Historical Events on May 8

1282 battle in Italy

1503 battle in the Third Italian War

1567 16th Century Clan War battle in Ireland

1624 military conflict

1648 battle that took place during the Second English Civil War

1744 French–British naval engagement

1821 battle during the Greek War of Independence

1825 battle in the Greek war of Independence

1845 battle in the Flagstaff War

First Battle of Ignacewo

1898 Italian Football Championship — 1st sports season

Western Allied invasion of Germany — 1945 offensive by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II

Riot by sailor in Halifax surrounding V-E day

1953 nuclear weapons test

Civil riot in Bhiwandi, India

Sabena Flight 571 — aircraft hijacking

1977 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1977

1979 fire in a Woolworths store in Manchester, England

1988 French presidential election — 1988 presidential election in France

2005 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2005

Conspiracy by six Muslim men to attack US military personal at Fort Dix, New Jersey, US

Eurovision Song Contest 2018 — 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

2018 Armenian Revolution — protests against Prime Minister Sersch Sargsyan and the government in Armenia in April and May 2018

2022 Miami Grand Prix — Formula One motor race