The Soviet Union announces a boycott upon the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, later joined by 14 other countries. Date: May 8, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people 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. Date: May 8, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on…
The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. Date: May 8, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history". Date: May 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people. Date: May 8, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: May 8, 2019 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 2019 📅 On This Day (Today)
A car bomb explodes in front of a school in Kabul, capital city of Afghanistan killing at least 55 people and wounding over 150. Date: May 8, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 2025 papal conclave elects Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, taking the name Leo XIV as the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church. Date: May 8, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy. Date: May 7, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,199 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire. Date: May 7, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅…