May 8
Day of the year
Summary
May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 237 days remain until the end of the year.
Originally created by Tsja
10/15/2001, 11:48:59 AM
Modified
5/28/2026, 10:02:03 PM
Recent revisions
Reverted 1 pending edit by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-30875-28|~2026-30875-28]] to revision 1353247610 by Kiwipete: new entries require inline citations per [[WP:DOYCITE]]
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1353226642|1353226642]] by [[Special:Contributions/Toddst1|Toddst1]] ([[User talk:Toddst1|talk]]) - a removed entry was inadvertently restored
new entry supported by [[WP:RSP]]. See [[Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_426#www.onthisday.com]]
While [[Irish Literary Theatre]] is notable, the date of its first production fails [[WP:EVENTDOY]]
/* 1901–present */
These were more than just politicians. Added citations.
Added that this is marked as Victory In Europe Day, and added a citation.
Fixed my own grammar
Whilst researching what happened in Cade's Revolt, it appears that it started in April, not on today's date. And even those dates are fuzzy, so removed. Also added Hundred Year War header to the next entry
Added header and corrected tense
/* 1901–present */ Copy-editing
/* 1601–1900 */ Present tense
/* Pre-1600 */ Present tense
Reverted edit by [[Special:Contribs/~2026-27615-51|~2026-27615-51]] ([[User talk:~2026-27615-51|talk]]) to last version by KuyaMoHirowo
/* 1901–present */ Fixed typos
Reverted edits by [[Special:Contribs/~2026-27529-15|~2026-27529-15]] ([[User talk:~2026-27529-15|talk]]): unsourced changes ([[:en:WP:WikiShield|WS]])
/* 1901–present */
