild fourth inning which would take over an hour to complete. Detroit, already ahead two runs, scored eight runs in the top half of the inning to take a 10-run lead. Texas would then score 10 runs in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game (the largest deficit in franchise history which it overcame). The 18 runs tied a MLB record for most runs by two teams in one inning. Alfonso Soriano also becomes the first Ranger to have six hits in one game.

1999

Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.

1997

A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Shenzhen's Huangtian Airport, killing 35

1987

The SAS ambushes and kills the Loughall Martyrs.

1984

The Soviet Union announces that it will boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

1984

Cpl. Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three and wounding 13. René Jalbert, sergeant-at-arms of the assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.

1977

Grateful Dead performs at Barton Hall, Cornell University

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.

1972

Vietnam War – U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.