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This is a list of selected May 8 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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; Parents' Day in South Korea unreferenced section
453 BC – The house of Zhao defeated the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period of China. refimprove section
1429 – French troops led by Joan of Arc lifted the English siege of Orléans and turned the tide of the Hundred Years' War. unreferenced section, numerous other paragraphs without citatinos
1541 – Spanish conquistadors led by Hernando de Soto became the first documented Europeans to cross the Mississippi River. unreferenced section
1794 – The Reign of Terror: Branded a traitor, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, a former royal tax collector with the Ferme générale, was tried, convicted, and guillotined on the same day. refimprove section
1846 – The first major battle in the Mexican–American War was fought at the Battle of Palo Alto near present-day Brownsville, Texas. unreferenced section
1886 – In Atlanta, American pharmacist John Pemberton first sold his carbonated beverage Coca-Cola as a patent medicine, claiming that it cured a number of diseases. refimprove section
1902 – An eruption of Mount Pelée destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, causing around 30,000 deaths. refimprove section and other cites needed
1945 – In the presence of Allied commanders the representatives of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht signed the German Instrument of Surrender, ending World War II in Europe. refimprove section
1984 – The Soviet Union announced the boycott of the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, citing security concerns and stated that "chauvinistic sentiments and an anti-Soviet hysteria [were] being whipped up in the United States". refimprove
Pope Boniface IV |d|615 date of death uncertain
Truganini |d|1876 refimprove section
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day; Stubby (c. 1,400 characters)

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May 8: Anniversary of the birth of Miguel Hidalgo in Mexico (1753); Victory in Europe Day (1945)

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