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May 8 | |
| 1884 | Birth date of Harry S Truman. (died 12/26/72) |
| 1885 | Birth date of Edmund Wilson, author and journalist. (died 6/13/72) |
| 1897 | Birth date of Philip F. La Follette, Governor of Wisconsin. (died 8/18/65) |
| 1899 | Birth date of Friedrich von Hayek, economist. (died 3/23/92) |
| 1911 | Birth date of Robert Johnson, musician. (died 8/16/38) |
| 1945 | War in Europe ends. |