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# Today's History 📜



8th May 2026



## Year - 2025

 The [2025 papal conclave](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_papal_conclave "2025 papal conclave") elects Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, taking the name [Leo XIV](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIV "Pope Leo XIV") as the [267th Pope](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes "List of popes") of the [Catholic Church](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church "Catholic Church").



## Year - 2021

 A car bomb explodes in front of a school in [Kabul](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul "Kabul"), capital city of Afghanistan killing at least 55 people and wounding over 150.



## Year - 2019

 British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified [phage therapy](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Phage_therapy "Phage therapy") to treat a [drug-resistant infection](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_resistance "Antimicrobial resistance").



## Year - 1997

 [China Southern Airlines Flight 3456](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Southern_Airlines_Flight_3456 "China Southern Airlines Flight 3456") crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.



## Year - 1988

 A fire at [Illinois Bell](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Bell "Illinois Bell")'s Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended [1AESS](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1AESS "1AESS") network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".



## Year - 1987

 The [SAS](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Air_Service "Special Air Service") kills eight [Provisional Irish Republican Army](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army "Provisional Irish Republican Army") volunteers and a civilian during an [ambush](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughgall_ambush "Loughgall ambush") in [Loughgall](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughgall "Loughgall"), Northern Ireland.



## Year - 1984

 The [Thames Barrier](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Barrier "Thames Barrier") is officially opened, preventing the [floodplain](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain "Floodplain") of most of [Greater London](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_London "Greater London") from being flooded except under extreme circumstances.



## Year - 1984

 The [Soviet Union](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union "Soviet Union") announces a [boycott upon the](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics_boycott "1984 Summer Olympics boycott") [Summer Olympics at Los Angeles](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics "1984 Summer Olympics"), later joined by 14 other countries.



## Year - 1984

 Corporal [Denis Lortie](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Lortie "Denis Lortie") enters the [Quebec National Assembly](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Quebec "National Assembly of Quebec") and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. [René Jalbert](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jalbert "René Jalbert"), Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the [Cross of Valour](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Valour_(Canada) "Cross of Valour (Canada)").



## Year - 1980

 The [World Health Organization](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization "World Health Organization") confirms the eradication of [smallpox](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox "Smallpox").



## Year - 1978

 The first ascent of [Mount Everest](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest "Mount Everest") without supplemental oxygen, by [Reinhold Messner](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Messner "Reinhold Messner") and [Peter Habeler](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Habeler "Peter Habeler").



## Year - 1976

 The rollercoaster [The New Revolution](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Revolution_(roller_coaster) "The New Revolution (roller coaster)"), the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at [Six Flags Magic Mountain](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Magic_Mountain "Six Flags Magic Mountain").



## Year - 1973

 A [71-day standoff](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_incident "Wounded Knee incident") between federal authorities and the [American Indian Movement](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement "American Indian Movement") members occupying the [Pine Ridge Reservation](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Ridge_Reservation "Pine Ridge Reservation") at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.



## Year - 1972

 [Vietnam War](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War "Vietnam War"): U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to [place naval mines](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pocket_Money "Operation Pocket Money") in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.



## Year - 1970

 [The Beatles](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles "The Beatles") release their 12th and final studio album [Let It Be](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Be_(album) "Let It Be (album)").



## Year - 1967

 The Philippine province of [Davao](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Davao_(province) "Davao (province)") is split into three: [Davao del Norte](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Davao_del_Norte "Davao del Norte"), [Davao del Sur](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Davao_del_Sur "Davao del Sur"), and [Davao Oriental](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Davao_Oriental "Davao Oriental").



## Year - 1963

 South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem [open fire on Buddhists](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%E1%BA%BF_Ph%E1%BA%ADt_%C4%90%E1%BA%A3n_shootings "Huế Phật Đản shootings") defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on [Vesak](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ves%C4%81kha "Vesākha"), killing nine and sparking the [Buddhist crisis](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_crisis "Buddhist crisis").



## Year - 1957

 South Vietnamese President [Ngo Dinh Diem](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem "Ngo Dinh Diem") began a [state visit](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem_presidential_visit_to_the_United_States "Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to the United States") to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.



## Year - 1950

 The [Tollund Man](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man "Tollund Man") was discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark.



## Year - 1946

 Estonian schoolgirls [Aili Jõgi](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Aili_J%C3%B5gi "Aili Jõgi") and [Ageeda Paavel](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageeda_Paavel "Ageeda Paavel") blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the [Bronze Soldier of Tallinn](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Soldier_of_Tallinn "Bronze Soldier of Tallinn").



## Year - 1945

 The [Halifax riot](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_riot "Halifax riot") starts when thousands of civilians and servicemen rampage through Halifax, Nova Scotia.



## Year - 1945

 Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the [Sétif massacre](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9tif_massacre "Sétif massacre").



## Year - 1945

 End of the [Prague uprising](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_uprising "Prague uprising"), celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.



## Year - 1945

 World War II: The [German Instrument of Surrender](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Instrument_of_Surrender "German Instrument of Surrender") signed at [Berlin-Karlshorst](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlshorst "Karlshorst") comes into effect.



## Year - 1942

 World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the [Cocos Islands](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_Islands "Cocos Islands") rebel in the [Cocos Islands Mutiny](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_Islands_Mutiny "Cocos Islands Mutiny"). Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only [British Commonwealth](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations "Commonwealth of Nations") soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.



## Year - 1942

 World War II: The [Battle of the Coral Sea](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea "Battle of the Coral Sea") comes to an end with [Imperial Japanese Navy](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy "Imperial Japanese Navy") [aircraft carrier](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier "Aircraft carrier") aircraft attacking and sinking the [United States Navy](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy "United States Navy") aircraft carrier [USS Lexington](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-2) "USS Lexington (CV-2)").



## Year - 1942

 World War II: The German [11th Army](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Army_(Wehrmacht) "11th Army (Wehrmacht)") begins [Operation Trappenjagd](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kerch_Peninsula "Battle of the Kerch Peninsula") (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.



## Year - 1941

 [World War II](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II "World War II"): The German Luftwaffe launches a [bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham_Blitz "Nottingham Blitz").



## Year - 1933

 [Mohandas Gandhi](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi "Mahatma Gandhi") begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.



## Year - 1927

 Attempting to make the first non-stop [transatlantic flight](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_flight "Transatlantic flight") from Paris to New York, French war heroes [Charles Nungesser](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nungesser "Charles Nungesser") and [François Coli](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Coli "François Coli") disappear after taking off aboard [The White Bird](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Bird "The White Bird") biplane.



## Year - 1924

 The [Klaipėda Convention](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da_Convention "Klaipėda Convention") is signed formally incorporating [Klaipėda Region](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaip%C4%97da_Region "Klaipėda Region") (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.



## Year - 1921

 The creation of the [Communist Party of Romania](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Communist_Party "Romanian Communist Party").



## Year - 1919

 [Edward George Honey](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_George_Honey "Edward George Honey") proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the [Armistice of 11 November 1918](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918 "Armistice of 11 November 1918") which ended World War I.



## Year - 1902

 In Martinique, [Mount Pelée](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pel%C3%A9e "Mount Pelée") erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.



## Year - 1899

 The [Irish Literary Theatre](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Literary_Theatre "Irish Literary Theatre") in Dublin produced its first play.



## Year - 1898

 The first games of the [Italian football league system](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_football_league_system "Italian football league system") are played.



## Year - 1886

 Pharmacist [John Pemberton](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pemberton "John Pemberton") first sells a carbonated beverage named "[Coca-Cola](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola "Coca-Cola")" as a patent medicine.



## Year - 1877

 At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first [Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Kennel_Club_Dog_Show "Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show") opens.



## Year - 1846

 [Mexican-American War](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War "Mexican-American War"): American forces led by Zachary Taylor [defeat](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palo_Alto "Battle of Palo Alto") a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war.



## Year - 1842

 A train [derails and catches fire](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Versailles_rail_accident "Versailles rail accident") in Paris, killing between 52 and 200 people.



## Year - 1821

 [Greek War of Independence](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_War_of_Independence "Greek War of Independence"): The Greeks defeat the Turks at the [Battle of Gravia Inn](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gravia_Inn "Battle of Gravia Inn").



## Year - 1794

 Branded a traitor during the [Reign of Terror](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror "Reign of Terror"), French chemist [Antoine Lavoisier](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lavoisier "Antoine Lavoisier"), who was also a tax collector with the [Ferme générale](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferme_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale "Ferme générale"), is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.



## Year - 1788

 King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of [Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Charles_de_Lom%C3%A9nie_de_Brienne "Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne") by abolishing the parlements.



## Year - 1721

 In the [Papal States](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_States "Papal States"), Cardinal Michelangelo dei Conti is [elected](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1721_papal_conclave "1721 papal conclave") [Pope](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope "Pope"), and takes the name [Innocent XIII](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XIII "Pope Innocent XIII").



## Year - 1639

 [William Coddington](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Coddington "William Coddington") founds [Newport, Rhode Island](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island "Newport, Rhode Island").



## Year - 1608

 A newly [nationalized](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalization "Nationalization") silver mine in Scotland at [Hilderston, West Lothian](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilderston,_West_Lothian "Hilderston, West Lothian") is re-opened by [Bevis Bulmer](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevis_Bulmer "Bevis Bulmer").



## Year - 1541

 [Hernando de Soto](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto "Hernando de Soto") stops near present-day [Walls, Mississippi](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls,_Mississippi "Walls, Mississippi"), and sees the Mississippi River (then known by the Spanish as Río de Espíritu Santo, the name given to it by [Alonso Álvarez de Pineda](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_%C3%81lvarez_de_Pineda "Alonso Álvarez de Pineda") in 1519).



## Year - 1516

 A group of imperial guards, led by Trịnh Duy Sản, [murdered](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BA%A7n_C%E1%BA%A3o_Rebellion "Trần Cảo Rebellion") Emperor [Lê Tương Dực](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA_T%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_D%E1%BB%B1c "Lê Tương Dực") and fled, leaving the capital [Thăng Long](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanoi "Hanoi") undefended.



## Year - 1450

 Kentishmen [revolt](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cade%27s_Rebellion "Jack Cade's Rebellion") against King [Henry VI](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England "Henry VI of England").



## Year - 1429

 [Joan of Arc](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc "Joan of Arc") lifts the [Siege of Orléans](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Orl%C3%A9ans_(1428%E2%80%931429) "Siege of Orléans (1428-1429)"), turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.



## Year - 1373

 [Julian of Norwich](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich "Julian of Norwich"), a Christian [mystic](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_mysticism "Christian mysticism") and [anchoress](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoress "Anchoress"), experiences the deathbed visions described in her [Revelations of Divine Love](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Revelations_of_Divine_Love "Revelations of Divine Love").



## Year - 1360

 [Treaty of Brétigny](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Br%C3%A9tigny "Treaty of Brétigny") drafted between King [Edward III of England](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_III_of_England "Edward III of England") and King [John II of France](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_of_France "John II of France") (the Good).



## Year - 589

[Reccared I](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Reccared_I "Reccared I") opens the [Third Council of Toledo](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Council_of_Toledo "Third Council of Toledo"), marking the entry of [Visigothic Spain](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoth "Visigoth") into the [Catholic Church](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church "Catholic Church").



## Year - 413

Emperor [Honorius](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_(emperor) "Honorius (emperor)") signs an [edict](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict "Edict") providing tax relief for the Italian provinces [Tuscia](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Viterbo "Province of Viterbo"), [Campania](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Campania "Campania"), [Picenum](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Picenum "Picenum"), [Samnium](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Samnium "Samnium"), [Apulia](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Apulia "Apulia"), [Lucania](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucania "Lucania") and [Calabria](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabria "Calabria"), which were plundered by the [Visigoths](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths "Visigoths").



## Year - 453 BC

 - 453 BC - [Spring and Autumn period](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period "Spring and Autumn period"): The house of [Zhao](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhao_(state) "Zhao (state)") defeats the house of Zhi, ending the [Battle of Jinyang](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jinyang "Battle of Jinyang"), a military conflict between the elite families of the [State of Jin](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_(Chinese_state) "Jin (Chinese state)").







> _Last Updated: 5/8/2026, 3:04:32 PM (in GMT)_