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8 May 2019
Singapore passed anti-fake news laws.
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8 May 1984
Moscow announces that the USSR will not take part in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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8 May 1980
Smallpox eradication was certified.
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8 May 1978
Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler climb Mount Everest without oxygen supply.
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8 May 1976
The New Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain was the world's first modern roller coaster to include a vertical loop.
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8 May 1970
The Beatles release the album Let It Be.
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8 May 1968
Jim 'Catfish' Hunter of the Oakland Athletics pitched the ninth perfect game, defeating the Minnesota Twins (4-0).
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8 May 1962
NASA's Atlas-Centaur rocket exploded mid-air during its first test flight.
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8 May 1958
Richard Nixon was harassed in Peru.
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8 May 1933
Mohandas Gandhi started a 21-day fast.
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8 May 1927
The White Bird and its crew mysteriously disappear.
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8 May 1921
The Communist Party of Romania was founded.
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8 May 1912
The film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures was founded.
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8 May 1909
The British runner, Henry Barrett, ran a world record marathon at 2 hours, 42 minutes, and 31 seconds in the Polytechnic Marathon in London.
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8 May 1886
Dr. John Pemberton sold the first Coca-Cola at Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia.
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8 May 1879
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
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8 May 1877
The first Westminster dog show took place.
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8 May 1429
After laying siege to Orléans for nearly seven months, England's forces finally gave up and simply marched away.
