Thursday May 8, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

is the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are until the end of the year. The day of the week is .

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, month, and days ago
  • month since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

Greek War of Independence: The Greeks defeat the Turks at the Battle of Gravia.
At Gilmore’s Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
the Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
South Vietnamese soldiers of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, killing nine.
Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena Flight 571. Israeli Sayeret Matkal commandos recapture the plane the following day.
The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.

Who were born on ?

Jean Henri Dunant, Founder of the Red Cross; Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915)
Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (d. 1925)
Red Nichols, American musician (d. 1965)
Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)
Sonny Liston, American boxer (d. 1970)
Ricky Nelson, American singer (d. 1985)
Sylvain Cossette, Quebec singer and songwriter
Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter
Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player

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