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The following historical events happened on May 8:
The following are News Headline for May 6, 2012:
French Election: France Has a New President: Hollande Wins, Sarkozy Concedes.
Greek Election: Greek Early Poll Shows Conservatives Taking Lead
Anti Putin Rally In Moscow
Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu Calls for Early Election
Syria Prepares for Election on Monday
The following Events happened in our World History Today, May 6th:
1527 - Some considered it as the End of the Renaissance, Spanish and German troops sack Rome. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V during the Sack of Rome in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape in Castel Sant Angelo.
1536 - English Language Bibles where placed in every church under the Order of King Henry VIII.
1542 - Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
1757 - Battle of Prague. During the Seven Years War, a Prussian Army fights an Austrian Army in Prague.
1816 - In New York City, the American Bible Society was founded.
1835 - The first issue of the New York Herald was published by James Gordon Bennett, Sr.
1840 - The Penny Balck Postage is valid for use in Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
1857 - Indian History: Sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier revolted against the British and is considered to be the First Martyr in the War of India's Independence. The British East India Company disbands the 34th REgiment of Bangal Native Infantry.
1860 - Giuseppe Garibaldi's Mille sets sail from Genoa to the Kingdom of the Two Sicillies.
1861 - AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: Richmond, Virginia was declared the new capital of the Confederate States of America. Arkansas secedes from the Union
1863 - With the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by Confederate troops, The Battle of Chancellorville ends.
1877 - In Nebraska, The Chief of the Oglala Sioux, Chief Crazy Horse, surrenders to the United States troops.
1889 - LAND MARK HISTORY: At the Universal Exposition of Paris, The Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public.
1910 - George V becomes the King of the United Kingdom after the death of his father, Edward VII.
1935 - The Works Progress Administration was created by Executive Order 7034.
1940 - PULITZER PRIZE. John Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel "The Grapes of Wrath"
1941 - Bob Hope performs his first USO show at California's March Field.
1942 - PHILIPPINE HISTORY in WORLD WAR II: The Fall of Corregidor. In Corregidor, Philippines, the last American forces in the Philippines surrendered to the Japanese. This is considered as one of the main battles in Philippine history during World War II.
1945 - WORLD WAR II: The Prague Offenive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
1945 - The last propaganda broadcast to Allied Troops by Axis Sally was delivered. (The first broadcast was on December 11, 1941)
1954 - FIRST OF IT's KIND: Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile under four minutes.
1960 - More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
1962 - RELIGION: Pope John XXIII was canonized St. Martin de Porres (The Patron of Barbers).1976 - The Friuli Earthquake killed 989 deaths and the destruction of the entire villages.
1981 - VIETNAM HISTORY: Maya Ying Lin's design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was selected by a jury of architects and sculptors out of 1,421 other entries.
1983 - The hitler diaries were revealed as a hoax when experts examined the books and concluded that they are fake.
1988 - NORWEGIAN HISTORY: An airplane flying from Namsos to Brønnøysund in Norway crashes into the side of the Torghatten mountain, killing 36 passengers and crew.
1994 - Paula Jones, former Arkansas state worker, files suit against President Bill Clinton alleging that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
1994 - The Channel Tunnel Opens, after 7 years of work and enables travel between England and France. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and French President Francois Mitterand officiated at the opening of the Channel Tunnel.
1996 - 8 days after he disappeared, The body of former Cia director William Colby was gfound washed up on the riverbank in southern Maryland.
1997 - The most significant chang in the bank's 300 year histroy, The Bank of England was given independence from political control.
2001 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque During the Trip to Syria.
2008 - The Chaiten Volcano in Chile erupts forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
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